CNUR 107 REVIEW STUDY GUIDE | COMPLETE NURSING EXAM PREP, PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2026/2027
Health assessment is..... - ANS ✔✔the collection of subjective and objective data to develop a
database about a patient's health status (past and present), health concerns, and usual coping
mechanisms so that an individualized care plan can be created
Health Promotion is..... - ANS ✔✔the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve their health
Health promotion levels - ANS ✔✔Primary prevention: knowing disease processes, patterns and
progressions allows nurses to better promote health at the primary and secondary levels
Prevention from becoming ill/injured
Teaching gr 3 about harmful effects of smoking
Immunizations, bike helmets
Secondary Prevention:
Early detection of disease, before symptoms arise
Providing smoking cessation techniques
Screening tests
Tertiary Prevention:
Prevention of complication when disease/condition exists
Decreasing the amount of second hand smoke exposure to a COPD pt.
Diabetic education
SDoH - ANS ✔✔Socioeconomic status - biographical status, interpersonal relationships
Physical environment - functional assessment, environmental hazards
Healthy childhood environment - developmental history
Personal health practices - health promotion and harm reduction approaches
,Individual capacity & coping skills - self-concept, coping strategies, stress management
Biology & genetics - family history
Health services - recent exam's, immunizations, medical, dental
Gender - biographical status
Culture - biographical status, perception of health
Culture & Social Considerations - ANS ✔✔- Recognizing pt's cultural and social considerations
allows the HCP to conduct accurate & respectful health assessments. It also allows the HCP to
respond to the pt needs In a timely manner.
- Culture
definitions tend to be broad & lacking meaning
in Canada, cultural communities are broad therefore there is no predefined approach in any
one specific cultural community ie: Chinese, Iranian, etc.
Can be many differences in generations within communities
There is a danger of applying cultural traits = stereotypical? = unsafe health assessment
practices
Culturalism - ANS ✔✔assuming people act in particular ways because of their culture
Ie: assuming one culture is prone to drug and alcohol abuse or another culture is prone to ++
domestic violence
Ie: assuming all people from China embrace the hot-cold theory of helath/illness
Cultural Competence - ANS ✔✔the application of knowledge, skills, attitudes or personal
attributes required by nurses to maximize respectful relationships with diverse populations of
clients and co-workers
*** P. 32 Box 3-1 Using Culturally Safe Approaches with Patient's*** - ANS ✔✔Being alert and
respectful to a wide variety of health care practices and understanding about health, you will
more easily find a mutually acceptable way to address people's health concerns
, Critical Thinking - ANS ✔✔1. The ability to interpret argument, evidence, or raw information in
a logical and unbiased fashion.
2. The ability to solve complex problems effectively
Evidence-Informed Assessment - ANS ✔✔EBM Medicine based on firm data rather than
anecdote, tradition, intuition, or belief
Critical thinking & Evidence-Informed Assessment - ANS ✔✔Ability to assess & provide HIGH
quality assessment =foundation to nursing
-HIGH quality assessment = providing relevant, timely and appropriate nursing and health care
to patients, family and other members of the care team...also being able to respond to pt needs
in appropriate manner
12 Critical Thinking Skills in
Health Assessment - ANS ✔✔1. Identifying Assumptions
2. identifying an organized/comprehensive approach to the assessment
3. validation/accuracy/reliability of data
4. distinguishing normal from abnormal
5. making inferences or hypothesis
6. clustering related cues
7. distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
8. recognizing inconsistencies
9. identifying patterns
10. identifying missing information
11. promoting health
12. diagnosing actual and potential (risk) problems from assessment data
ANSWERS 2026/2027
Health assessment is..... - ANS ✔✔the collection of subjective and objective data to develop a
database about a patient's health status (past and present), health concerns, and usual coping
mechanisms so that an individualized care plan can be created
Health Promotion is..... - ANS ✔✔the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve their health
Health promotion levels - ANS ✔✔Primary prevention: knowing disease processes, patterns and
progressions allows nurses to better promote health at the primary and secondary levels
Prevention from becoming ill/injured
Teaching gr 3 about harmful effects of smoking
Immunizations, bike helmets
Secondary Prevention:
Early detection of disease, before symptoms arise
Providing smoking cessation techniques
Screening tests
Tertiary Prevention:
Prevention of complication when disease/condition exists
Decreasing the amount of second hand smoke exposure to a COPD pt.
Diabetic education
SDoH - ANS ✔✔Socioeconomic status - biographical status, interpersonal relationships
Physical environment - functional assessment, environmental hazards
Healthy childhood environment - developmental history
Personal health practices - health promotion and harm reduction approaches
,Individual capacity & coping skills - self-concept, coping strategies, stress management
Biology & genetics - family history
Health services - recent exam's, immunizations, medical, dental
Gender - biographical status
Culture - biographical status, perception of health
Culture & Social Considerations - ANS ✔✔- Recognizing pt's cultural and social considerations
allows the HCP to conduct accurate & respectful health assessments. It also allows the HCP to
respond to the pt needs In a timely manner.
- Culture
definitions tend to be broad & lacking meaning
in Canada, cultural communities are broad therefore there is no predefined approach in any
one specific cultural community ie: Chinese, Iranian, etc.
Can be many differences in generations within communities
There is a danger of applying cultural traits = stereotypical? = unsafe health assessment
practices
Culturalism - ANS ✔✔assuming people act in particular ways because of their culture
Ie: assuming one culture is prone to drug and alcohol abuse or another culture is prone to ++
domestic violence
Ie: assuming all people from China embrace the hot-cold theory of helath/illness
Cultural Competence - ANS ✔✔the application of knowledge, skills, attitudes or personal
attributes required by nurses to maximize respectful relationships with diverse populations of
clients and co-workers
*** P. 32 Box 3-1 Using Culturally Safe Approaches with Patient's*** - ANS ✔✔Being alert and
respectful to a wide variety of health care practices and understanding about health, you will
more easily find a mutually acceptable way to address people's health concerns
, Critical Thinking - ANS ✔✔1. The ability to interpret argument, evidence, or raw information in
a logical and unbiased fashion.
2. The ability to solve complex problems effectively
Evidence-Informed Assessment - ANS ✔✔EBM Medicine based on firm data rather than
anecdote, tradition, intuition, or belief
Critical thinking & Evidence-Informed Assessment - ANS ✔✔Ability to assess & provide HIGH
quality assessment =foundation to nursing
-HIGH quality assessment = providing relevant, timely and appropriate nursing and health care
to patients, family and other members of the care team...also being able to respond to pt needs
in appropriate manner
12 Critical Thinking Skills in
Health Assessment - ANS ✔✔1. Identifying Assumptions
2. identifying an organized/comprehensive approach to the assessment
3. validation/accuracy/reliability of data
4. distinguishing normal from abnormal
5. making inferences or hypothesis
6. clustering related cues
7. distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
8. recognizing inconsistencies
9. identifying patterns
10. identifying missing information
11. promoting health
12. diagnosing actual and potential (risk) problems from assessment data
