NUR 3066 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE | HEALTH ASSESSMENT COMPLETE
REVIEW & PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2026/2027
Objective Data - ANS ✔✔what you as the health professional observe/sense (see, hear, smell, feel...) by
inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination
Subjective Data - ANS ✔✔what the subject says about themselves or their condition during the
assessment process
Priority Setting - ANS ✔✔evolves over time with changes in priority setting depending on the severity of
the problem
First-level Priority - ANS ✔✔emergent, life-threatening, and immediate (ABCs: Airway, Breathing,
Circulation)
Second-level Priority - ANS ✔✔needs attention before it becomes a first level (mental status change,
acute pain, infection risk, abnormal labs, safety risks)
Third-level Priority - ANS ✔✔can be addressed after 1st and 2nd level issues, often long termed
(knowledge deficit, mobility issues, and family coping)
Language barrier and use of interpreter - ANS ✔✔Determine the patient/client preferred language to
discuss medical information. Used trained interpreters to provide information.
Interviewing the patient - ANS ✔✔helps gather the necessary information and builds rapport for a
successful working relationship
location and setting- set the temperature at a comfortable level, provide sufficient lighting, quiet
environment, remove distractions, equal-status seat, and face to face.
Therapeutic Communication - ANS ✔✔the purposeful use of verbal and nonverbal communication to
build and maintain helping relationships with the client and family
-client centered
-purposeful, planned, and goal-directed
Interview people with special considerations - ANS ✔✔-hearing-impaired: signing, lip reading, or writing
-acutely ill: be very clear with statements (direct)
-under the influence of street drug/alcohol: simple and direct questions, remain nonthreatening
-personal question: supply only appropriate information
-sexually aggressive: set appropriate verbal boundaries
-crying: acknowledge them and provide time for patient to express their sadness
-anger: hear the person out; do not take it personally and remain calm
-threats of violence: act calm, diffuse the situation and seek support
-anxiety: take time to listen, avoid the "traps"
Assessment of pain - ANS ✔✔-Rule for pain complaints: Believe the patient
REVIEW & PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2026/2027
Objective Data - ANS ✔✔what you as the health professional observe/sense (see, hear, smell, feel...) by
inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination
Subjective Data - ANS ✔✔what the subject says about themselves or their condition during the
assessment process
Priority Setting - ANS ✔✔evolves over time with changes in priority setting depending on the severity of
the problem
First-level Priority - ANS ✔✔emergent, life-threatening, and immediate (ABCs: Airway, Breathing,
Circulation)
Second-level Priority - ANS ✔✔needs attention before it becomes a first level (mental status change,
acute pain, infection risk, abnormal labs, safety risks)
Third-level Priority - ANS ✔✔can be addressed after 1st and 2nd level issues, often long termed
(knowledge deficit, mobility issues, and family coping)
Language barrier and use of interpreter - ANS ✔✔Determine the patient/client preferred language to
discuss medical information. Used trained interpreters to provide information.
Interviewing the patient - ANS ✔✔helps gather the necessary information and builds rapport for a
successful working relationship
location and setting- set the temperature at a comfortable level, provide sufficient lighting, quiet
environment, remove distractions, equal-status seat, and face to face.
Therapeutic Communication - ANS ✔✔the purposeful use of verbal and nonverbal communication to
build and maintain helping relationships with the client and family
-client centered
-purposeful, planned, and goal-directed
Interview people with special considerations - ANS ✔✔-hearing-impaired: signing, lip reading, or writing
-acutely ill: be very clear with statements (direct)
-under the influence of street drug/alcohol: simple and direct questions, remain nonthreatening
-personal question: supply only appropriate information
-sexually aggressive: set appropriate verbal boundaries
-crying: acknowledge them and provide time for patient to express their sadness
-anger: hear the person out; do not take it personally and remain calm
-threats of violence: act calm, diffuse the situation and seek support
-anxiety: take time to listen, avoid the "traps"
Assessment of pain - ANS ✔✔-Rule for pain complaints: Believe the patient
