RASMUSSEN HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM
TWO EXAM READINESS SERIES
◉ *Subjective data* Answer: *Subjective data* consist of information
provided by the affected individual.
◉ *Objective data* Answer: *Objective data* include information
obtained by the health care provider through physical assessment, the
patient's record, and laboratory studies.
◉ *The database* Answer: The *database* is the totality of information
available about the patient. The purpose of assessment is to make a
judgment or diagnosis.
◉ *Diagnostic reasoning* Answer: *Diagnostic reasoning* is the
process of analyzing health data and drawing conclusions to identify
diagnoses.
◉ Diagnostic reasoning has which four major components? Answer:
*Diagnostic reasoning* has which four major components?
(1) *Attending to* initially available *cues*, which are pieces of
information, signs, symptoms, or laboratory data;
(2) *Formulating diagnostic hypotheses*, which are tentative
explanations for a cue or a set of cues and can serve as a basis for further
investigation;
,(3) *Gathering data* relative to the tentative hypotheses;
(4) *evaluating each hypothesis* with the new data collected, which
leads to a final diagnosis.
◉ The *nursing process* includes which six phases? Answer: The
*nursing process* includes which six phases?
(1) *assessment*,
(2) *diagnosis*,
(3) *outcome identification*,
(4) *planning*,
(5) *implementation*, and
(6) *evaluation*.
It is a dynamic, interactive process in which practitioners move back and
forth within the steps.
◉ The *novice nurse* Answer: The *novice nurse* has no experience
with specific patient populations and uses rules to guide performance.
◉ The *experienced nurse* Answer: The *experienced nurse*
understands a patient situation as a whole rather than as a list of tasks,
attends to an assessment data pattern, and acts without consciously
labeling it.
,◉ *Critical thinking* Answer: *Critical thinking* is the
multidimensional thinking process needed for sound diagnostic
reasoning and clinical judgment. Seventeen critical thinking skills have
been identified, including *setting priorities.*
◉ *First-level priority problems* Answer: *First-level priority
problems* are emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as
establishing an airway or supporting breathing.
◉ *Second-level priority problems* Answer: *Second-level priority
problems* are next in urgency. They require prompt intervention to
prevent deterioration, and may include a mental status change or acute
pain.
◉ *Third-level priority problems* Answer: *Third-level priority
problems* are important to the patient's health, but can be addressed
after more urgent problems. Examples include lack of knowledge or
family coping.
◉ Evidence-based practice Answer: Evidence-based practice is a
systematic approach to practice that uses the *best evidence,* the
*clinician's experience,* and the *patient's preferences and values* to
make decisions about care and treatment.
◉ Every examiner needs to collect *four kinds of databases* based on
the situation. What are the four kinds of databases? Answer: Every
, examiner needs to collect *four kinds of databases* based on the
situation. What are the four kinds of databases?
(1) A *complete (or total health) database* includes a complete health
history and a full physical examination.
(2) A *focused (or problem-centered) database* is used for a limited or
short-term problem. It is smaller in scope and more targeted than the
complete database.
(3) A *follow-up database* evaluates the status of any identified
problem at regular intervals to follow up on short-term or chronic health
problems.
(4) An *emergency database* calls for rapid collection of data, which
commonly occurs while performing lifesaving measures.
◉ The *biomedical model* Answer: The *biomedical model* of
Western medicine views health as the absence of disease. It focuses on
collecting data on biophysical signs and symptoms and on curing
disease.
◉ The *holistic health model* Answer: The *holistic health model*
assesses the whole person because it views the mind, body, and spirit as
interdependent and functioning as a whole within the environment.
Health depends on all these factors working together.
◉ The concept of health also includes health promotion and disease
prevention. Answer: ...
TWO EXAM READINESS SERIES
◉ *Subjective data* Answer: *Subjective data* consist of information
provided by the affected individual.
◉ *Objective data* Answer: *Objective data* include information
obtained by the health care provider through physical assessment, the
patient's record, and laboratory studies.
◉ *The database* Answer: The *database* is the totality of information
available about the patient. The purpose of assessment is to make a
judgment or diagnosis.
◉ *Diagnostic reasoning* Answer: *Diagnostic reasoning* is the
process of analyzing health data and drawing conclusions to identify
diagnoses.
◉ Diagnostic reasoning has which four major components? Answer:
*Diagnostic reasoning* has which four major components?
(1) *Attending to* initially available *cues*, which are pieces of
information, signs, symptoms, or laboratory data;
(2) *Formulating diagnostic hypotheses*, which are tentative
explanations for a cue or a set of cues and can serve as a basis for further
investigation;
,(3) *Gathering data* relative to the tentative hypotheses;
(4) *evaluating each hypothesis* with the new data collected, which
leads to a final diagnosis.
◉ The *nursing process* includes which six phases? Answer: The
*nursing process* includes which six phases?
(1) *assessment*,
(2) *diagnosis*,
(3) *outcome identification*,
(4) *planning*,
(5) *implementation*, and
(6) *evaluation*.
It is a dynamic, interactive process in which practitioners move back and
forth within the steps.
◉ The *novice nurse* Answer: The *novice nurse* has no experience
with specific patient populations and uses rules to guide performance.
◉ The *experienced nurse* Answer: The *experienced nurse*
understands a patient situation as a whole rather than as a list of tasks,
attends to an assessment data pattern, and acts without consciously
labeling it.
,◉ *Critical thinking* Answer: *Critical thinking* is the
multidimensional thinking process needed for sound diagnostic
reasoning and clinical judgment. Seventeen critical thinking skills have
been identified, including *setting priorities.*
◉ *First-level priority problems* Answer: *First-level priority
problems* are emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as
establishing an airway or supporting breathing.
◉ *Second-level priority problems* Answer: *Second-level priority
problems* are next in urgency. They require prompt intervention to
prevent deterioration, and may include a mental status change or acute
pain.
◉ *Third-level priority problems* Answer: *Third-level priority
problems* are important to the patient's health, but can be addressed
after more urgent problems. Examples include lack of knowledge or
family coping.
◉ Evidence-based practice Answer: Evidence-based practice is a
systematic approach to practice that uses the *best evidence,* the
*clinician's experience,* and the *patient's preferences and values* to
make decisions about care and treatment.
◉ Every examiner needs to collect *four kinds of databases* based on
the situation. What are the four kinds of databases? Answer: Every
, examiner needs to collect *four kinds of databases* based on the
situation. What are the four kinds of databases?
(1) A *complete (or total health) database* includes a complete health
history and a full physical examination.
(2) A *focused (or problem-centered) database* is used for a limited or
short-term problem. It is smaller in scope and more targeted than the
complete database.
(3) A *follow-up database* evaluates the status of any identified
problem at regular intervals to follow up on short-term or chronic health
problems.
(4) An *emergency database* calls for rapid collection of data, which
commonly occurs while performing lifesaving measures.
◉ The *biomedical model* Answer: The *biomedical model* of
Western medicine views health as the absence of disease. It focuses on
collecting data on biophysical signs and symptoms and on curing
disease.
◉ The *holistic health model* Answer: The *holistic health model*
assesses the whole person because it views the mind, body, and spirit as
interdependent and functioning as a whole within the environment.
Health depends on all these factors working together.
◉ The concept of health also includes health promotion and disease
prevention. Answer: ...
