Jersey College MedSurg 1 RN FINAL
EXAM 2024
weight, smoking, sex practices, diet - correct
answers✅List four modifiable risk factors. (general
health promotion)
age, genetics, sex - correct answers✅List three non-
modifiable risk factors. (general health promotion)
cultural assessment - correct answers✅What type of
assessment should the nurse preform prior to initiating
health teaching?
physiological integrity
safety and security
belongingness and affection
esteem and self-respect
self-actualization
-- physiologic needs and life threatening issues are a
priority
-- confirm that these needs are met in the order listed
above - correct answers✅Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
--priorities?
--what order?
,Jersey College MedSurg 1 RN FINAL
EXAM 2024
Healthy People 2020 - correct answers✅Organization
that identifies health promotion and disease prevention
goals and lists strategies along with resources in an
attempt to improve the nation's health
The Institute of Medicine's report on the Future of Nursing
- correct answers✅Organization that recommends
ways to strengthen the practice of nursing in order to
improve health care.
The National Patient Safety Goals - correct
answers✅The Joint Commission lists the top patient
safety concerns and includes medication safety, infection
prevention, surgery-related mistakes, patient
identification and improving staff communication. What is
this list called?
Nurse Practice Acts - correct answers✅This governs
nursing practice and is a law that is put into place to
protect the public - nurses must follow and comply with
their state's regulations
QSEN - Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Institute -
correct answers✅Institute that seeks to strengthen the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes of nurses in providing
continuous quality improvement in health care
,Jersey College MedSurg 1 RN FINAL
EXAM 2024
whatever the patient says it is - correct answers✅What
is pain?
actual or potential tissue damage - correct
answers✅Pain is associated with
__________________________________.
the patient's self report - correct answers✅The single
most reliable indicator of pain is _______.
blood pressure, heart rate, and respirations - correct
answers✅Pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous
system and could result in an increase in ___________,
___________, and ____________.
increases glucagon production
decreases insulin secretion
depresses immune function
can lead to addictive behaviors - correct
answers✅physiologic effects of unrelieved pain (4)
, Jersey College MedSurg 1 RN FINAL
EXAM 2024
prostaglandins - correct answers✅initiate inflammation
and contribute to tissue swelling and pain
NSAIDS - correct answers✅______ primarily produce
pain relief by preventing prostaglandin formation.
Acetaminophen - correct answers✅_____________ does
not have anti-inflammatory properties.
tissue damage - correct answers✅______________
stimulates the inflammatory response and puts the
patient at risk for pain.
local anesthetics, non-opioids or opioids - correct
answers✅manage nociceptive pain with?
allodynia - correct answers✅pain that is associated
with a noxious stimulus
nerve route injury - correct answers✅________________
could lead to allodynia.
timing:
EXAM 2024
weight, smoking, sex practices, diet - correct
answers✅List four modifiable risk factors. (general
health promotion)
age, genetics, sex - correct answers✅List three non-
modifiable risk factors. (general health promotion)
cultural assessment - correct answers✅What type of
assessment should the nurse preform prior to initiating
health teaching?
physiological integrity
safety and security
belongingness and affection
esteem and self-respect
self-actualization
-- physiologic needs and life threatening issues are a
priority
-- confirm that these needs are met in the order listed
above - correct answers✅Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
--priorities?
--what order?
,Jersey College MedSurg 1 RN FINAL
EXAM 2024
Healthy People 2020 - correct answers✅Organization
that identifies health promotion and disease prevention
goals and lists strategies along with resources in an
attempt to improve the nation's health
The Institute of Medicine's report on the Future of Nursing
- correct answers✅Organization that recommends
ways to strengthen the practice of nursing in order to
improve health care.
The National Patient Safety Goals - correct
answers✅The Joint Commission lists the top patient
safety concerns and includes medication safety, infection
prevention, surgery-related mistakes, patient
identification and improving staff communication. What is
this list called?
Nurse Practice Acts - correct answers✅This governs
nursing practice and is a law that is put into place to
protect the public - nurses must follow and comply with
their state's regulations
QSEN - Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Institute -
correct answers✅Institute that seeks to strengthen the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes of nurses in providing
continuous quality improvement in health care
,Jersey College MedSurg 1 RN FINAL
EXAM 2024
whatever the patient says it is - correct answers✅What
is pain?
actual or potential tissue damage - correct
answers✅Pain is associated with
__________________________________.
the patient's self report - correct answers✅The single
most reliable indicator of pain is _______.
blood pressure, heart rate, and respirations - correct
answers✅Pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous
system and could result in an increase in ___________,
___________, and ____________.
increases glucagon production
decreases insulin secretion
depresses immune function
can lead to addictive behaviors - correct
answers✅physiologic effects of unrelieved pain (4)
, Jersey College MedSurg 1 RN FINAL
EXAM 2024
prostaglandins - correct answers✅initiate inflammation
and contribute to tissue swelling and pain
NSAIDS - correct answers✅______ primarily produce
pain relief by preventing prostaglandin formation.
Acetaminophen - correct answers✅_____________ does
not have anti-inflammatory properties.
tissue damage - correct answers✅______________
stimulates the inflammatory response and puts the
patient at risk for pain.
local anesthetics, non-opioids or opioids - correct
answers✅manage nociceptive pain with?
allodynia - correct answers✅pain that is associated
with a noxious stimulus
nerve route injury - correct answers✅________________
could lead to allodynia.
timing:
