NURS401 Exam Questions And Accurate Answers
subjective data - Answer information obtained by talking. what the patient tells you
objective data - Answer information taken through observation by using all the senses:
seeing, hearing, smelling and touching
health promotion - Answer health promotion is the process of enabling people to
increase control over and improve their health
health prevention - Answer wide range of activities known as interventions- aimed at
reducing risks or threats to health.
3 categories:
1) primary- to reduce injury
2) secondary- reduce impact of disease
3) tertiary- soften the impact of ongoing disease
I.S.B.A.R - Answer I- identification (of yourself)
S- situation ( name, dob, age, gender, why your phoning, admission)
B- background
A- assessment (vital signs, severity of condition)
r- recommendation ( action to take place)
5 guidelines of documentation - Answer fact, accuracy, completeness, currency,
organisation
( F.A.C.C.O)
, autonomy - Answer the right to self determine
beneficence - Answer doing good
non maleficence - Answers do no harm
fidelity - Answers the obligation to remain faithful to ones commitments to others
justice - Answers concept of fairness and treating people fairly
veracity - Answers the concepts of truthfulness
restraint - Answers the implementation of any forcible control by a service provide that:
restrains the conduct of a consumer in situations which the consumer is likely to cause
harm/ inflict injury to other people or to consumers
deprives consumers liberty
PERFORMANCE OF AN ACTIVITY THROUGH TRANSFER
delegation -------Answer transfer of responsibility for performance of an activity from one
person to another where the former retains accountability for the procedure and the
outcome
accountability -Answer answerable for your decisions and actions
directive - The dynamic process of directing, guiding, monitoring and influencing the
outcome of an individual's practice
directive and delegation principles - Response the decision to delegate is a professional
judgment made by a RN and should consider the following:
A) the health status of the consumer
B) the complexity of the delegated activity
C) the context of care
subjective data - Answer information obtained by talking. what the patient tells you
objective data - Answer information taken through observation by using all the senses:
seeing, hearing, smelling and touching
health promotion - Answer health promotion is the process of enabling people to
increase control over and improve their health
health prevention - Answer wide range of activities known as interventions- aimed at
reducing risks or threats to health.
3 categories:
1) primary- to reduce injury
2) secondary- reduce impact of disease
3) tertiary- soften the impact of ongoing disease
I.S.B.A.R - Answer I- identification (of yourself)
S- situation ( name, dob, age, gender, why your phoning, admission)
B- background
A- assessment (vital signs, severity of condition)
r- recommendation ( action to take place)
5 guidelines of documentation - Answer fact, accuracy, completeness, currency,
organisation
( F.A.C.C.O)
, autonomy - Answer the right to self determine
beneficence - Answer doing good
non maleficence - Answers do no harm
fidelity - Answers the obligation to remain faithful to ones commitments to others
justice - Answers concept of fairness and treating people fairly
veracity - Answers the concepts of truthfulness
restraint - Answers the implementation of any forcible control by a service provide that:
restrains the conduct of a consumer in situations which the consumer is likely to cause
harm/ inflict injury to other people or to consumers
deprives consumers liberty
PERFORMANCE OF AN ACTIVITY THROUGH TRANSFER
delegation -------Answer transfer of responsibility for performance of an activity from one
person to another where the former retains accountability for the procedure and the
outcome
accountability -Answer answerable for your decisions and actions
directive - The dynamic process of directing, guiding, monitoring and influencing the
outcome of an individual's practice
directive and delegation principles - Response the decision to delegate is a professional
judgment made by a RN and should consider the following:
A) the health status of the consumer
B) the complexity of the delegated activity
C) the context of care
