NUR357 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 LATEST
UPDATE BEST QUALITY EXAM GRADED
+ TESTED AND APPROVED!!
what does the pneumonic AMPLE stand for in history
A - Allergies
M - Medication
P - Past medical history including tetanus status
L - Last meal
E - Events leading to injury
What does DMIST stand for in history?
D - Demographic -also think of it as identity. Who do you have coming in?
M - Mechanism of injury
I - Injuries
S - Vital SIGNS
T - Treatment - treatment given by ambulance so far
Why do we need venous blood gas?
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,Need to know if the patient is acidotic or if their lactate is starting to rise as this indicates
anaerobic metabolism, which happens due to poor perfusion
Analgesia
Green whistle - not long lasting
Fentanyl - works very quickly, but wears off quicker than morphine
Morphine - slower onset but longer acting
Ketamine - an anaesthetic agent that puts patients in an altered state of consciousness
Nerve block
Triage Category 1
- SEE IMMEDIATELY
- Conditions that are immediately life-threatening and require immediate aggressive treatment
Triage Category 2
- See within 10 minutes
- Imminently life-threatening condition or deteriorating so rapidly that there is the potential of
threat to life (e.g. chest pain, PE, patients who are septic, pain score 7-10 severe)
Triage Category 3
- See within 30 minutes
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,- Potentially life-threatening- may progress to life or limb-threatening (e.g. abdominal pain,
fractures, depending on severity, dehydrated people, pain score 4-6 moderate)
Triage Category 4
- See within 60 minutes
- potentially life serious condition may deteriorate (e.g. people with HF experiencing major
swelling, elderly unable to control BP, constipation, pain score 1-3 mild
Triage Category 5
Less urgent - see within 120 minutes
- patient's condition is chronic or minor enough that outcome will not be significantly
affected if assessment and treatment are delayed (e.g. script request, medical certificate, pain
score 0)
Clinical Reasoning Cycle
1. Consider the patient
2. Collect cues - review, gather, recall
3. Process information - interpret, discriminate, relate, infer, match, predict
4. Identify problems
5. Establish goals
6. Take action
7. Evaluate outcomes
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, 8. Reflect on process and new learning
Standard 6 - Communicating for Safety - 4 key areas
1. Correct identification
2. Clinical handover
3. Communication of critical information
4. Documentation of information
Standard 8 - Recognising the deteriorating patient
1. Recognising - physiological changes, changes in mental state (e.g. hypoxia can cause
confusion)
2. Escalation
3. Responding
What is Standard 6 of the NSQHS Standards
Communicating for Safety
What is Standard 8 of the NSQHS Standards
Recognising the deteriorating patient
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VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 LATEST
UPDATE BEST QUALITY EXAM GRADED
+ TESTED AND APPROVED!!
what does the pneumonic AMPLE stand for in history
A - Allergies
M - Medication
P - Past medical history including tetanus status
L - Last meal
E - Events leading to injury
What does DMIST stand for in history?
D - Demographic -also think of it as identity. Who do you have coming in?
M - Mechanism of injury
I - Injuries
S - Vital SIGNS
T - Treatment - treatment given by ambulance so far
Why do we need venous blood gas?
Page 1 of 102
,Need to know if the patient is acidotic or if their lactate is starting to rise as this indicates
anaerobic metabolism, which happens due to poor perfusion
Analgesia
Green whistle - not long lasting
Fentanyl - works very quickly, but wears off quicker than morphine
Morphine - slower onset but longer acting
Ketamine - an anaesthetic agent that puts patients in an altered state of consciousness
Nerve block
Triage Category 1
- SEE IMMEDIATELY
- Conditions that are immediately life-threatening and require immediate aggressive treatment
Triage Category 2
- See within 10 minutes
- Imminently life-threatening condition or deteriorating so rapidly that there is the potential of
threat to life (e.g. chest pain, PE, patients who are septic, pain score 7-10 severe)
Triage Category 3
- See within 30 minutes
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,- Potentially life-threatening- may progress to life or limb-threatening (e.g. abdominal pain,
fractures, depending on severity, dehydrated people, pain score 4-6 moderate)
Triage Category 4
- See within 60 minutes
- potentially life serious condition may deteriorate (e.g. people with HF experiencing major
swelling, elderly unable to control BP, constipation, pain score 1-3 mild
Triage Category 5
Less urgent - see within 120 minutes
- patient's condition is chronic or minor enough that outcome will not be significantly
affected if assessment and treatment are delayed (e.g. script request, medical certificate, pain
score 0)
Clinical Reasoning Cycle
1. Consider the patient
2. Collect cues - review, gather, recall
3. Process information - interpret, discriminate, relate, infer, match, predict
4. Identify problems
5. Establish goals
6. Take action
7. Evaluate outcomes
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, 8. Reflect on process and new learning
Standard 6 - Communicating for Safety - 4 key areas
1. Correct identification
2. Clinical handover
3. Communication of critical information
4. Documentation of information
Standard 8 - Recognising the deteriorating patient
1. Recognising - physiological changes, changes in mental state (e.g. hypoxia can cause
confusion)
2. Escalation
3. Responding
What is Standard 6 of the NSQHS Standards
Communicating for Safety
What is Standard 8 of the NSQHS Standards
Recognising the deteriorating patient
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