Health Assessment Test Bank –
Updated exam prep with
verified questions and
answers. Covers key nursing
concepts to support 2026/2027
study success.
A - ANSWER-. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute.
These types of data would be:
A. objective
B. reflective
C. subjective
D. Introspective
C - ANSWER-A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and
feels hot. These types of data would be:
A. Objective
,B. Reflective
C. subjective
D. Introspective
A - ANSWER-The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and
subjective data combine to form the:
a.Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
C - ANSWER-When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patients physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
, B - ANSWER-The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make
their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c.Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors
A - ANSWER-Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act
without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a.Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
C - ANSWER-The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice
(EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
Updated exam prep with
verified questions and
answers. Covers key nursing
concepts to support 2026/2027
study success.
A - ANSWER-. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute.
These types of data would be:
A. objective
B. reflective
C. subjective
D. Introspective
C - ANSWER-A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and
feels hot. These types of data would be:
A. Objective
,B. Reflective
C. subjective
D. Introspective
A - ANSWER-The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and
subjective data combine to form the:
a.Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
C - ANSWER-When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patients physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
, B - ANSWER-The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make
their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c.Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors
A - ANSWER-Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act
without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a.Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
C - ANSWER-The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice
(EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
