NSG 3250 Adult Health I Exam 1 Success Pack
2026 – Key Concepts, NCLEX-Style Questions &
Detailed Rationales
Assessment - correct answers -The systematic collection of data, through interview, observation, and
examination, to determine the patient's health status and any actual or potential problems.
Bundle - correct answers -A set of three to five evidence-based practices that, when implemented
appropriately, can measureably improve patient oucomes
Critical thinking - correct answers -A cognitive process that utilizes thinking that is purposeful,
insightful, reflective, and goal directed to develop conclusions, solutions, and alternatives that are
appropriate to the given solution
Evaluation - correct answers -Determination of the patient's response to nursing interventions and the
extent to which the outcomes have been achieved
Evidence-based practice (EBP) - correct answers -a best practice derived from valid and reliable
research studies that also considers the health care setting, patient preferences and values, and clinical
judgment
Health - correct answers -According to the World Health Organization, it is a complete state of
physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Health informatics - correct answers -The use of health information technology to improve the quality,
efficiency, or delivery of health care
Health promotion - correct answers -focuses on the potential for wellness and targets appropriate
alterations in personal habits, lifestyle, and environment in ways that reduce risks and enhance health
and well-being
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, Implementation - correct answers -actualization or carrying out of the nursing plan of care through
nursing interventions
Interprofessional collaborative practice - correct answers -employing multiple health professionals to
work together with patients, families, and communities to deliver best practices, thus ensuring best
patient outcomes
Morality - correct answers -Specific beliefs or actions whose outcomes are often examined utilizing the
principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, double effect, and distributive justice
Moral dilemma - correct answers -situation in which two or more ethically plausible principles are in
opposition to each other and only one may be chosen
Moral distress - correct answers -internal response that occurs when a health care provider believes
they inherently know the correct ethical action that is needed but cannot act on that knowledge
Moral integrity - correct answers -virtue composed of veracity, fidelity, benevolence, wisdom, and
moral courage
Moral problem - correct answers -competing moral claim or principle; one principle is clearly dominant
Moral uncertainty - correct answers -internal conflict that arises when the person cannot define what
the moral situation is or what moral principles apply but has a strong feeling that something is not right
Nursing - correct answers -according to the American Nurses Association (2015b), "the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of
healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy
in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations" (p. 1)
Nursing diagnosis - correct answers -A clinical judgement concerning a person's, family's, or
community's actual or potential health problems, state of health promotion, or potential risk that can be
managed by independent nursing interventions
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2026 – Key Concepts, NCLEX-Style Questions &
Detailed Rationales
Assessment - correct answers -The systematic collection of data, through interview, observation, and
examination, to determine the patient's health status and any actual or potential problems.
Bundle - correct answers -A set of three to five evidence-based practices that, when implemented
appropriately, can measureably improve patient oucomes
Critical thinking - correct answers -A cognitive process that utilizes thinking that is purposeful,
insightful, reflective, and goal directed to develop conclusions, solutions, and alternatives that are
appropriate to the given solution
Evaluation - correct answers -Determination of the patient's response to nursing interventions and the
extent to which the outcomes have been achieved
Evidence-based practice (EBP) - correct answers -a best practice derived from valid and reliable
research studies that also considers the health care setting, patient preferences and values, and clinical
judgment
Health - correct answers -According to the World Health Organization, it is a complete state of
physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Health informatics - correct answers -The use of health information technology to improve the quality,
efficiency, or delivery of health care
Health promotion - correct answers -focuses on the potential for wellness and targets appropriate
alterations in personal habits, lifestyle, and environment in ways that reduce risks and enhance health
and well-being
1
, Implementation - correct answers -actualization or carrying out of the nursing plan of care through
nursing interventions
Interprofessional collaborative practice - correct answers -employing multiple health professionals to
work together with patients, families, and communities to deliver best practices, thus ensuring best
patient outcomes
Morality - correct answers -Specific beliefs or actions whose outcomes are often examined utilizing the
principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, double effect, and distributive justice
Moral dilemma - correct answers -situation in which two or more ethically plausible principles are in
opposition to each other and only one may be chosen
Moral distress - correct answers -internal response that occurs when a health care provider believes
they inherently know the correct ethical action that is needed but cannot act on that knowledge
Moral integrity - correct answers -virtue composed of veracity, fidelity, benevolence, wisdom, and
moral courage
Moral problem - correct answers -competing moral claim or principle; one principle is clearly dominant
Moral uncertainty - correct answers -internal conflict that arises when the person cannot define what
the moral situation is or what moral principles apply but has a strong feeling that something is not right
Nursing - correct answers -according to the American Nurses Association (2015b), "the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of
healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy
in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations" (p. 1)
Nursing diagnosis - correct answers -A clinical judgement concerning a person's, family's, or
community's actual or potential health problems, state of health promotion, or potential risk that can be
managed by independent nursing interventions
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