CARE OF PATIENTS COMPLETE EXAM PACK
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
▶ Clinical Judgement? Answer:an interpretation or conclusion about a
patient's needs, concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision to take
action (or not), use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones
as deemed appropriate by the patient's response
▶ Evidence-based Practice? Answer:clinical decision making that
integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient
characteristics and preferences
▶ Nursing Process? Answer:1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
▶ Comprehensive Assessment? Answer:health history and complete
physical examination, usually conducted when a patient first enters a health
care setting; provides a baseline for comparing later assessment
▶ Focused Assessment? Answer:A type of physical assessment that is
typically performed on patients who have sustained nonsignificant
mechanisms of injury or on responsive medical patients. This type of
examination is based on the chief complaint and focuses on one body
system or part.
▶ Emergency Assessment? Answer:rapid focused assessment conducted
to determine potentially fatal situations
▶ Primary Data? Answer:Comes directly from the patient.
▶ Secondary Data? Answer:Spoken information or symptoms that are
typically difficult to validate.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
▶ Clinical Judgement? Answer:an interpretation or conclusion about a
patient's needs, concerns, or health problems, and/or the decision to take
action (or not), use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones
as deemed appropriate by the patient's response
▶ Evidence-based Practice? Answer:clinical decision making that
integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient
characteristics and preferences
▶ Nursing Process? Answer:1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
▶ Comprehensive Assessment? Answer:health history and complete
physical examination, usually conducted when a patient first enters a health
care setting; provides a baseline for comparing later assessment
▶ Focused Assessment? Answer:A type of physical assessment that is
typically performed on patients who have sustained nonsignificant
mechanisms of injury or on responsive medical patients. This type of
examination is based on the chief complaint and focuses on one body
system or part.
▶ Emergency Assessment? Answer:rapid focused assessment conducted
to determine potentially fatal situations
▶ Primary Data? Answer:Comes directly from the patient.
▶ Secondary Data? Answer:Spoken information or symptoms that are
typically difficult to validate.
