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TESTBANK
Health Assessment
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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For Nursing Students
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1. The first step in the health assessment process is usually:
A. Planning interventions
B. Collecting data (history and examination)
C. Evaluating outcomes only
D. Implementing treatment
Answer: B
2. Subjective data are obtained primarily from:
A. Laboratory results
B. The patient’s verbal reports (symptoms)
C. Physical examination findings only
D. Imaging reports
Answer: B
3. Objective data include:
A. Patient’s description of pain only
B. Signs observed or measured by the examiner
C. Only family history
D. Only the chief complaint
Answer: B
4. The chief complaint is:
A. The nurse’s diagnosis
B. The main reason the patient seeks care, in the patient’s words
C. Only the medical diagnosis
D. A list of all past illnesses
Answer: B
5. OLDCARTS (or similar mnemonic) is used to explore:
A. Only family history
B. The history of the present illness / symptom analysis
C. Only social history
D. Only medication list
Answer: B
6. A complete health history includes:
A. Only the present illness
B. Biographical data, chief complaint, HPI, past history, family history, review of systems, and functional/social data
C. Only vital signs
D. Only allergies
Answer: B
7. Review of systems is:
A. A physical examination of every system
B. A systematic set of questions about each body system
C. Only laboratory tests
D. Only the nurse’s observations
Answer: B
8. Open-ended questions are useful because they:
A. Limit the patient’s answers to yes/no
B. Encourage the patient to elaborate
C. Are never appropriate in assessment
D. Only confirm known data
Answer: B
9. Closed questions are useful for:
A. Exploring feelings in depth always
B. Obtaining specific facts and clarifying details
C. Only building rapport without facts
D. Avoiding all structure
Answer: B
10. Facilitation as a communication technique means:
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A. Changing the subject
B. Encouraging the patient to continue (e.g., “go on,” nodding)
C. Giving advice immediately
D. Interrupting frequently
Answer: B
11. Silence during the interview can be:
A. Always awkward and should be filled immediately
B. Useful to allow the patient time to think or express emotion
C. Never therapeutic
D. Only a sign of nurse disinterest
Answer: B
12. Reflection involves:
A. Ignoring the patient’s words
B. Repeating or rephrasing what the patient said to encourage elaboration
C. Only giving solutions
D. Changing the topic
Answer: B
13. Clarification is used when:
A. The nurse fully understands everything
B. The patient’s statement is unclear or ambiguous
C. Only at the end of the interview
D. Never needed
Answer: B
14. Empathy in the interview means:
A. Feeling exactly what the patient feels in every case
B. Recognizing and acknowledging the patient’s feelings
C. Only sympathy without acknowledgment
D. Avoiding emotional topics
Answer: B
15. Confrontation as a technique is used carefully to:
A. Argue with the patient
B. Point out inconsistencies or observations that need clarification
C. Only criticize
D. End the interview abruptly
Answer: B
16. Interpretation involves:
A. Only repeating exact words
B. Making inferences about what the patient has said and checking them
C. Avoiding any conclusions
D. Only documenting without feedback
Answer: B
17. Explanation provides:
A. Only questions
B. Factual information to the patient
C. Only emotional support without facts
D. No information
Answer: B
18. Summary at the end of the history helps to:
A. Confuse the patient
B. Validate understanding and allow the patient to correct information
C. Only fill time
D. Avoid documentation
Answer: B
19. When interviewing a patient with a language barrier, the nurse should:
A. Use family members as the only interpreters always
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TESTBANK
Health Assessment
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Answers shown after each question
© MOh T
Original Educational Practice Questions
For Nursing Students
© MOh T | @moht | Educational Use Only
,Testbank | Health Assessment | © MOh T @moht
1. The first step in the health assessment process is usually:
A. Planning interventions
B. Collecting data (history and examination)
C. Evaluating outcomes only
D. Implementing treatment
Answer: B
2. Subjective data are obtained primarily from:
A. Laboratory results
B. The patient’s verbal reports (symptoms)
C. Physical examination findings only
D. Imaging reports
Answer: B
3. Objective data include:
A. Patient’s description of pain only
B. Signs observed or measured by the examiner
C. Only family history
D. Only the chief complaint
Answer: B
4. The chief complaint is:
A. The nurse’s diagnosis
B. The main reason the patient seeks care, in the patient’s words
C. Only the medical diagnosis
D. A list of all past illnesses
Answer: B
5. OLDCARTS (or similar mnemonic) is used to explore:
A. Only family history
B. The history of the present illness / symptom analysis
C. Only social history
D. Only medication list
Answer: B
6. A complete health history includes:
A. Only the present illness
B. Biographical data, chief complaint, HPI, past history, family history, review of systems, and functional/social data
C. Only vital signs
D. Only allergies
Answer: B
7. Review of systems is:
A. A physical examination of every system
B. A systematic set of questions about each body system
C. Only laboratory tests
D. Only the nurse’s observations
Answer: B
8. Open-ended questions are useful because they:
A. Limit the patient’s answers to yes/no
B. Encourage the patient to elaborate
C. Are never appropriate in assessment
D. Only confirm known data
Answer: B
9. Closed questions are useful for:
A. Exploring feelings in depth always
B. Obtaining specific facts and clarifying details
C. Only building rapport without facts
D. Avoiding all structure
Answer: B
10. Facilitation as a communication technique means:
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A. Changing the subject
B. Encouraging the patient to continue (e.g., “go on,” nodding)
C. Giving advice immediately
D. Interrupting frequently
Answer: B
11. Silence during the interview can be:
A. Always awkward and should be filled immediately
B. Useful to allow the patient time to think or express emotion
C. Never therapeutic
D. Only a sign of nurse disinterest
Answer: B
12. Reflection involves:
A. Ignoring the patient’s words
B. Repeating or rephrasing what the patient said to encourage elaboration
C. Only giving solutions
D. Changing the topic
Answer: B
13. Clarification is used when:
A. The nurse fully understands everything
B. The patient’s statement is unclear or ambiguous
C. Only at the end of the interview
D. Never needed
Answer: B
14. Empathy in the interview means:
A. Feeling exactly what the patient feels in every case
B. Recognizing and acknowledging the patient’s feelings
C. Only sympathy without acknowledgment
D. Avoiding emotional topics
Answer: B
15. Confrontation as a technique is used carefully to:
A. Argue with the patient
B. Point out inconsistencies or observations that need clarification
C. Only criticize
D. End the interview abruptly
Answer: B
16. Interpretation involves:
A. Only repeating exact words
B. Making inferences about what the patient has said and checking them
C. Avoiding any conclusions
D. Only documenting without feedback
Answer: B
17. Explanation provides:
A. Only questions
B. Factual information to the patient
C. Only emotional support without facts
D. No information
Answer: B
18. Summary at the end of the history helps to:
A. Confuse the patient
B. Validate understanding and allow the patient to correct information
C. Only fill time
D. Avoid documentation
Answer: B
19. When interviewing a patient with a language barrier, the nurse should:
A. Use family members as the only interpreters always
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