NUR 514 Final Exam Study Guide Complete Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update
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Course
Nur 514
Institution
Nur 514
Assessment
Cues recognition stage in nursing process, involving gathering both subjective (what the
patient tells you) & objective (what you observe and measure) data to understand the
patient's health status.
Nursing Diagnosis
The analysis and prioritization stage in nursing process, in w...
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NUR 514 Final Exam Study Guide
Complete Questions and Correct Answers
the Latest Update
Assessment
✓ Cues recognition stage in nursing process, involving gathering both subjective (what the
patient tells you) & objective (what you observe and measure) data to understand the
patient's health status.
Nursing Diagnosis
✓ The analysis and prioritization stage in nursing process, in which the nurse makes a
professional judgement about the client's actual or potential health problems/life
processes.
Planning
✓ Stage in nursing process where solutions are generated. The nurse and patient set
achievable short and long-term goals for patient care, and choose appropriate nursing
interventions.
Implementation
✓ Stage in nursing process where action is taken. Nursing interventions, designed to help
achieve the goals set in the planning stage, are carried out.
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✓ Final stage in nursing process where the effectiveness of the nursing care plan is assessed.
The nurse determines whether the patient's goals have been met, and the care plan may be
continued, modified, or terminated as a result.
Delegation (TCPDS)
✓ Process by which a nurse (the delegator) transfers to a competent individual (the
delegatee) the authority to perform a selected nursing task in a selected situation.
✓
✓ Right Task.
✓ Right Circumstances.
✓ Right Person.
✓ Right Direction/Communication.
✓ Right Supervision/Evaluation.
Prioritization
✓ Process of deciding what tasks are most important and should be done first, based on
patient needs and resources. Critical in effective time management and patient care.
Nurse-client relationship
✓ An interpersonal relationship between a nurse and their patient. This relationship is
centered around the patient's needs and includes open communication, respect, empathy,
and trust.
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✓ Pain can be classified by its cause, source, intensity, duration, and manner of expression.
Common types include acute, chronic, breakthrough, and cancer pain.
acute v chronic; breakthrough & cancer
✓ Acute pain is sudden and short-term, chronic pain lasts beyond normal healing time.
Breakthrough pain is a temporary flare-up of moderate to severe pain that occurs even
when the patient is taking around-the-clock medication for persistent pain. Cancer pain
can be acute or chronic, depending on the stage and spread of the disease.
Assessment: PQRSTU
✓ Acronym used for assessing pain: Provocation/Palliation (what brings it on/what makes it
better); Quality/Quantity (how it feels/how intense); Region/Radiation (where is it/does
it spread); Severity (scale of 0-10); Timing (onset/duration/frequency); Understanding
(why do you think its happening).
Treatment & Management
✓ Pain management involves pharmacologic (medications) and non-pharmacologic (physical
therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, etc.) treatments. It includes understanding the route
of administration, educating patients, monitoring for adverse effects, and evaluating
effectiveness.
Chain of infection: 6 links
✓ Describes the way an infection spreads. Includes infectious agent (pathogen), reservoir
(where pathogen lives), portal of exit (way for pathogen to leave reservoir), mode of
transmission (how pathogen gets to new host), portal of entry (how pathogen enters new
host), and susceptible host.
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