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NUR 310 Health Assessment Exam Questions and Answers
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NUR 310 Health Assessment ExamQuestions and Answers
What are the steps to the nursing process? - Answer-Assessment, diagnosis, outcome,
planning process, implementation, evaluation
If you had a chart about a patient that says: fatigue, high BP, headache, abdominal
pain, and has low O2 stats, what would be subjective data? - Answer-Headache,
fatigue, body aches
What are examples of objective data? - Answer-Vital signs, culture and sensitivity,
weight, measurements, temperature, Laboratory diagnostics
The ABCs are what kind of problems? - Answer-First level priority
If a patient came in with an infection or abdominal pain, what level of priority is that? -
Answer-Second level
If you are checking in an elderly patient to your facility, what kind of assessment would
you do? - Answer-Complete database
What is a good example question for when you begin your assessment? -
Answer-"What brings you in today"
If you have a patient that seems to be under the influence, what is the best way to
communicate? - Answer-The nurse should use short yes/no questions and very direct
Your male patient keeps making suggestions towards you, what do you do? - Answer-
Be very clear with the patient that you are the nurse and that is not tolerated
When reviewing a patients self esteem and concept, what are you trying to learn? -
Answer-About their education, finances, religion
If a patient shares that they love fitness and eating healthy, their life is consumed with
this new lifestyle, what could you conclude? - Answer-That they are functionally getting
good exercise and their nutrition is good
In an interview your patient is irritated that you ask about their alcohol consumption,
what could that mean? - Answer-The patient is expressing CAGE and they might have
an alcohol abuse problem
A patient shares that their back pain is in their lower right side, above the buttocks, and
that when they are sitting for longer than an hour it gets really aggravated; what
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