FUNCTIONAL ABILITY NCLEX QUESTIONS WITH ALL
ANSWERS
The nurse is assessing a patient's functional ability. Which activities most closely match the
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definition of functional ability?
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a. Healthy individual, works outside the home, uses a cane, well groomed
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b. Healthy individual, college educated, travels frequently, can balance a checkbook
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c. Healthy individual, works out, reads well, cooks and cleans house
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d. Healthy individual, volunteers at church, works part time, takes care of family and house
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- ansANS: D
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Functional ability refers to the individual's ability to perform the normal daily activities requir
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ed to meet basic needs; fulfill usual roles in the family, workplace, and community; and mai
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ntain health and well- as as as
being. The other options are good; however, each option has advanced or independent act
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The nurse is assessing a patient's functional performance. What assessment parameters
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will be most important in this assessment?
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a. Continence assessment, gait assessment, feeding assessment, dressing assessment, t
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b. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), vital signs assessment
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c. Sleep assessment, energy assessment, memory assessment, concentration assessme
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d. Healthy individual, volunteers at church, works part time, takes care of family and house
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- ansANS: A
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Functional impairment, disability, or handicap refers to varying degrees of an individual's in
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ability to perform the tasks required to complete normal life activities without assistance. H
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eight, weight, BMI, and vital signs are physical assessment. Sleep, energy, memory, and c
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oncentration are part of a depression screening. Healthy, volunteering, working, and carin as as as as as as as as as as as
g for family and house are functional abilities, not performance.
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The nurse is assessing a patient with a mobility dysfunction and wants to gain insight into th
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e patient's functional ability. What question would be the most appropriate?
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a. "Are you able to shop for yourself?"
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b. "Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?"
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c. "Do you know what today's date is?"
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d. "Were you sad or depressed more than once in the last 3 days?" - ansANS: B
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"Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?" will assist the nurse in determinin
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g the patient's ability to perform self-
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care activities. A nutritional health risk assessment is not the functional assessment. Knowi
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ANSWERS
The nurse is assessing a patient's functional ability. Which activities most closely match the
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definition of functional ability?
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a. Healthy individual, works outside the home, uses a cane, well groomed
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b. Healthy individual, college educated, travels frequently, can balance a checkbook
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c. Healthy individual, works out, reads well, cooks and cleans house
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d. Healthy individual, volunteers at church, works part time, takes care of family and house
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- ansANS: D
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Functional ability refers to the individual's ability to perform the normal daily activities requir
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ed to meet basic needs; fulfill usual roles in the family, workplace, and community; and mai
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ntain health and well- as as as
being. The other options are good; however, each option has advanced or independent act
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ivities in the context of the option. as as as as as as
The nurse is assessing a patient's functional performance. What assessment parameters
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will be most important in this assessment?
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a. Continence assessment, gait assessment, feeding assessment, dressing assessment, t
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ransfer assessment as
b. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), vital signs assessment
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c. Sleep assessment, energy assessment, memory assessment, concentration assessme
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d. Healthy individual, volunteers at church, works part time, takes care of family and house
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- ansANS: A
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Functional impairment, disability, or handicap refers to varying degrees of an individual's in
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ability to perform the tasks required to complete normal life activities without assistance. H
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eight, weight, BMI, and vital signs are physical assessment. Sleep, energy, memory, and c
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oncentration are part of a depression screening. Healthy, volunteering, working, and carin as as as as as as as as as as as
g for family and house are functional abilities, not performance.
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The nurse is assessing a patient with a mobility dysfunction and wants to gain insight into th
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e patient's functional ability. What question would be the most appropriate?
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a. "Are you able to shop for yourself?"
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b. "Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?"
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c. "Do you know what today's date is?"
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d. "Were you sad or depressed more than once in the last 3 days?" - ansANS: B
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"Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?" will assist the nurse in determinin
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g the patient's ability to perform self-
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care activities. A nutritional health risk assessment is not the functional assessment. Knowi
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