NURSING

PROCESS
QUIZ
 INSTRUCTIONS
Please shade the corresponding
letter of your answer to the
answer sheet. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES, SUPERIMPOSITIONS OR
ALTERATIONS.
BE HONEST!
You are given at most 1
minute to answer each
question. So read swiftly
and concentrate.
1. A patient complains about feeling
nauseated after lunch. This is an
example of what type of data?
•a. Subjective
•b. Objective
•c. Signs and symptoms
•d. Overt
2. Although the nursing process is presented
as an orderly progression of steps, in reality
there is great interaction and overlapping
among the five steps. Which of the
following describes this characteristic of the
nursing process?
•a. Systematic
•b. Dynamic
•c. Interpersonal
•d. Outcome oriented
3. This is a phase in the nursing
process where the plan of care is
being carried out
A. Assessment
B. Diagnosing
C. Implementation
D. Planning
4. Which is the most important outcome of
the nursing process?
a. Meet the nursing needs of each patient.
b. Ensure that unit resources are allocated
appropriately.
c. Decrease the risk of an error regarding
the admitting medical diagnosis.
d. Reduce the risk of missing important
data when collecting information about
the patient.
• 5. When a nurse interprets and
analyzes patient data, she is
doing what phase of the nursing
process?
• A. Assessment
• B. Diagnosis
• C. Planning
• D. Evaluation
6. Establishing priorities
happens in what phase of the
nursing process?
A. Evaluation
B. Implementation
C. Assessment
D. Planning
• 7. Documenting care is done
by the nurse in what phase of
the nursing process?
• A. Evaluation
• B. Implementation
• C. Assessment
• D. All of the above
•8. Which of the following is the
most valuable source of data?

A. Patient’s chart
B. Primary Care Provider
C. Patient
D. Family Members
9. Which of the following is not an
activity of the nurse during evaluation?
a.Measuring goal attainment
b.Collection of data
c. Revising the care plan
d. Performing Nursing orders

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10. All but one is true of nursing diagnoses.
A. These are statements of specific health
problems that nurses are legally allowed to
independently identify, prevent, and treat.
B. They convert an initial conclusion into a
diagnostic statement
C. NANDA International provides a taxonomy
of diagnostic labels and etiologies
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
11. NANDA International provides a taxonomy of
diagnostic labels and etiologies. What does NANDA
stands for?
A. National Association of Nursing Diagnosis
Advocates
B. North American Nursing Diagnosis Alliance
C. Nurse Advocates of Nursing Diagnosis
Association
D. North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
 12. The nurse is organizing the
assessment data elicited from her
patient and groups related
information together. The nurse is
doing what phase of the Nursing
process?
a.Evaluation
b. Diagnosing
c. Assessment
d. Implementation

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• 13. Which of the following is a well-
constructed nursing diagnosis?
a. Pain related to alteration in comfort
b. Lack of understanding related to
noncompliance with diabetic diet
c. Anger related to terminal illness
d. Acute pain related to postoperative
abdominal distention
 
14. The following are examples of
independent nursing care except:
•A. Assessing a patient.
•B. Diagnosing a patient’s nursing
needs.
•C. Inserting an IV line
•D. Referring a patient to
community resources
15. It is the systematic, rational
method of planning and
providing nursing care.
•a. critical thinking process
•b. nursing process
•c. planning
•d. implementation
• 
 MATCHING TYPE
16. Review client records
17. Comparing patterns with A. ASSESSMENT
norms B. IMPLEMENTATION
18. Making interdisciplinary C. PLANNING
connections
D. DIAGNOSING
19. Identifying gaps in the
data E. EVALUATION
20. Select nursing
strategies/interventions
21. Write nursing
interventions A. ASSESSMENT
22. Developing B. IMPLEMENTATION
evaluative criteria C. PLANNING
23. Prioritizing client D. DIAGNOSING
problems E. EVALUATION
24. Stating the
problem
• 25. Perform planned
nursing A. ASSESSMENT
interventions B. IMPLEMENTATION
• 26. Judge whether C. PLANNING
goals/outcomes D. DIAGNOSING
have been achieved E. EVALUATION
• 27. Review and
modify the care
plan
28. establish
database A. ASSESSMENT
B. IMPLEMENTATION
29. Determine
C. PLANNING
client’s strengths,
D. DIAGNOSING
risks, and problems
E. EVALUATION
30. Documenting
nursing activities
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PAPERS TO THE
FRONT.
NURSING
PROCESS
QUIZ
ANSWERS
1. A patient complains about feeling
nauseated after lunch. This is an
example of what type of data?
•a. Subjective
•b. Objective
•c. Signs and symptoms
•d. Overt
2. Although the nursing process is presented
as an orderly progression of steps, in reality
there is great interaction and overlapping
among the five steps. Which of the
following describes this characteristic of the
nursing process?
•a. Systematic
•b. Dynamic
•c. Interpersonal
•d. Outcome oriented
3. This is a phase in the nursing
process where the plan of care is
being carried out
A. Assessment
B. Diagnosing
C. Implementation
D. Planning
4. Which is the most important outcome of
the nursing process?
a. Meet the nursing needs of each patient.
b. Ensure that unit resources are allocated
appropriately.
c. Decrease the risk of an error regarding
the admitting medical diagnosis.
d. Reduce the risk of missing important
data when collecting information about
the patient.
• 5. When a nurse interprets and
analyzes patient data, she is
doing what phase of the nursing
process?
• A. Assessment
• B. Diagnosis
• C. Planning
• D. Evaluation
6. Establishing priorities
happens in what phase of the
nursing process?
A. Evaluation
B. Implementation
C. Assessment
D. Planning
• 7. Documenting care is done
by the nurse in what phase of
the nursing process?
• A. Evaluation
• B. Implementation
• C. Assessment
• D. All of the above
•8. Which of the following is the
most valuable source of data?

A. Patient’s chart
B. Primary Care Provider
C. Patient
D. Family Members
9. Which of the following is not an
activity of the nurse during evaluation?
a.Measuring goal attainment
b.Collection of data
c. Revising the care plan
d. Performing Nursing orders

21/5/12
10. All but one is true of nursing diagnoses.
A. These are statements of specific health
problems that nurses are legally allowed to
independently identify, prevent, and treat.
B. They convert an initial conclusion into a
diagnostic statement
C. NANDA International provides a taxonomy
of diagnostic labels and etiologies
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
11. NANDA International provides a taxonomy of
diagnostic labels and etiologies. What does NANDA
stands for?
A. National Association of Nursing Diagnosis
Advocates
B. North American Nursing Diagnosis Alliance
C. Nurse Advocates of Nursing Diagnosis
Association
D. North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
 12. The nurse is organizing the
assessment data elicited from her
patient and groups related
information together. The nurse is
doing what phase of the Nursing
process?
a.Evaluation
b. Diagnosing
c. Assessment
d. Implementation

21/5/12
• 13. Which of the following is a well-
constructed nursing diagnosis?
a. Pain related to alteration in comfort
b. Lack of understanding related to
noncompliance with diabetic diet
c. Anger related to terminal illness
d. Acute pain related to postoperative
abdominal distention
 
14. The following are examples of
independent nursing care except:
•A. Assessing a patient.
•B. Diagnosing a patient’s nursing
needs.
•C. Inserting an IV line
•D. Referring a patient to
community resources
15. It is the systematic, rational
method of planning and
providing nursing care.
•a. critical thinking process
•b. nursing process
•c. planning
•d. implementation
• 
 MATCHING TYPE
16. Review client records -A
17. Comparing patterns with A. ASSESSMENT
norms - A B. IMPLEMENTATION
18. Making interdisciplinary C. PLANNING
connections - B
D. DIAGNOSING
19. Identifying gaps in the
data - E E. EVALUATION
20. Select nursing
strategies/interventions -C
21. Analyzing data - D
22. Developing evaluative A. ASSESSMENT
criteria C
B. IMPLEMENTATION
23. Prioritizing client C. PLANNING
problems - C D. DIAGNOSING
24. Stating the E. EVALUATION
problem - D
• 25. Perform planned
nursing interventions A. ASSESSMENT
-B B. IMPLEMENTATION
• 26. Judge whether C. PLANNING
goals/outcomes have D. DIAGNOSING
been achieved -E E. EVALUATION
• 27. Review and
modify the care plan
-E
28. establish
database -A A. ASSESSMENT
B. IMPLEMENTATION
29. Determine
C. PLANNING
client’s strengths,
D. DIAGNOSING
risks, and problems
E. EVALUATION
-A
30. Documenting
nursing activities -E
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PAPERS TO THE
FRONT.