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Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning 4thEdition Rhoads Test Bank with rationales
5. A nursing instructor is discussing the purposes of health assessment. What is
one purpose of health assessment?
A) To establish a database against which subsequent assessments can be
measured
B) To establish rapport with the patient and family
C) To gather information for specialists to whom the patient might be referred
D) To quantify the degree of pain a patient may be experiencing - A) To establish
a database against which subsequent assessments can be measured
6. How do nurses facilitate the achievement of high-level wellness with a
patient?
A) Encouraging the patient to keep appointments
B) Providing information on alternative treatments
C) Promoting health
D) Providing good patient care - C) Promoting health
4. The nurse is conducting a physical assessment. The data the nurse would
collect vary depending on what?
A) How much time the nurse has
B) The patient's acuity
C) The patient's cooperation
D) Onset of current symptoms - B) The patient's acuity
7. The nurse is caring for a patient who, on the continuum between wellness and
illness, is moving toward illness and premature death. How would the nurse
know this to be true?
,A) The patient stops doing wellness-promoting activities
B) The patient develops signs and symptoms
C) The patient begins exercising
D) The patient verbalizes anxiety over the cost of medications - B) The patient
develops signs and symptoms
1. What is one of the broad goals within nursing?
A) To prevent mental health
B) To form broad nursing diagnoses
C) To promote self-care
D) To treat human responses - D) To treat human responses
What do nursing activities that promote health and prevent disease accomplish?
(Select all that apply.)
A)Reduce the risk of disease
B)Maintain optimal functioning
C)Reinforce good habits
D)Optimize self-care abilities
E)Create home care safety - A) Reduce the risk of disease
B) Maintain optimal functioning
C) Reinforce good habits
3. The purpose of a health assessment includes what? (Select all that apply.)
A) Identifying the patient's major disease process
B) Collecting information about the health status of the patient
C) Clarifying the patient's ability to pay for health care
D) Evaluating patient outcomes
E) Synthesizing collected data - B) Collecting information about the health status
of the patient
D) Evaluating patient outcomes
,E) Synthesizing collected data
8. A nursing instructor is discussing the health belief model with students. What
elements would the instructor explain as part of the health belief model? (Select
all that apply.)
A) Vector
B) Chronicity
C) Host
D) Agent
E) Environment - C) Host
D) Agent
E) Environment
9. A nurse is writing a care plan for a newly admitted patient. When formulating
the diagnostic statements in the care plan, what would the nurse use?
A) Rationale
B) ANA recommendations
C) Physical assessment skills
D) Diagnostic reasoning - D) Diagnostic reasoning
10. A nurse is caring for three patients whose care involves complex situations
and multiple responsibilities. What is the key to resolving problems for this
nurse?
A) Diagnostic reasoning
B) Physical assessment
C) Critical thinking
D) Nursing care plan - C) Critical thinking
11. A community health nurse is planning individualized care for a community.
What does the nurse use as a framework for this plan?
, A) Nursing process
B) Diagnostic reasoning
C) Critical thinking
D) Community care map - A) Nursing process
12. What are the types of nursing assessments? (Select all that apply.)
A) Physical
B) Focused
C) Mental
D) Emergency
E) Comprehensive - B) Focused
D) Emergency
E) Comprehensive
13. A nurse performs a comprehensive assessment on a patient. What is
included in this assessment?
A) Circulatory assessment
B) Assessment of the airway
C) Complete health history
D) Disability assessment - C) Complete health history
14. The nurse is admitting a patient to the clinic and performs a focused
assessment. What makes a focused assessment different from a comprehensive
assessment?
A) Covers the body head to toe
B) Occurs only in the clinic area
C) Involves all body systems
D) Is more in-depth on specific issues - D) Is more in-depth on specific issues
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