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Fundamentals of nursing EXAM 1 NEWEST VERSION -
2025/2026- 100+ Q AND ANS MOST POPULAR EXAM
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Define Assessment
Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or situation.
- info medical personnel can look at
- begins the moment you walk through the door
Can the RN provide subjective information about patient?
NO! Only the patient can give subjective info.
OBJECTIVE info is what the RN sees, hears, or smells
What is the Diagnosis phase?
Analyze the assessment and make a clinical judgement related to an ACTUAL or
POTENTIAL health problem.
** Nurses have to be aware of potential risks based on health problems.
** Also collaborate with other specialists to manage the problem(s)
What are the three phases of a Nursing Diagnosis?
First info → Related to → as evidence by
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WHAT is the problem?
WHY is it a problem?
WHAT is the evidence of that problem?
Ex:
"Acute pain → related to surgical incision → as evidence by patient report (or as
evidence by crying)"
What are the OUTCOMES IDENTIFICATION?
This is the statement of how a patient's status will change once interventions have
been successfully instituted
Identify the expected outcomes when planning for the patient's individual
situation.
Interventions must be measurable criterion indicating that objectives have been
met.
Define the PLANNING stage of the nursing process
Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected
outcomes.
- Prioritize strategies
- Goals (statement that describes the aim if the nursing care) should be short term
and long term
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Describe IMPLEMENTATION of the nursing process
The actions to facilitate positive patient outcomes
What three skills are needed in order to implement goals?
Cognitive
Personal
Psychomotor
Describe the EVALUATION phase of the nursing process
This describes how well the patients needs were met (or not met).
Done through reassessment
What percentage of all communication is nonverbal?
90%
What two characteristics should nurses always exude?
CARING
COMPETENCE
How is communication used in the Assessment phase of the nursing process?
Verbal interviewing and history taking
Visual and intuitive observation of nonverbal behavior
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Visual, tactile, and auditory data gathering during physical examination.
Written medical records, diagnostic tests, and literature review.
Define REFERENT
The referent motivates one person to communicate with another.
Examples of referents: sights, sounds, odors, time schedules, messages, objects,
emotions, sensations, perceptions, ideas, etc.
Define SENDER in communication
The person who encodes and delivers the message.
Sender puts ideas or feelings into form that is transmitted and is responsible for
accuracy and emotional tone of message content
What is the RECEIVER in the communication process?
The person who receives and decodes the message
** senders message acts as a referent for the receiver, who is responsible for
attending to, translating, and responding to the message.
MESSAGE in communication process
Content of communication.... verbal, nonverbal & symbolic language.
CHANNELS in communication process
These are the means of conveying the message through visual, auditory, and
tactile senses.
Fundamentals of nursing EXAM 1 NEWEST VERSION -
2025/2026- 100+ Q AND ANS MOST POPULAR EXAM
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Define Assessment
Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or situation.
- info medical personnel can look at
- begins the moment you walk through the door
Can the RN provide subjective information about patient?
NO! Only the patient can give subjective info.
OBJECTIVE info is what the RN sees, hears, or smells
What is the Diagnosis phase?
Analyze the assessment and make a clinical judgement related to an ACTUAL or
POTENTIAL health problem.
** Nurses have to be aware of potential risks based on health problems.
** Also collaborate with other specialists to manage the problem(s)
What are the three phases of a Nursing Diagnosis?
First info → Related to → as evidence by
, 2
WHAT is the problem?
WHY is it a problem?
WHAT is the evidence of that problem?
Ex:
"Acute pain → related to surgical incision → as evidence by patient report (or as
evidence by crying)"
What are the OUTCOMES IDENTIFICATION?
This is the statement of how a patient's status will change once interventions have
been successfully instituted
Identify the expected outcomes when planning for the patient's individual
situation.
Interventions must be measurable criterion indicating that objectives have been
met.
Define the PLANNING stage of the nursing process
Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected
outcomes.
- Prioritize strategies
- Goals (statement that describes the aim if the nursing care) should be short term
and long term
, 3
Describe IMPLEMENTATION of the nursing process
The actions to facilitate positive patient outcomes
What three skills are needed in order to implement goals?
Cognitive
Personal
Psychomotor
Describe the EVALUATION phase of the nursing process
This describes how well the patients needs were met (or not met).
Done through reassessment
What percentage of all communication is nonverbal?
90%
What two characteristics should nurses always exude?
CARING
COMPETENCE
How is communication used in the Assessment phase of the nursing process?
Verbal interviewing and history taking
Visual and intuitive observation of nonverbal behavior
, 4
Visual, tactile, and auditory data gathering during physical examination.
Written medical records, diagnostic tests, and literature review.
Define REFERENT
The referent motivates one person to communicate with another.
Examples of referents: sights, sounds, odors, time schedules, messages, objects,
emotions, sensations, perceptions, ideas, etc.
Define SENDER in communication
The person who encodes and delivers the message.
Sender puts ideas or feelings into form that is transmitted and is responsible for
accuracy and emotional tone of message content
What is the RECEIVER in the communication process?
The person who receives and decodes the message
** senders message acts as a referent for the receiver, who is responsible for
attending to, translating, and responding to the message.
MESSAGE in communication process
Content of communication.... verbal, nonverbal & symbolic language.
CHANNELS in communication process
These are the means of conveying the message through visual, auditory, and
tactile senses.
