FINAL EXAM NSG 101 QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026

FINAL EXAM NSG 101 QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026 stable patients (could be complex also) and tasks that are routine, simple, repetitive, everyday activities that don't require nursing judgment such as feeding, hygiene, ambulation - Answers what tasks can NAP be assigned Weakness - supervise/assist with balance/gait Incontinence - provide aids/management and ensure hydration so other issues don't arise Environment - ensure no hazards, ensure light, glasses and walk aids Medication - pharmacist review, assess side effects Confusion - have staff known to pt, reorientate Impaired mental status - assess underlying causes, Ax1 with ADLs Ambulation - Ax1/supervise IVT - Ax1, get to buzz when needing to go somewhere Visually impaired - Glasses, increase light - Answers Risks for Falls -blood/body fluids -toxic chemicals -electrical hazards -fire -workplace violence -injury to self and patients - Answers safety risks 1st Level = Airway, Breathing, Cardiac/Circulation (ABCs). Require immediate intervention. 2nd Level = Pain, urinary elimination, mental status change, untreated medical problems, lab value changes, risk of infection, safety, security. Attended to immediately after first level priorities are met. 3rd Level = Problems that are important to the patient's health, but can be addressed after more urgent health problems are tended to. - Answers Priorities in nursing result from an electrical hazard or malfunction, disrepair, or misuse of equipment - Answers equipment-related accidents Determine patient's strong and weak sides Always position the patient so that he or she transfers toward the strong side Lock wheelchair locks and move footrests out of the way - Answers Wheelchair Transfers Handwashing before and after patient care, sanitizing reusable equipment - Answers Preventing the spread of infection hand hygiene, sterile technique, sanitizing equipment - Answers ways to decrease healthcare-associated infections an area that is set up for certain procedures and is free from all organisms - Answers sterile field sterile - Answers sterile touching sterile remains contaminated - Answers sterile touching clean becomes contaminated - Answers sterile touching contaminated becomes sterile objects - Answers only ___________ ___________ may be placed on a sterile field you find a tear or break in the covering of a sterile object - Answers sterile state is questionable when contaminated - Answers a sterile object or field out of the range of vision or an object held below a person's waist is: contaminated - Answers the edges of a sterile field are considered Alcohol hand sanitizer - Answers you may use this for hand hygiene when hands are not visibly soiled needlestick injury - Answers an accidental puncture wound caused by a used hypodermic needle, potentially transmitting an infection Sitting position - Answers Position used during much of the physical examination including examination of the head, neck, lungs, chest, back, breast, axilla, heart, vital signs, and upper extremities supine position - Answers lying on back, facing upward (used for assessing head and neck, anterior thorax and lungs, breasts, axillae, heart, abdomen, extremities, pulses) dorsal recumbent position - Answers lying on the back with the knees flexed (used for assessing head and neck, anterior thorax and lungs, breasts, axillae, heart, abdomen) lithotomy position - Answers lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups (used for assessing female genitalia and genital tract) Prone positioning - Answers the patient lies on the abdomen with the head turned to either side (used for assessing musculoskeletal system) lateral recumbent position - Answers lying on side; right and left precede the term to indicate the patient's side (used for assessing heart, rectum and vagina) knee-chest position - Answers patient is lying face down with the hips bent so that the knees and chest rest on the table (used for assessing rectum) physiological - Answers 1st tier on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion safety and security - Answers 2nd step of Maslow's hierarchy of needs love and belonging - Answers 3rd tier on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs friendship, family, and sexual intimacy self-esteem - Answers 4th step of Maslow's hierarchy of needs self-actualization - Answers 5th step of maslow's hierarchy of needs Therapeutic communication - Answers Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship. critical thinking nursing - Answers -Purposeful, outcome-directed -Essential to safe, competent, skillful nursing practice -Based on principles of nursing process and the scientific method -Requires specific knowledge, skills, and experience -New nurses must question -Guided by professional standards and ethic codes -Requires strategies that maximize potential and compensate for problems 1) ACTIVE LISTENING - Shows clients that they have your undivided attention 2) OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS - Used initially to encourage clients to tell their story in their own way. Ask questions in a language that a client can understand 3) CLARIFYING - Questioning clients about specific details in greater depth or directing them toward relevant parts of the history. 4) SUMMARIZING - Validates the accuracy of the story. - Answers therapeutic communication techniques caregiver, patient advocate, educator, decision maker, manager and coordinator, communicator - Answers nursing responsibilities • Are you allergic to any medications? • Are you allergic to any foods, environmental substances (e.g., pollen or seasonal allergies), tape, soaps, or cleansers? • What specifically happens when you experience an allergy? - Answers questions to ask when assessing for allergies Nursing Process - Answers Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation Nursing Assessment - Answers systematic and continuous collection and analysis of information about the client Nursing Diagnosis - Answers used to evaluate the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems Nursing Planning - Answers - the establishment of client goals/outcomes - working with the client to prevent, reduce, or resolve problems -to determine related nursing interventions that are most likely to assist client in achieving goals -this about improving the quality of life for your patient - this is about what the patient needs to do to improve their health status or better cope with illness. Nursing Implementation - Answers Formally begins after a plan of care is developed. The nurse initiates interventions that are designed to achieve the goals and expected outcomes needed to support or improve the patient's health status. Nursing Evaluation - Answers Involves measuring if goals in planning step were met: progress is evaluated; changes in nursing diagnoses, goals & care plan may result; NA has keep role as NA's observations are used for this step urinary retention - Answers inability to empty the bladder *inability to void