NUR 3066 EXAM 1 CHAPTERS 1-10 | HEALTH ASSESSMENT STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2026/2027
American Nurses ANA 4 broad goals - correct answer ✔✔1. promote health
2. prevent illness
3. treat human responses
health assessment tracks - correct answer ✔✔patient improvement
is continuous
Health Assessment includes - correct answer ✔✔Health history; physical assessment
Additional necessary factors assessed
Psychological; sociocultural; spiritual; economic; lifestyle
nursing process begins with - correct answer ✔✔a complete and accurate health assessment
ADPIE - Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Nontherapeutic Communication Techniques - correct answer ✔✔false reassurance, sympathy,
distractions, etc
preinteraction phase - correct answer ✔✔compiling existing data; preparing for patient interview from
existing medical records
beginning phase - correct answer ✔✔introduction; state purpose for interview
working phase of interview - correct answer ✔✔-Data-gathering phase
-Verbal skills include questions to patient and your responses to what is said
closing phase - correct answer ✔✔summarizing, stating most important two to three problems or
patterns
inspection - correct answer ✔✔observing patient visually for general appearance or specific details
palpation - correct answer ✔✔clinical touching of specific body areas to assess characteristics
percussion - correct answer ✔✔tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the
underlying structure
Auscultation - correct answer ✔✔using a stethoscope to assess movement of air or fluid within specific
body systems
, deep palpation should not be performed on - correct answer ✔✔enlarged spleen
inflamed appendix
contact transmission of hep to pt is most common form of transmission because - correct answer
✔✔microorganisms from one pt is spread to another pt
Quality Assurance - correct answer ✔✔The maintenance of a desired level of quality in a service or
product, agency reviewing
patient medical records can be used in - correct answer ✔✔civil or criminal court
eMAR - correct answer ✔✔electronic medication administration record
electronic patient medical records increases - correct answer ✔✔safety
batch charting - correct answer ✔✔Waiting until the end of the shift to record events on several patients
NOT GOOD
general survey begins during - correct answer ✔✔interview phase of health assessment
vital signs establishes a - correct answer ✔✔baseline bitch
sinus arythmia - correct answer ✔✔when you note when heart rate increases in inspiration and
decreases with expiration.
Hypertention risk factors - correct answer ✔✔family history
high cholesterol
high triglycerides
obesity
smoking/alcohol
renal disease
stress
gate control theory of pain - correct answer ✔✔body responds to pain by either:
opening a neural gate to allow pain to be produced
or
creating a blocking effect at the synaptic junction to stop pain
Steps in pain transmission - correct answer ✔✔1. gate opens due to continued painful stimulus
2. pain passes from PNS to CNS
3. pain passes from spine to limbic system, cerebral cortex
4. stimulus is identified as pain, passes through efferent pathways: reaction created
Nociception - correct answer ✔✔most common clinical interpretation of pain
Four Steps of Nociception - correct answer ✔✔1. Transduction
2. Transmission
GUIDE & PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2026/2027
American Nurses ANA 4 broad goals - correct answer ✔✔1. promote health
2. prevent illness
3. treat human responses
health assessment tracks - correct answer ✔✔patient improvement
is continuous
Health Assessment includes - correct answer ✔✔Health history; physical assessment
Additional necessary factors assessed
Psychological; sociocultural; spiritual; economic; lifestyle
nursing process begins with - correct answer ✔✔a complete and accurate health assessment
ADPIE - Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Nontherapeutic Communication Techniques - correct answer ✔✔false reassurance, sympathy,
distractions, etc
preinteraction phase - correct answer ✔✔compiling existing data; preparing for patient interview from
existing medical records
beginning phase - correct answer ✔✔introduction; state purpose for interview
working phase of interview - correct answer ✔✔-Data-gathering phase
-Verbal skills include questions to patient and your responses to what is said
closing phase - correct answer ✔✔summarizing, stating most important two to three problems or
patterns
inspection - correct answer ✔✔observing patient visually for general appearance or specific details
palpation - correct answer ✔✔clinical touching of specific body areas to assess characteristics
percussion - correct answer ✔✔tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the
underlying structure
Auscultation - correct answer ✔✔using a stethoscope to assess movement of air or fluid within specific
body systems
, deep palpation should not be performed on - correct answer ✔✔enlarged spleen
inflamed appendix
contact transmission of hep to pt is most common form of transmission because - correct answer
✔✔microorganisms from one pt is spread to another pt
Quality Assurance - correct answer ✔✔The maintenance of a desired level of quality in a service or
product, agency reviewing
patient medical records can be used in - correct answer ✔✔civil or criminal court
eMAR - correct answer ✔✔electronic medication administration record
electronic patient medical records increases - correct answer ✔✔safety
batch charting - correct answer ✔✔Waiting until the end of the shift to record events on several patients
NOT GOOD
general survey begins during - correct answer ✔✔interview phase of health assessment
vital signs establishes a - correct answer ✔✔baseline bitch
sinus arythmia - correct answer ✔✔when you note when heart rate increases in inspiration and
decreases with expiration.
Hypertention risk factors - correct answer ✔✔family history
high cholesterol
high triglycerides
obesity
smoking/alcohol
renal disease
stress
gate control theory of pain - correct answer ✔✔body responds to pain by either:
opening a neural gate to allow pain to be produced
or
creating a blocking effect at the synaptic junction to stop pain
Steps in pain transmission - correct answer ✔✔1. gate opens due to continued painful stimulus
2. pain passes from PNS to CNS
3. pain passes from spine to limbic system, cerebral cortex
4. stimulus is identified as pain, passes through efferent pathways: reaction created
Nociception - correct answer ✔✔most common clinical interpretation of pain
Four Steps of Nociception - correct answer ✔✔1. Transduction
2. Transmission
