NUR 225 EXAM 1 EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
what the patient says - CORRECT-ANSWERSsubjective data
what YOU observe thru inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation - CORRECT-
ANSWERSobjective data
focused watching; begins when you first meet patient; compare right and left side..
nearly symmetric; use healthy side as the "control"; occasionally instruments to aid your
view - CORRECT-ANSWERSInspection
feeling; determine texture, temp, organ size, vibrations; fingertips: texture, swelling,
pulsations, presence of lumps; dorsums of hands: temperature; base of fingers or ulnar
surface of hands: vibrations - know if air filled - CORRECT-ANSWERSPalpation
Tap to assess underlying structures; middle finger with one hand and tap with a lose
wrist over chest (smokers) should hear something for healthy tissue (dull is bad) -
CORRECT-ANSWERSPercussion
hearing; listen with stethoscope for heart, vessels, abdomen, lungs; stethoscope doesn't
magnify sound; diaphragm for high pitched sounds; bell for low pitched sounds -
CORRECT-ANSWERSAuscultation
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome identification
, Planning
Implementation - carrying out plan
Evaluation - CORRECT-ANSWERSNursing Process (six phases)
decide what's important; decide what's irrelevant; cluster; gather more data to
support/discard hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWERSDiagnostic reasoning
Circulation
Airway
Breathing
Signs ... vital signs - CORRECT-ANSWERSFirst Priority
Pain
Bleeding (good pulse = enough blood in the body)
Vomiting - CORRECT-ANSWERSSecond Priority
Lack of knowledge
Rest
Coping - CORRECT-ANSWERSThird Priority
complete Health Hx
complete physical exam
would be someone going into nursing home, is complicated/older, or a new patient to
you. - CORRECT-ANSWERSComplete data base/chart
for a short-term period; shorter and more focused - CORRECT-ANSWERSEpisodic data
base
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
what the patient says - CORRECT-ANSWERSsubjective data
what YOU observe thru inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation - CORRECT-
ANSWERSobjective data
focused watching; begins when you first meet patient; compare right and left side..
nearly symmetric; use healthy side as the "control"; occasionally instruments to aid your
view - CORRECT-ANSWERSInspection
feeling; determine texture, temp, organ size, vibrations; fingertips: texture, swelling,
pulsations, presence of lumps; dorsums of hands: temperature; base of fingers or ulnar
surface of hands: vibrations - know if air filled - CORRECT-ANSWERSPalpation
Tap to assess underlying structures; middle finger with one hand and tap with a lose
wrist over chest (smokers) should hear something for healthy tissue (dull is bad) -
CORRECT-ANSWERSPercussion
hearing; listen with stethoscope for heart, vessels, abdomen, lungs; stethoscope doesn't
magnify sound; diaphragm for high pitched sounds; bell for low pitched sounds -
CORRECT-ANSWERSAuscultation
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome identification
, Planning
Implementation - carrying out plan
Evaluation - CORRECT-ANSWERSNursing Process (six phases)
decide what's important; decide what's irrelevant; cluster; gather more data to
support/discard hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWERSDiagnostic reasoning
Circulation
Airway
Breathing
Signs ... vital signs - CORRECT-ANSWERSFirst Priority
Pain
Bleeding (good pulse = enough blood in the body)
Vomiting - CORRECT-ANSWERSSecond Priority
Lack of knowledge
Rest
Coping - CORRECT-ANSWERSThird Priority
complete Health Hx
complete physical exam
would be someone going into nursing home, is complicated/older, or a new patient to
you. - CORRECT-ANSWERSComplete data base/chart
for a short-term period; shorter and more focused - CORRECT-ANSWERSEpisodic data
base
