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,TableofContents

Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment _____________________________________________________ 1
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient forthe Health History
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11 Chapter 03 Taking the Health History _________________________________________ 40
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Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques _____________________________________________________________ 88
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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99 Chapter 07 Assessing Pain __________________ 128 b3 b3 b3 b3



Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails ____________________________________________________ 149
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Chapter 09 Assessing the Head,Face, Mouth, and Neck
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188 Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears ______________________________________________ 229
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Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes ________________________________________________________________ 250
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Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
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Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
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Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
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Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
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Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
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Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
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Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
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Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.
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” The goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get thesame health care throughout their lifespans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health careto be evenlydistributed andaccessible.
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4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
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ANS: 3 b3


Page: 1 b3




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1. This isincorrect.“Health forAll”does not meanthat all individuals get thesame
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he
alth care throughout their life spans.
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2. This is incorrect. “Health forAll” does not mean thegovernment will supply money
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to
care for all the people in the world.
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3. This is correct. “Healthfor All” means that resources forhealth care are evenly dis tribu ted
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and accessible toeveryone.
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4. This is incorrect. “Health forAll” does not mean that health-
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care providers can deny patients health care.
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2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill require
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s registered nurses (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat patients. b3 b3 b3


2. Identifynormal and abnormal findings. b3 v# v#



3. Referpatients withabnormalfindings. v# b3


4. Counselpatients withpsychosocial needs. v# b3 v#




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1. This is incorrect. The roleof the RN is not to diagnoseand treat patients.
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2. This is correct. Assessing patients and being ableto identifynormalfrom abnormal
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fin
dings is an essential role of the RN.
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3. This is incorrect.RNs in collaboration with thehealth-
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careproviders do refer patients. This is not the essential and foundational role i
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4. This is incorrect. RNs do counsel patients, but it is not the essential and foundational
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ro
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3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police
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presence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know
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3that nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
2. Holisticprocess.
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4. Standards of care. v# v#




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1. This is incorrect. Caring is displaying a concern for patients.
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2. This isincorrect. The holistic caring process is a relational process; the nurse coll aborate
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s with the individual to pursue goals for health and well-being.
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3. This iscorrect. Thenew movement in healthcare is person-
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centeredcare (PCC), which emphasizes the intrinsic value of treating all patients as
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4. This isincorrect.Standardsofcareidentifystandards ofprofessional nursing
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4. Thescience-
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based framework updated every 10years by the U.S. Department ofHealth and
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as set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease
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1. HealthyPeople.
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3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
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4. World Health Organization.
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1. This is incorrect. Healthy Peopleis the general title for the nation’s federal initiative.
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2. This is correct. HealthyPeople2020specifically identifies science-
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based, national goalsandobjectiveswith10-
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and disease prevention efforts t o imp v# b3 b3 b3 b3 b3


r ove the health of all people in the United
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3. This is incorrect. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s goal is to use evidence
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based medicine to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-
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based
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4. This is incorrect. The World Health Organization is aspecialized agency of the
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U
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