Rasmussen Health Assessment Exam 1
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2026
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respiration's are
eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be - ✔✔Objective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and "feels hot" These types of data would
be - ✔✔Subjective
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the -
✔✔Database
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next
action should be to - ✔✔Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
The nurse is reviewing information about EBP. Which statement best reflects EBP? - ✔✔EBP emphasizes
the use of best evidence with the clinician's experience.
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an
example of a first level priority problem? - ✔✔Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory
distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second level priority include
which of these aspect? - ✔✔Abnormal lab values
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies on the
appropriateness of the diagnosis. - ✔✔Nursing
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving the nurses use and includes which steps?
- ✔✔Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation
, A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is having difficulty
breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems. - ✔✔Breathing, pain, sleep.
What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health history, physical exam, and interview
- ✔✔Assessment
When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the components of holistic health include
which of these - ✔✔Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent
The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a newly admitted patient. An example of objective
information obtained during the physical assessment includes - ✔✔2-5 cm scar on the right lower
forearm
A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has many chronic medical problems.
Which type of data base is most appropriate to collect in this setting - ✔✔A complete health data base
because of the nurses primary responsibility for monitoring the patients health
Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a focused of problem- centered
history - ✔✔Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and flu symptoms
A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She has been coming to the clinic weekly
since she changed medication 2 months ago. The nurse should - ✔✔Collect a follow up data vase and
the check her blood pressure
A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department with multiple traumas received in an
automobile accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his injuries are quite severe. How would the nurse
proceed with data collection - ✔✔Simultaneously ask history questions while performing exam and
initiating life saving measures
a 42 year old patient of Asian descent is being seen at the clinic for an initial exam. The nurse knows that
including cultural information in his health assessment is important to - ✔✔Provide culturally sensitive
and appropriate care
| Correct Questions And Answers | Latest
2026
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respiration's are
eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be - ✔✔Objective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and "feels hot" These types of data would
be - ✔✔Subjective
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the -
✔✔Database
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next
action should be to - ✔✔Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
The nurse is reviewing information about EBP. Which statement best reflects EBP? - ✔✔EBP emphasizes
the use of best evidence with the clinician's experience.
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an
example of a first level priority problem? - ✔✔Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory
distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second level priority include
which of these aspect? - ✔✔Abnormal lab values
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies on the
appropriateness of the diagnosis. - ✔✔Nursing
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving the nurses use and includes which steps?
- ✔✔Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation
, A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is having difficulty
breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems. - ✔✔Breathing, pain, sleep.
What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health history, physical exam, and interview
- ✔✔Assessment
When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the components of holistic health include
which of these - ✔✔Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent
The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a newly admitted patient. An example of objective
information obtained during the physical assessment includes - ✔✔2-5 cm scar on the right lower
forearm
A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has many chronic medical problems.
Which type of data base is most appropriate to collect in this setting - ✔✔A complete health data base
because of the nurses primary responsibility for monitoring the patients health
Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a focused of problem- centered
history - ✔✔Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and flu symptoms
A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She has been coming to the clinic weekly
since she changed medication 2 months ago. The nurse should - ✔✔Collect a follow up data vase and
the check her blood pressure
A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department with multiple traumas received in an
automobile accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his injuries are quite severe. How would the nurse
proceed with data collection - ✔✔Simultaneously ask history questions while performing exam and
initiating life saving measures
a 42 year old patient of Asian descent is being seen at the clinic for an initial exam. The nurse knows that
including cultural information in his health assessment is important to - ✔✔Provide culturally sensitive
and appropriate care
