NURSING MISC ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE NURSING
STUDY GUIDE
●● What are the 5 steps in the nursing process?
Answer: (1) Assessment
(2) Nursing Diagnosis
(3) Planning
(4) Implementation
(5) Evaluation
*** All of the above require critical thinking!
●● Define Assessment
Answer: 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?
Answer: NO! Only the patient can give subjective info.
OBJECTIVE info is what the RN sees, hears, or smells
●● What is the Diagnosis phase?
Answer: 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?
Answer: First info → Related to → as evidence by
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?
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
●● Describe IMPLEMENTATION of the nursing process
, Answer: The actions to facilitate positive patient outcomes
●● What three skills are needed in order to implement goals?
Answer: Cognitive
Personal
Psychomotor
●● Describe the EVALUATION phase of the nursing process
Answer: This describes how well the patients needs were met (or not
met).
Done through reassessment
●● What percentage of all communication is nonverbal?
Answer: 90%
●● What two characteristics should nurses always exude?
Answer: CARING
COMPETENCE
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE NURSING
STUDY GUIDE
●● What are the 5 steps in the nursing process?
Answer: (1) Assessment
(2) Nursing Diagnosis
(3) Planning
(4) Implementation
(5) Evaluation
*** All of the above require critical thinking!
●● Define Assessment
Answer: 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?
Answer: NO! Only the patient can give subjective info.
OBJECTIVE info is what the RN sees, hears, or smells
●● What is the Diagnosis phase?
Answer: 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?
Answer: First info → Related to → as evidence by
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?
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
●● Describe IMPLEMENTATION of the nursing process
, Answer: The actions to facilitate positive patient outcomes
●● What three skills are needed in order to implement goals?
Answer: Cognitive
Personal
Psychomotor
●● Describe the EVALUATION phase of the nursing process
Answer: This describes how well the patients needs were met (or not
met).
Done through reassessment
●● What percentage of all communication is nonverbal?
Answer: 90%
●● What two characteristics should nurses always exude?
Answer: CARING
COMPETENCE
