HONDROS NUR 155 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION 2026 FULL SOLUTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉Nursing Process. Answer: Uses the Scientific Method to complete a
Step by step approach to PROVIDE PATIENT centered care: ADPIE
Assessment
Diagnosis -RN only
Planning/Outcomes
Implementation
Evaluation
◉Why study Critical Thinking?. Answer: Thinking with a purpose,
know why you do what you do.
Discipline specific reasoning process that ensures a nurse is
generating, implementing, and evaluation approaches.
◉Benner's Theory of Stages of Clinical Competence. Answer: 5
Stages of developing nursing clinical competence:
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner
,Stage 3: Competent
Stage 4: Proficient
Stage 5: Expert
Credit to nursing-theory.org
◉Stage 1: Novice. Answer: Nursing Student in first year of clinical
education; limited and inflexible, rule based, limited ability to
predict what might happen in a particular situation.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
◉Stage 2: Advanced Beginner. Answer: New grads in their first jobs,
nurses have more experience and are able to recognize recurrent,
meaningful components of a situation. They have the knowledge and
the knowhow but not the in-depth experience.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
◉Stage 5: Expert. Answer: Nurses that are able to recognize
demands and resources in situations and attain their goals. No
longer do they rely solely on rules to guide actions under certain
situations. They area able to intuitively grasp the situation based on
their deep knowledge and experience.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
, ◉Noticing. Answer: First step of Tanner's model of clinical
judgement.
1. Identifying signs and symptoms
2. Gathering complete and accurate data
3. Assessing systematically and comprehensively
4. Predicting and managing potential complications
5. Identifying assumptions
◉Noticing-1. Identifying signs and symptoms. Answer: The ability to
recognize that a situation is different, changed, and not of a normal
state. Indcates that something is different than expected.
◉Noticing-2. Gathering complete and accurate data. Answer:
Collecting pertinent data from various sources. This data is used as
the basis for identifying issues/concerns, solving problems, and
making decisions. Must verify that data is complete and accurate.
◉Noticing-3. Assessing systematically and comprehensively.
Answer: An organized manner to collect data to make sure nothing
is omitted or forgotten. Examining the whole, piece-by-piece in a
thorough manner.
◉Noticing-4.Predicting and managing potential complications.
Answer: Looking at the big picture to consider possible
complications for an individual patient. Must know common
EXAMINATION 2026 FULL SOLUTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉Nursing Process. Answer: Uses the Scientific Method to complete a
Step by step approach to PROVIDE PATIENT centered care: ADPIE
Assessment
Diagnosis -RN only
Planning/Outcomes
Implementation
Evaluation
◉Why study Critical Thinking?. Answer: Thinking with a purpose,
know why you do what you do.
Discipline specific reasoning process that ensures a nurse is
generating, implementing, and evaluation approaches.
◉Benner's Theory of Stages of Clinical Competence. Answer: 5
Stages of developing nursing clinical competence:
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced Beginner
,Stage 3: Competent
Stage 4: Proficient
Stage 5: Expert
Credit to nursing-theory.org
◉Stage 1: Novice. Answer: Nursing Student in first year of clinical
education; limited and inflexible, rule based, limited ability to
predict what might happen in a particular situation.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
◉Stage 2: Advanced Beginner. Answer: New grads in their first jobs,
nurses have more experience and are able to recognize recurrent,
meaningful components of a situation. They have the knowledge and
the knowhow but not the in-depth experience.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
◉Stage 5: Expert. Answer: Nurses that are able to recognize
demands and resources in situations and attain their goals. No
longer do they rely solely on rules to guide actions under certain
situations. They area able to intuitively grasp the situation based on
their deep knowledge and experience.
Credit to nursing-theory.org
, ◉Noticing. Answer: First step of Tanner's model of clinical
judgement.
1. Identifying signs and symptoms
2. Gathering complete and accurate data
3. Assessing systematically and comprehensively
4. Predicting and managing potential complications
5. Identifying assumptions
◉Noticing-1. Identifying signs and symptoms. Answer: The ability to
recognize that a situation is different, changed, and not of a normal
state. Indcates that something is different than expected.
◉Noticing-2. Gathering complete and accurate data. Answer:
Collecting pertinent data from various sources. This data is used as
the basis for identifying issues/concerns, solving problems, and
making decisions. Must verify that data is complete and accurate.
◉Noticing-3. Assessing systematically and comprehensively.
Answer: An organized manner to collect data to make sure nothing
is omitted or forgotten. Examining the whole, piece-by-piece in a
thorough manner.
◉Noticing-4.Predicting and managing potential complications.
Answer: Looking at the big picture to consider possible
complications for an individual patient. Must know common
