NURS 247 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers

Evidence-based practice relies on? clinician's experience and patient's preferences What is the first step for care? Health Assessment What is subjective data? what the person says What is objective data? what the examiner observes by inspection, percussion, palpating, and auscultating What is the patient's database made up of? subjective data, objective data, medical record, lab studies, and diagnostic imaging studies What are the four types of databases? Complete Database, Problem-Centered Database, Follow Up Database, Emergency Database What is a complete database? All past and present information, the baseline for everything, the initial first meeting with a physician What is a problem-centered database? Info about a specific problem or concern, more focused What is a follow up database? Assesses status of something, after surgery, after previous issues What is an emergency database? Information collected while performing life saving measures What is diagnostic reasoning? Collection of all assessments to make a judgment about health What are the steps of the Nursing Process? Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcome Identification, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation What is functional assessment? how well someone is able to do something physically What would be an example of a first level priority problem? An airway obstruction