HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Evidence-Based Practice
Answer:
the conviction that all patients deserve to be treated with the most current and best---practice techniques.

Question:
2. 5 steps to Evidence-Based Practice
Answer:
1. Ask the clinical question
2. Acquire sources of evidence
3. Appraise and synthesize evidence
4. Apply relevant evidence in practice
5. Assess the outcomes

Question:
3. Nursing Process
Answer:
1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation

Question:
4. Assessment
Answer:
-Review of clinical record
-Interview
-Health History
-Physical Examination
-Functional Assessment
-Cultural and Spiritual Assessment
-Consultation
-Review of the literature

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5. First-level priority problems
Answer:
emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as establishing an airway or supporting breathing

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6. Second-level priority problems

,Answer:
these problems are next in urgency. They require prompt intervention to prevent deterioration, and may
include a mental status change or acute pain.

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7. Third-level priority problems
Answer:
these problems are important to the patient's health, but can be addressed after more urgent problems.
Examples include lack of knowledge or family coping.

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8. Diagnosis
Answer:
the identification of a disease or injury

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9. Diagnostic Reasoning
Answer:
the process of analyzing health data and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses

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10. Four Major Components of Diagnostic Reasoning
Answer:
Attending to cues, formulating hypotheses, gathering data, and evaluating each hypothesis

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11. Outcomes
Answer:
Identify expected outcomes, ensure they are realistic and measurable, specify short-term and long-term
goal measurement criteria

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12. Planning
Answer:
-establish priorities
-develop outcomes
-set timelines for outcomes
-identify interventions
-integrate evidence-based trends and research
-document plan of care

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13. Implementation
Answer:
Determine patient readiness and involve patient(s) in health care process, counsel patient and support
system, refer for continuing care and document care provided

, Question:
14. Evaluation
Answer:
Evaluate individual's condition and compare actual outcomes with expected outcomes, summarize results
of evaluation and document evaluation in plan of care

Question:
15. Comprehensive Plan of Care
Answer:
-Evaluate and update plan
-Record revised plan and keep it up-to-date
-Communicate revised plans to multidisciplinary team
-Be aware that this is a legal document, and accurate recording is important for evaluation, insurance
reimbursement, and research

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16. The Complete Health History
Answer:
A comprehensive history of a patient's past and present health status, usually gathered during the patient's
initial visit to a health care facility.

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17. Biographical Data
Answer:
Name Address and phone number Age and birth date Birthplace Family structure Sex Marital status Race
and Primary Language Ethnic origin Occupation Source of data

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18. Reason for seeking care
Answer:
Brief, spontaneous statement in the person's own words that describes the reason for the visit

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19. Symptom
Answer:
Subjective sensation patient feels from disorder
-What patient says is reason for seeking care is recorded and enclosed in quotation marks to indicate
patient's exact words

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20. Sign
Answer:
objective abnormality that can be detected on physical examination or in laboratory reports

Question:
21. Present health or history of present illness (HPI)