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NSG 312 WEEK 1 PPTX INTERVIEW/
INTRO TO ASSESSMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2026.




Assessment is the point of entry - ANS Assessment is the point of entry in an ongoing process



What forms the "database" in assessment? - ANS Subjective data + objective data + patient's
record + laboratory studies



Purpose of the "database" - ANS Information from the "database" allows the nurse to make a
clinical judgment or diagnosis about the patient's health state



Key to effective assessment - ANS Organization of assessment based on complete factually
based data



Definition of subjective data - ANS Subjective data consist of information provided by what
the patient tells you



Subjective data synonym - ANS Subjective = Spoken or Said


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, Definition of objective data - ANS Objective data includes information obtained by the health
care provider through assessment and medical records



Objective data synonym - ANS Objective = Observed



BP 90/60 type of data - ANS Objective (Observed by provider)



EMR entry by RN-Dyspnea noted with exertion type of data - ANS Objective (Observed)



"I passed out" type of data - ANS Subjective (Patient said)



"My heart is racing" type of data - ANS Subjective (Patient said)



Hgb 6.0 g/dl; Hct 15 type of data - ANS Objective (Lab value)



"I have blood in my stool" type of data - ANS Subjective (Patient said)



How nurses use assessment skills - ANS Nurses use assessment skills to organize nursing
priorities



First step in setting priorities - ANS Assign high priority to first-level priority problems such as
airway, breathing, and circulation



Second step in setting priorities - ANS Next attend to second-level priority problems




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