HEALTH & PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT IN NURSING
MOCK TEST WITH ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ to become proficient with physical assessment skills, the nurse
must have basic knowledge in three areas.
Answer: - types and operation of equipment needed for the
particular examination
- preparation of the setting, oneself, and the client for the physical
assessment
- performance of the four assessment techniques: inspect, percuss,
palpate, auscultate
◉ three different parts of the hand used during palpation.
Answer: fingerpads, ulnar/palmer surface, and dorsal surface
◉ purpose of documentation.
Answer: promote effective communication among multidisciplinary
health team members to facilitate safe and effective client care
◉ methods of validation.
Answer: - recheck your own data through repeat assessment
- clarify data with the client by asking additional questions
,- verify the data with another health care professional
- compare your objective findings with your subjective findings to
uncover discrepancies
◉ the use of EHRs.
Answer: improved diagnostic and clinical outcomes, reduced errors,
and improved patient safety
◉ SBAR.
Answer: situation, background, assessment, recommendation; done
when you do a report off to another caregiver
◉ actual diagnoses.
Answer: nursing diagnoses (from NANDA) related to etiology
(cause) as evidenced by defining characteristics (what you see or
observe)
◉ wellness diagnoses or health promotion diagnosis.
Answer: readiness for enhanced (nursing diagnosis) related to
(statement of desire to improve etiology)
◉ risk diagnosis (hasn't happened yet).
Answer: risk for (NANDA diagnosis) related to (etiology(cause))
,◉ definition of health.
Answer: as defined by WHO is a state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
◉ factors affecting mental health.
Answer: -economic and social factors
-unhealthy life choices-substance abuse
-exposure to violence
-personality factors
-spiritual factors
-cultural
-change or impairment in neurologic system
-psychosocial development level
◉ Erikson theory.
Answer: a psychosocial theory, with psychosocial being defined as
the intrapersonal and interpersonal responses
◉ Erikson's Eight stages of psychosocial development.
Answer:
, ◉ Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
Answer:
◉ assimilation.
Answer: interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing
schemas
◉ accommodation.
Answer: adapting our current understandings (schemas) to
incorporate new information; modification
◉ Lawrence Kohlberg Moral development theory.
Answer:
◉ Freud theory of psychosexual development.
Answer:
◉ pain.
Answer: an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, which we
primarily associate with tissue damage or describe in terms of such
damage
MOCK TEST WITH ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ to become proficient with physical assessment skills, the nurse
must have basic knowledge in three areas.
Answer: - types and operation of equipment needed for the
particular examination
- preparation of the setting, oneself, and the client for the physical
assessment
- performance of the four assessment techniques: inspect, percuss,
palpate, auscultate
◉ three different parts of the hand used during palpation.
Answer: fingerpads, ulnar/palmer surface, and dorsal surface
◉ purpose of documentation.
Answer: promote effective communication among multidisciplinary
health team members to facilitate safe and effective client care
◉ methods of validation.
Answer: - recheck your own data through repeat assessment
- clarify data with the client by asking additional questions
,- verify the data with another health care professional
- compare your objective findings with your subjective findings to
uncover discrepancies
◉ the use of EHRs.
Answer: improved diagnostic and clinical outcomes, reduced errors,
and improved patient safety
◉ SBAR.
Answer: situation, background, assessment, recommendation; done
when you do a report off to another caregiver
◉ actual diagnoses.
Answer: nursing diagnoses (from NANDA) related to etiology
(cause) as evidenced by defining characteristics (what you see or
observe)
◉ wellness diagnoses or health promotion diagnosis.
Answer: readiness for enhanced (nursing diagnosis) related to
(statement of desire to improve etiology)
◉ risk diagnosis (hasn't happened yet).
Answer: risk for (NANDA diagnosis) related to (etiology(cause))
,◉ definition of health.
Answer: as defined by WHO is a state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
◉ factors affecting mental health.
Answer: -economic and social factors
-unhealthy life choices-substance abuse
-exposure to violence
-personality factors
-spiritual factors
-cultural
-change or impairment in neurologic system
-psychosocial development level
◉ Erikson theory.
Answer: a psychosocial theory, with psychosocial being defined as
the intrapersonal and interpersonal responses
◉ Erikson's Eight stages of psychosocial development.
Answer:
, ◉ Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
Answer:
◉ assimilation.
Answer: interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing
schemas
◉ accommodation.
Answer: adapting our current understandings (schemas) to
incorporate new information; modification
◉ Lawrence Kohlberg Moral development theory.
Answer:
◉ Freud theory of psychosexual development.
Answer:
◉ pain.
Answer: an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, which we
primarily associate with tissue damage or describe in terms of such
damage
