NURS 251 HEALTH ASSESSMENT 2026/2027 | NURS 251 HEALTH
ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE, QUESTIONS & REVIEW
Which assessment takes priority in an emergency assessment of a patient? - Correct answer
✔✔ A) Pulse
*B) Airway/breathing*
C) Blood pressure
D) Skin color
Asking a colleague to recheck a blood pressure to see if he/she gets a similar reading as you, is
an example of which of the following? - Correct answer ✔✔ *A) Validation*
B) Interpretation
C) Reflection
D) Documentation
The nurse is interviewing for the first time, a Hispanic patient with limited English skills. The
nurse observes that the patient is reluctant to reveal personal information and that he believes
in a hot-cold syndrome of disease causation. What should the nurse do in this situation? -
Correct answer ✔✔ A) Remain in a standing position during the interview
B) Use slang terms to identify certain body parts
C) Request a family member interpret for the patient
*D) Indicate acceptance of the patient's cultural differences*
Planning - Correct answer ✔✔ Developing a plan of nursing care and outcome criteria
Assessment - Correct answer ✔✔ Collection of subjective and objective data
, Nursing diagnosis - Correct answer ✔✔ Clinical judgement about individual, family or
community responses to actual or potential health problems and life processes
Evaluation - Correct answer ✔✔ Assessing whether outcome criteria have been met and
revising the plan of care if necessary
Implementation - Correct answer ✔✔ Carrying out the plan
Because the nurse realizes that spirituality varies, how will the information gained during a
spirituality assessment assist the nurse? - Correct answer ✔✔ *A) By individualizing
interventions to meet specific needs*
B) By providing an overview of widely held beliefs from the major religions
C) In diagnosing the patient with spiritual distress
D) In teaching the patient strict adherence to rituals and practices to improve outcomes
Which on the of the following groups is very time conscious and maintains eye contact while
speaking to another person? - Correct answer ✔✔ A) African-American
*B) Euro-American*
C) Asian
D) Hispanic
Physical assessment provides which type of data? - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Symptoms
B) Current medical history
C) Subjective
*D) Objective*
What is the policy called that requires using protective measures to minimize the exposure to
potentially infectious body fluids? - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Common sense
ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE, QUESTIONS & REVIEW
Which assessment takes priority in an emergency assessment of a patient? - Correct answer
✔✔ A) Pulse
*B) Airway/breathing*
C) Blood pressure
D) Skin color
Asking a colleague to recheck a blood pressure to see if he/she gets a similar reading as you, is
an example of which of the following? - Correct answer ✔✔ *A) Validation*
B) Interpretation
C) Reflection
D) Documentation
The nurse is interviewing for the first time, a Hispanic patient with limited English skills. The
nurse observes that the patient is reluctant to reveal personal information and that he believes
in a hot-cold syndrome of disease causation. What should the nurse do in this situation? -
Correct answer ✔✔ A) Remain in a standing position during the interview
B) Use slang terms to identify certain body parts
C) Request a family member interpret for the patient
*D) Indicate acceptance of the patient's cultural differences*
Planning - Correct answer ✔✔ Developing a plan of nursing care and outcome criteria
Assessment - Correct answer ✔✔ Collection of subjective and objective data
, Nursing diagnosis - Correct answer ✔✔ Clinical judgement about individual, family or
community responses to actual or potential health problems and life processes
Evaluation - Correct answer ✔✔ Assessing whether outcome criteria have been met and
revising the plan of care if necessary
Implementation - Correct answer ✔✔ Carrying out the plan
Because the nurse realizes that spirituality varies, how will the information gained during a
spirituality assessment assist the nurse? - Correct answer ✔✔ *A) By individualizing
interventions to meet specific needs*
B) By providing an overview of widely held beliefs from the major religions
C) In diagnosing the patient with spiritual distress
D) In teaching the patient strict adherence to rituals and practices to improve outcomes
Which on the of the following groups is very time conscious and maintains eye contact while
speaking to another person? - Correct answer ✔✔ A) African-American
*B) Euro-American*
C) Asian
D) Hispanic
Physical assessment provides which type of data? - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Symptoms
B) Current medical history
C) Subjective
*D) Objective*
What is the policy called that requires using protective measures to minimize the exposure to
potentially infectious body fluids? - Correct answer ✔✔ A) Common sense
