STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
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1. Hypoxia - ANSWER ✓ deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the
tissues
2. Auscultation - ANSWER ✓ to listen
3. Palpation - ANSWER ✓ an examination technique in which the examiner's
hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain
body parts
4. percussion - ANSWER ✓ tapping on a surface to determine the difference in
the density of the underlying structure
5. Piece of equipment is used to perform the Weber test and Rinne test -
ANSWER ✓ Tuning Fork
6. Weber's test and Rinne's test are performed in order to assess - ANSWER ✓
Sound Conduction (deafness)
7. When assessing a "PT" eye, which instrument would the nurse use to
visualize the retina - ANSWER ✓ Ophtalmoscope
8. Ophtalmoscope - ANSWER ✓ instrument for examining the interior of the
eye, especially the retina
9. percutaneous - ANSWER ✓ through the skin
,10.The nurse performs a comprehensive assessment of a newly admitted client.
What is the primary purpose of this admission assessment - ANSWER ✓
Identify baseline data
11.Comprehensive assessment - ANSWER ✓ The comprehensive assessment is
conducted when a client first enters the health care setting to obtain baseline
information that can be used for comparison to later assessments.
12.When assessing the glossopharyngeal nerve, it is most important for the
nurse to implement which intervention - ANSWER ✓ The clients ability to
swallow
13.Cranial nerves - ANSWER ✓ 12 pairs of nerves that carry messages to and
from the brain
14.Nursing history - ANSWER ✓ Identifies the patient's health status,
strengths, health problems, health risks, and need for nursing care.
15.Medical Assessments v. Nursing Assessments - ANSWER ✓ Medical
assessments target data pointing to pathologic conditions; nursing
assessments focus on the patient's responses to health problems.
16.Types of Nursing Assessments - ANSWER ✓ 1. Initial Assessment.
2. Focused Assessment.
3. Emergency Assessment.
4. Time-lapsed Assessment.
17.Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER ✓ (level 1) Physiological Needs,
(level 2) Safety and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection,
(level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self Actualization
18.Validation - ANSWER ✓ act of confirming or verifying
19.if discrepancy occurs - ANSWER ✓ investigate further
20.the purpose of diagnosing - ANSWER ✓ 1. Identify how an individual or
group responds to actual or potential health and life processes
2. Identify factors that contribute to or cause health problems and
, 3. Identify resources or strengths the individual or group can draw on to
prevent or resolve problems
21.medical diagnosis vs nursing diagnosis - ANSWER ✓ Medical Diagnosis: is
used to evaluate the cause or etiology of disease
22.Nursing Diagnosis: clinical judements about a persons response to an actual
or potential health state
23.Types of Nursing Diagnoses - ANSWER ✓ actual, risk, health promotion
24.Etiology - ANSWER ✓ study of the cause of disease
25.outcome identification and planning - ANSWER ✓ Specification of (1)
patient outcomes to prevent, reduce, or resolve the problems identified in the
nursing diagnoses; and (2) related nursing interventions
26.goal - ANSWER ✓ A result that a person aims for and works hard to reach
27.outcome - ANSWER ✓ result
28.types of outcomes in nursing care - ANSWER ✓ pshycomotor
cognitive
affective
physiologic
29.Documentation - ANSWER ✓ the written or electronic legal record of all
pertinent interactions with the patient-assessing, diagnosing, planning,
implementing, and evaluating
30.patient record - ANSWER ✓ a compilation of a patient's health information;
the patient record is the only permanent legal document that details the
nurse's interactions with the patient
31.advocate - ANSWER ✓ the protection of human or legal rights and the
securing of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the
right to make informed decisions about their health and lives
, 32.caregiver - ANSWER ✓ The provision of care to patients that combines both
the art and the science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional,
intellectual, sociocultural, and spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the nurse
integrates the roles of communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher,
advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through activities that
prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with disability or death.
The role of caregiver is the primary role of the nurse.
33.4 Nursing Aims - ANSWER ✓ 1. promotes health
2. prevent illness/disease
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability or death(die with dignity)
34.Florence Nightingale - ANSWER ✓ Established sanitary nursing care units.
Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of nursing.
35.nursing profession criteria - ANSWER ✓ well defined body of specific and
unique knowledge
strong service oriented
recognized authority by a professional group
Code of Ethics
Professional organization that sets standards
Ongoing research
Autonomy and self-regulation
36.Standards of Nursing Practice - ANSWER ✓ allow nurses to carry out
professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the
institution where health care is provided
37.Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER ✓ laws established in each state in the US to
regulate the practice of nursing
38.Nursing Process - ANSWER ✓ Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation