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NURS 320: Health Assessment Exam 1(Elsevier Chapters 1-4, 8-11, 13-14)
What type of database is most appropriate when rapid collection of data is required and
often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures?
A. Complete
B. Focused
C. Follow-up
D. Emergency - answer Emergency
A nurse precepting a student nurse asks, "What's the most important step in the critical-
thinking process?"
A. Clustering subjective and objective data
B. Analyzing health data
C. Using evidence-based assessment techniques
D. Prioritizing health concerns - answerUsing Evidence based assessment techniques
An example of subjective data is:
A. decreased range of motion.
B. crepitation in the left knee joint.
C. arthritis.
D. left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days. - answerleft knee has been
swollen and hot for the past 3 days.
What type of database is most appropriate for an individual who is admitted to a long
term care facility?
A. Focused
B. Complete
C. Emergency
D. Follow Up - answerComplete
Which of the following is an example of subjective data?
A. Sore throat
B. An earache
C. Alert and oriented
D. Dizziness - answerAlert and oriented
,An example of objective data is
A. a report of impaired mobility from left knee pain as evidenced by an inability to walk,
swelling, and pain on passive range of motion
B. A complaint of left knee pain
C. crepitation in the left knee joint
D. left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days - answercrepitation in the left
knee
Which of the following is an example of subjective data?
A. Blood glucose 126 md/dL
B. pain rated a 7 out of 10
C. Heart rate of 76 bpm
D. Bruising on lower leg - answerPain rated at 7 out of 10
A complete database is
A. used to collect data rapidly and is often compiled concurrently with lifesaving
measures
B. used to evaluate the cause or etiology of disease
C. used for a limited or short term problem usually consisting of one problem, one cue
complex, or one body system.
D. used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health history and physical
examination - answerused to preform a thorough or comprehensive health history and
physical examination
A patient admitted to the hospital with asthma has the following problems identified
based on an admission health history and physical assessment. Which problem is a
first-level priority?
A) Ineffective self-health management
B) Risk for infection
C) Impaired gas exchange
D) Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being - answerimpaired gas exchange
Which of the following actions/behaviors in the critical thinking process are important for
the novice nurse to remember? select all that apply
A. disregard initial cues
B. Approach assessment with a nonjudgmental attitude
C. cluster associated assessment data
D. perform assessment in whatever manner works for you - answerapproach
assessment with a nonjudgmental attitude
Cluster associated assessment data
, avoid making assumptions
Each culture has its own healers who usually:
A) speak at least two languages.
B) own and operate specialty community clinics.
C) cost less than traditional or biomedical providers.
D) recommend folk practices that are dangerous. - answerCost less than traditional or
biomedical providers
While evaluating the health history, the nurse determines that the patient subscribes to
the hot/cold theory of health. Which of the following will most likely describe this
patient's view of wellness?
A) Good is hot.
B) Evil is hot.
C) The humors must be balanced.
D) The phlegm will be replaced with dryness. - answerThe humors must be balanced
When completing a health assessment, which of the following actions must demonstrate
cultural competence?
A. ask about family history of diseases
B. Ask about use of traditional, herbal, or folk remedies
C. Make sure the blood pressure cuff fits appropriately
D. measure height and weight in a private room - answerAsk about use of traditional,
herbal, or folk remedies
Spirituality is defined as:
A. a social group that claims to possess variable traits
B. participating in religious services on a regular basis
C. the process of being raised within a culture
D. a personal effort to find meaning and purpose in life - answera personal effort to find
meaning and purpose in life
Which of the following statements regarding language barriers and health care is true?
A. English proficiency is associated with a lower quality of care
B. patients with language barriers have a decreased risk for nonadherence to
medication regimes
C. Standards have been identified that are important to eliminate health disparities
D. LEP is associated with a higher quality of care - answerStandards have been
identified that are important to eliminate health disparities
What is the yin/yang theory of health?
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