NU 518 Exam 1
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Exam Review
2026–2027
,1. For which of the following patients would a C
comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my
ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I
have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to
establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand"
2. The components of the health history include all of the B
following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items
Is the following information subjective or objective? A
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the
past 10 days; it is worse with activity
and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
Is the following information subjective or objective? B
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
The following information is recorded in the health history: B
"The patient has had abdominal
pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it
comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9
on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and
vomiting. It is located in the midepigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
The following information is recorded in the health history: C
"The patient completed 8th grade.
He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works
on old cars on the weekend. He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
The following information is recorded in the health history: A
"I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
The following information is recorded in the health history: D
"Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal
dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
,The following information is best placed in which category? B
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
The following information is best placed in which category? A
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior
descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
The following information is best placed in which category? A
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the
hospital last year; the patient has
never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the A
nurse has charted that his respirations
are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These
types of data would be:
A Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective.
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is C
nauseated, and feels hot. These types of
data would be:
a Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective.
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and A
subjective data combine to form
the:
a Data base.
B Admitting data.
C Financial statement.
D Discharge summary.
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is C
unsure of a sound that is heard. The
nurses next action should be to:
a Immediately notify the patients physician.
B Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the
breath sounds.
D Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is
still present.
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. B
During the teaching session, the
nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
background of skills and experience
from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions
using:
a Intuition.
B A set of rules.
C Articles in journals.
D Advice from supervisors.
, Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment A
data and act without consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
B The nursing process.
C Clinical knowledge.
D Diagnostic reasoning.
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based C
practice (EBP). Which statement
best reflects EBP?
A EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
B EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the
treatment of patients.
C EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the
clinicians experience.
D The patients own preferences are not important with
EBP.
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a D
group of new graduate nurses. Which
is an example of a first-level priority problem?
A Patient with postoperative pain
B Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs
diabetic teaching
C Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
D Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory
distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse C
keeps in mind that second-level
priority problems include which of these aspects?
A Low self-esteem
B Lack of knowledge
C Abnormal laboratory values
D Severely abnormal vital signs
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see B
relationships among the data?
A Validation
B Clustering related cues
C Identifying gaps in data
D Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing A
interventions for a patient relies on the
appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a Nursing
b Medical
c Admission
d Collaborative
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem D
solving that nurses use and includes
which steps?
a Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge,
and follow-up
b Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and
discharge planning
c Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and
discharge planning
d Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementation, and evaluation
Study Questions & 100% Verified Answers | Complete
Exam Review
2026–2027
,1. For which of the following patients would a C
comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my
ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I
have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to
establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand"
2. The components of the health history include all of the B
following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items
Is the following information subjective or objective? A
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the
past 10 days; it is worse with activity
and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
Is the following information subjective or objective? B
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
The following information is recorded in the health history: B
"The patient has had abdominal
pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it
comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9
on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and
vomiting. It is located in the midepigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
The following information is recorded in the health history: C
"The patient completed 8th grade.
He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works
on old cars on the weekend. He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
The following information is recorded in the health history: A
"I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
The following information is recorded in the health history: D
"Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal
dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
,The following information is best placed in which category? B
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
The following information is best placed in which category? A
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior
descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
The following information is best placed in which category? A
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the
hospital last year; the patient has
never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the A
nurse has charted that his respirations
are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These
types of data would be:
A Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective.
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is C
nauseated, and feels hot. These types of
data would be:
a Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective.
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and A
subjective data combine to form
the:
a Data base.
B Admitting data.
C Financial statement.
D Discharge summary.
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is C
unsure of a sound that is heard. The
nurses next action should be to:
a Immediately notify the patients physician.
B Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the
breath sounds.
D Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is
still present.
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. B
During the teaching session, the
nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
background of skills and experience
from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions
using:
a Intuition.
B A set of rules.
C Articles in journals.
D Advice from supervisors.
, Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment A
data and act without consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
B The nursing process.
C Clinical knowledge.
D Diagnostic reasoning.
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based C
practice (EBP). Which statement
best reflects EBP?
A EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
B EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the
treatment of patients.
C EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the
clinicians experience.
D The patients own preferences are not important with
EBP.
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a D
group of new graduate nurses. Which
is an example of a first-level priority problem?
A Patient with postoperative pain
B Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs
diabetic teaching
C Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
D Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory
distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse C
keeps in mind that second-level
priority problems include which of these aspects?
A Low self-esteem
B Lack of knowledge
C Abnormal laboratory values
D Severely abnormal vital signs
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see B
relationships among the data?
A Validation
B Clustering related cues
C Identifying gaps in data
D Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing A
interventions for a patient relies on the
appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a Nursing
b Medical
c Admission
d Collaborative
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem D
solving that nurses use and includes
which steps?
a Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge,
and follow-up
b Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and
discharge planning
c Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and
discharge planning
d Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementation, and evaluation
