Health Assessment in Nursing, chapter Questions
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Answ ers 2025/2026
What is a required component of a health assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Critical thinking
What will be the nurse's initial role when conducting a health
assessment with a client reporting abdominal pain? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Collecting data regarding the nature of the pain
A nurse recommends that a client come back once every 3 months in
the coming year to have his cholesterol checked, to make sure he is
maintaining a healthy level. Which type of assessment is the nurse
proposing? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ongoing or partial
The nurse has completed a health assessment on an older adult client
being seen at a neighborhood clinic. What client-specific information
should the nurse identify as being a priority? - CORRECT ANSWER-
significantly impaired hearing
, During a health assessment the nurse learns that a client lives in an
urban area with a high crime rate. Which category of health is affecting
this client? - CORRECT ANSWER-environmental
A nursing instructor is discussing the purposes of health assessment.
What is one purpose of health assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER-To
establish a database against which subsequent assessments can be
measured
A young adult male nurse is assessing a teenage girl newly admitted to
the pediatric unit. The nurse knows that an efficient assessment
framework that provides additional modesty for the client is what? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Head to toe
A nurse is assessing the cognitive function of a 13-year-old boy who is in
the hospital following a head injury sustained while playing football.
The boy acts annoyed with the assessment questions and asks how
often he will have to answer them. The nurse should respond with
which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER-"I'm sorry, but assessment
is ongoing and continuous."
What are nurses able to detect through the health assessment? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Areas in need of health adjustments
1 And
Answ ers 2025/2026
What is a required component of a health assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Critical thinking
What will be the nurse's initial role when conducting a health
assessment with a client reporting abdominal pain? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Collecting data regarding the nature of the pain
A nurse recommends that a client come back once every 3 months in
the coming year to have his cholesterol checked, to make sure he is
maintaining a healthy level. Which type of assessment is the nurse
proposing? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ongoing or partial
The nurse has completed a health assessment on an older adult client
being seen at a neighborhood clinic. What client-specific information
should the nurse identify as being a priority? - CORRECT ANSWER-
significantly impaired hearing
, During a health assessment the nurse learns that a client lives in an
urban area with a high crime rate. Which category of health is affecting
this client? - CORRECT ANSWER-environmental
A nursing instructor is discussing the purposes of health assessment.
What is one purpose of health assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER-To
establish a database against which subsequent assessments can be
measured
A young adult male nurse is assessing a teenage girl newly admitted to
the pediatric unit. The nurse knows that an efficient assessment
framework that provides additional modesty for the client is what? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Head to toe
A nurse is assessing the cognitive function of a 13-year-old boy who is in
the hospital following a head injury sustained while playing football.
The boy acts annoyed with the assessment questions and asks how
often he will have to answer them. The nurse should respond with
which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER-"I'm sorry, but assessment
is ongoing and continuous."
What are nurses able to detect through the health assessment? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Areas in need of health adjustments
