Physical Assessment Pre-Lecture Questionnaires
Question and Answer [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam | A+ Verified
• The first part of the health assessment is physical examination. -✓✓ False
• The nurse is instrumental in overseeing the physical care of each patient. -✓✓ False
• Assessment is the foundation of nursing practice. -✓✓ True
• The health of every individual is influenced by 7 facets. -✓✓ True
• Through the health assessment, the nurse detects areas requiring------------attention. -
✓✓ Immediate
• ------------opportunities will often present themselves during health assessments -✓✓
teaching
• The nursing health------------entails both a comprehensive health history and a
complete physical examination, which are used to evaluate the health status of a
person. -✓✓ assessment
• The medical focus is to diagnose and treat the-------- -✓✓ disease
• The nurse's ability to----------a change in a patient is instrumental in providing the best
care -✓✓ detect
• objective data is information gathered from the physical assessment and the
laboratory tests. -✓✓ true
• Reliability is also known as precision -✓✓ True
• Good observations or tests have a sensitivity of more than 90% and help rule out
disease because there are few false negatives -✓✓ True
• Diagnosis has a nursing focus and is based on real or potential health problems or
human response -✓✓ True
• The fecal point of the diagnosis phase is based on the nurse's concerns, issues, and
needs -✓✓ false
• Symptoms are also known as--------data -✓✓ subjective
, • --------is charting the best course to achieve the patient's optimal wellness and comfort
-✓✓ Planning
• -------indicates how closely a given observation agrees with the best possible measure
of reality -✓✓ Validity
• ----------is a continuing process and determines if the goals/outcomes have been
attained -✓✓ evaluation
• The----------is a broad systemic framework that supplies a methodical base applicable
to the practice of nursing -✓✓ Nursing process
• Important points are summarized during the working phase of the interview process -
✓✓ false
• questioning during the interview process should proceed from specific to general -✓✓
false
• communication that does not involve speech provides important clues to feelings and
emotions -✓✓ true
• the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) set standards for
disclosure for both institutions and providers when sharing patient information -✓✓ True
• The phase of the interviewing process that helps put the patient at ease and establish
trust is called the ---------phase -✓✓ introduction
• --------is the explanation that the nurse brings to the symptoms -✓✓ disease
• ---------can be defined as how the patient experiences all aspects of the disease -✓✓
illness
• underlying all the techniques of skilled interviewing is the habit of------------- -✓✓ active
listening
• interviewing patients requires---------- -✓✓ planningA
• Two or more affirmative answers to the CAGE questionnaire suggest alcohol misuse -
✓✓ True
• The nurse should make every attempt to quote the patient's own words when
documenting in the patient's record -✓✓ true
Question and Answer [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam | A+ Verified
• The first part of the health assessment is physical examination. -✓✓ False
• The nurse is instrumental in overseeing the physical care of each patient. -✓✓ False
• Assessment is the foundation of nursing practice. -✓✓ True
• The health of every individual is influenced by 7 facets. -✓✓ True
• Through the health assessment, the nurse detects areas requiring------------attention. -
✓✓ Immediate
• ------------opportunities will often present themselves during health assessments -✓✓
teaching
• The nursing health------------entails both a comprehensive health history and a
complete physical examination, which are used to evaluate the health status of a
person. -✓✓ assessment
• The medical focus is to diagnose and treat the-------- -✓✓ disease
• The nurse's ability to----------a change in a patient is instrumental in providing the best
care -✓✓ detect
• objective data is information gathered from the physical assessment and the
laboratory tests. -✓✓ true
• Reliability is also known as precision -✓✓ True
• Good observations or tests have a sensitivity of more than 90% and help rule out
disease because there are few false negatives -✓✓ True
• Diagnosis has a nursing focus and is based on real or potential health problems or
human response -✓✓ True
• The fecal point of the diagnosis phase is based on the nurse's concerns, issues, and
needs -✓✓ false
• Symptoms are also known as--------data -✓✓ subjective
, • --------is charting the best course to achieve the patient's optimal wellness and comfort
-✓✓ Planning
• -------indicates how closely a given observation agrees with the best possible measure
of reality -✓✓ Validity
• ----------is a continuing process and determines if the goals/outcomes have been
attained -✓✓ evaluation
• The----------is a broad systemic framework that supplies a methodical base applicable
to the practice of nursing -✓✓ Nursing process
• Important points are summarized during the working phase of the interview process -
✓✓ false
• questioning during the interview process should proceed from specific to general -✓✓
false
• communication that does not involve speech provides important clues to feelings and
emotions -✓✓ true
• the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) set standards for
disclosure for both institutions and providers when sharing patient information -✓✓ True
• The phase of the interviewing process that helps put the patient at ease and establish
trust is called the ---------phase -✓✓ introduction
• --------is the explanation that the nurse brings to the symptoms -✓✓ disease
• ---------can be defined as how the patient experiences all aspects of the disease -✓✓
illness
• underlying all the techniques of skilled interviewing is the habit of------------- -✓✓ active
listening
• interviewing patients requires---------- -✓✓ planningA
• Two or more affirmative answers to the CAGE questionnaire suggest alcohol misuse -
✓✓ True
• The nurse should make every attempt to quote the patient's own words when
documenting in the patient's record -✓✓ true
