NURS254 Examination 2||Questions and
Answers||2025-2026||
Q. What are different nursing care delivery systems?
• Total pt care
• Functional nursing
• Primary nursing
• Team nursing
Q. What is total pt care?
• One nurse has one team of pt, no tech
• Primary team
• Likely to happen in the ICU
Q. What is functional nursing?
• Task oriented nursing
• Needed tasks are divided up by charge, based on skill of staff working
• Likely to happen as a wound nurse
Q. What is primary nursing?
• RN "primary" nurse assumes 24-hour responsibility for all the pts, or long-term
nurse for a pt in the ICU or nursing home
• This only works in a setting where pts is there for a long time
• Likely to happen in a nursing home
Q. What is team nursing?
• Total client care for assigned group of patients
• Pct, lpn and rn are all working collaboratively and that is team nursing
Q. What does empowerment look like?
• When one person rises, we all rise
Q. What is formal leadership?
• Legit authority
• Position of power
Q. What is informal leadership?
• Their influence is their personality
, • Status
• Personal skills
Q. What are different types of power?
• Legitimate power
• Coercive power
• Reward power
• Expert power
• Connection
• Informational
Q. What management style should you use in emergencies?
• Authoritative
Q. What is plaque?
• An elevated solid lesion (>5 mm in diameter)
Q. What is a pustule?
• Elevated serous filled vesicle with fluid inside
Q. What is a vesicle?
• A fluid-filled, very small (<0.5mm), elevated lesion
Q. What is pruritic?
• Itching of the skin related to excessive dryness or sweating
Q. What is urticaria?
• Hives
• Sign of a reaction
Q. What does calcitriol do? (active form of vit d)
• Increases calcium uptake in the intestines
Q. What does parathyroid hormone do?
• Facilitates calcium into bloodstream
• Puts calcium from the bone into the blood (resorption)
Q. What does calcitonin do?
• Puts calcium from the blood into the bones (bones ABSORB calcium)
, • Promotes bone mineralization
Q. What does thyroid hormone do?
• Increases bone resorption
Q. What does cortisol do?
• Increased bone resorption
Q. What does estrogen do?
• Stimulates osteoblast
• Inhibits osteoclasts
Q. What does testosterone do?
• Stimulates musculoskeletal growth
Q. What is isotonic movement?
• ROM movements
• Walking
• Any movement with muscles contracting
Q. What is isometric movement?
• No movement, but you are engaging muscles
• Kegels
• Planks
• Wall sits
Q. What are the 6 Ps of neurovascular status?
• Pain
• Polar (temp of skin)
• Pulse
• Paresthesia (decreased sensation)
• Pallor
• Paralysis
Q. What are important assessments for musculoskeletal?
• 6 P's
• Alignment
• Make sure both sides are equal (R v L)
Q. What is the nursing role for arthroscopy?
Answers||2025-2026||
Q. What are different nursing care delivery systems?
• Total pt care
• Functional nursing
• Primary nursing
• Team nursing
Q. What is total pt care?
• One nurse has one team of pt, no tech
• Primary team
• Likely to happen in the ICU
Q. What is functional nursing?
• Task oriented nursing
• Needed tasks are divided up by charge, based on skill of staff working
• Likely to happen as a wound nurse
Q. What is primary nursing?
• RN "primary" nurse assumes 24-hour responsibility for all the pts, or long-term
nurse for a pt in the ICU or nursing home
• This only works in a setting where pts is there for a long time
• Likely to happen in a nursing home
Q. What is team nursing?
• Total client care for assigned group of patients
• Pct, lpn and rn are all working collaboratively and that is team nursing
Q. What does empowerment look like?
• When one person rises, we all rise
Q. What is formal leadership?
• Legit authority
• Position of power
Q. What is informal leadership?
• Their influence is their personality
, • Status
• Personal skills
Q. What are different types of power?
• Legitimate power
• Coercive power
• Reward power
• Expert power
• Connection
• Informational
Q. What management style should you use in emergencies?
• Authoritative
Q. What is plaque?
• An elevated solid lesion (>5 mm in diameter)
Q. What is a pustule?
• Elevated serous filled vesicle with fluid inside
Q. What is a vesicle?
• A fluid-filled, very small (<0.5mm), elevated lesion
Q. What is pruritic?
• Itching of the skin related to excessive dryness or sweating
Q. What is urticaria?
• Hives
• Sign of a reaction
Q. What does calcitriol do? (active form of vit d)
• Increases calcium uptake in the intestines
Q. What does parathyroid hormone do?
• Facilitates calcium into bloodstream
• Puts calcium from the bone into the blood (resorption)
Q. What does calcitonin do?
• Puts calcium from the blood into the bones (bones ABSORB calcium)
, • Promotes bone mineralization
Q. What does thyroid hormone do?
• Increases bone resorption
Q. What does cortisol do?
• Increased bone resorption
Q. What does estrogen do?
• Stimulates osteoblast
• Inhibits osteoclasts
Q. What does testosterone do?
• Stimulates musculoskeletal growth
Q. What is isotonic movement?
• ROM movements
• Walking
• Any movement with muscles contracting
Q. What is isometric movement?
• No movement, but you are engaging muscles
• Kegels
• Planks
• Wall sits
Q. What are the 6 Ps of neurovascular status?
• Pain
• Polar (temp of skin)
• Pulse
• Paresthesia (decreased sensation)
• Pallor
• Paralysis
Q. What are important assessments for musculoskeletal?
• 6 P's
• Alignment
• Make sure both sides are equal (R v L)
Q. What is the nursing role for arthroscopy?
