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Essential Health Assessment
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Janice M Thompson
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1st Edition
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,Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
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Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
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Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
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Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
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Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
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Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
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Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
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Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
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Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
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Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
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Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
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Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment /= /= /= /=
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.”
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The goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
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4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care. /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
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registered nurses (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat patients. /= /= /=
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. /= /= /= /=
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
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4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs. /= /= /= /=
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police pres
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ence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that
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nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. /=
3. Person-centered care (PCC). /= /=
4. Standards of care. /= /=
4. The science- /=
based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic
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es that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
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1. Healthy People. /=
2. Healthy People 2020. /= /=
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force. /= /= /=
4. World Health Organization. /= /=
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
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1. Primary health prevention. /= /=
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2. Secondary health prevention. /= /=
3. Tertiary health prevention. /= /=
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he “thinks he i
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s running a fever and has stomach discomfort.” You are the registered nurse in charge. What sho
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uld you do?
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1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient’s room and assess his complaints.
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2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
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3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
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4. Go to the patient’s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
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7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for
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a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be probl
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em solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are
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you using?
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1. Critical thinking /=
2. Clinical decision making /= /=
3. Intuitive thinking /=
4. Clinical reasoning /=
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. /= /=
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice. /= /= /=
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health identified
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by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology /= /=
2. Gender and occupation /= /=
3. Individual behavior /=
4. Social environment /=
5. Physical environment /=
6. Health services /=
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Essential Health Assessment
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Janice M Thompson
/= /=
1st Edition
/=
,Table of Contents
/= /=
Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
/= /= /= /= 1
Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= 11
Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
/= /= /= /= /= 40
Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
/= /= /= /= /= /= 61
Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
/= /= /= 88
Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= 99
Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
/= /= /= 128
Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= 149
Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= 188
Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
/= /= /= /= 229
Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
/= /= /= /= 250
Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
/= /= /= /= /= 281
Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
/= /= /= /= /= 308
Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
/= /= /= /= 335
Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= 363
Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
/= /= /= /= /= 391
Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
/= /= /= /= /= 417
Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= 451
Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= 477
Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
/= /= /= /= /= /= 501
Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
/= /= /= /= 517
Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
/= /= /= /= /= /= 555
Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
/= /= /= /= /= 583
Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
/= /= /= /= /= 612
, Test/=Bank/=-/=Essential/=Health/=Assessment,/=1st/=edition/=(Thompson,/=2018)
Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment /= /= /= /=
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.”
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
The goal for this strategy is:
/= /= /= /= /=
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care. /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /
registered nurses (RNs) to:
= /= /= /=
1. Diagnose and treat patients. /= /= /=
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. /= /= /= /=
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
/= /= /= /=
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs. /= /= /= /=
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police pres
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
ence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /
nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. /=
3. Person-centered care (PCC). /= /=
4. Standards of care. /= /=
4. The science- /=
based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
es that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
1. Healthy People. /=
2. Healthy People 2020. /= /=
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force. /= /= /=
4. World Health Organization. /= /=
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
1. Primary health prevention. /= /=
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2. Secondary health prevention. /= /=
3. Tertiary health prevention. /= /=
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he “thinks he i
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
s running a fever and has stomach discomfort.” You are the registered nurse in charge. What sho
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
uld you do?
/= /=
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient’s room and assess his complaints.
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
4. Go to the patient’s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be probl
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
em solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /
you using?
= /=
1. Critical thinking /=
2. Clinical decision making /= /=
3. Intuitive thinking /=
4. Clinical reasoning /=
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
1. American Nurses Association. /= /=
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
/= /= /= /= /= /= /=
3. Research and evidence-based practice. /= /= /=
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health identified
/= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /= /=
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology /= /=
2. Gender and occupation /= /=
3. Individual behavior /=
4. Social environment /=
5. Physical environment /=
6. Health services /=
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