ACE YOUR 2026/2027 NURS 6512N ADVANCED
HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION:
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What information is necessary when obtaining sexual health
information? Answer: number of partners, concerns, birth control,
protection from STI's
◉ What kind of information is obtained for the ROS component of
the patient history? Answer: those that identify presence or absence
of health related issues in each body system
◉ What is subjective data? Answer: it is information collected during
the patient interview with the patient or significant other. it is their
words. It can include symptoms, sensations, feelings, perceptions,
desires, preferences, beliefs, ideas, values, personal information,
ROS, complete health history
◉ What is objective data? Answer: it is the information that can be
physically seen by the provider and tested against. It can include the
physical exam, lab analysis, x rays, and professional consults.
,◉ How do you approach sensitive issues when interviewing a
patient? Answer: Provide privacy, be direct and firm, don't ask
leading questions, use open-ended questions, don't apologize for
asking questions, don't preach, avoid confrontation, use
understandable language, watch medical jargon, document carefully
using the patient's words.
◉ What does it mean to be culturally aware? Answer: It is the
deliberate self-examination and in depth exploration of one's own
biases, stereotypes, prejudices, assumptions that one holds about
people different than them.
◉ What does it mean to be culturally competent? Answer: It requires
the provider to be sensitive to a patient's heritage, sexual
orientation, socioeconomic situation, ethnicity, and cultural
background
◉ What are examples of questions that explore the patient's culture?
Answer: "what do you call your problem?"
"What do you think caused it?"
"What does your sickness do to you?"
"Why do you think it started when it did?"
"What should be done to get rid of it?"
"Who else or what else might help you get better?"
,◉ What are the components of a cultural response to a patient?
Answer: the response should include modes of communication to
include speech, space, and body language, awareness of the the
patients health beliefs, diet and nutritional practice, and the nature
of relationships with their family
◉ How do you measure visual acuity and test CN II Answer: by
measuring distance, near vision , and peripheral vision
◉ What is CN II? Answer: optic nerve
◉ How do you measure distance vision for visual acuity? Answer: by
using a snellen chart and having the patient cover one eye and read
the lowest line that he can see clearly and then alternate eyes
◉ How do you document distance vision? Answer: the numerator is
20 and the denominator is the distance at which the average eye can
read the line.
◉ How do you measure near vision? Answer: by using a rosenbaum
pocket screener and have the patient hold it about 14 inches from
eyes and read the smallest line possible with one eye and then the
other
, ◉ How do you measure peripheral vision? Answer: by using the
confrontation test. Have the patient sit directly across from you and
look directly at you. Have them cover their left eye and your cover
your right eye. Then test nasal, temporal, superior, and inferior
fields. Have the patient tell you as soon as they see your finger in
each of those fields.
◉ What may be some causes of abnormal results from the
confrontation test? Answer: stroke, retinal detachment, optic
neuropathy, pituitary tumor, central retinal vascular occlusion
◉ How would you perform an external examination of the eyes?
Answer: Systematically beginning with appendages and move
inward eyebrows orbits/periorbital area eyelids
◉ What is being assessed when looking at the patient's eyebrows?
Answer: size, extension beyond temporal canthus, texture of hair
◉ If the eyebrows do not extend beyond the temporal canthus or are
course what may be the cause? Answer: hypothyroidism
◉ What is being assessed when looking at the patient's
orbits/periorbital area? Answer: edema, puffiness, sagging tissue
below orbit
HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION:
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What information is necessary when obtaining sexual health
information? Answer: number of partners, concerns, birth control,
protection from STI's
◉ What kind of information is obtained for the ROS component of
the patient history? Answer: those that identify presence or absence
of health related issues in each body system
◉ What is subjective data? Answer: it is information collected during
the patient interview with the patient or significant other. it is their
words. It can include symptoms, sensations, feelings, perceptions,
desires, preferences, beliefs, ideas, values, personal information,
ROS, complete health history
◉ What is objective data? Answer: it is the information that can be
physically seen by the provider and tested against. It can include the
physical exam, lab analysis, x rays, and professional consults.
,◉ How do you approach sensitive issues when interviewing a
patient? Answer: Provide privacy, be direct and firm, don't ask
leading questions, use open-ended questions, don't apologize for
asking questions, don't preach, avoid confrontation, use
understandable language, watch medical jargon, document carefully
using the patient's words.
◉ What does it mean to be culturally aware? Answer: It is the
deliberate self-examination and in depth exploration of one's own
biases, stereotypes, prejudices, assumptions that one holds about
people different than them.
◉ What does it mean to be culturally competent? Answer: It requires
the provider to be sensitive to a patient's heritage, sexual
orientation, socioeconomic situation, ethnicity, and cultural
background
◉ What are examples of questions that explore the patient's culture?
Answer: "what do you call your problem?"
"What do you think caused it?"
"What does your sickness do to you?"
"Why do you think it started when it did?"
"What should be done to get rid of it?"
"Who else or what else might help you get better?"
,◉ What are the components of a cultural response to a patient?
Answer: the response should include modes of communication to
include speech, space, and body language, awareness of the the
patients health beliefs, diet and nutritional practice, and the nature
of relationships with their family
◉ How do you measure visual acuity and test CN II Answer: by
measuring distance, near vision , and peripheral vision
◉ What is CN II? Answer: optic nerve
◉ How do you measure distance vision for visual acuity? Answer: by
using a snellen chart and having the patient cover one eye and read
the lowest line that he can see clearly and then alternate eyes
◉ How do you document distance vision? Answer: the numerator is
20 and the denominator is the distance at which the average eye can
read the line.
◉ How do you measure near vision? Answer: by using a rosenbaum
pocket screener and have the patient hold it about 14 inches from
eyes and read the smallest line possible with one eye and then the
other
, ◉ How do you measure peripheral vision? Answer: by using the
confrontation test. Have the patient sit directly across from you and
look directly at you. Have them cover their left eye and your cover
your right eye. Then test nasal, temporal, superior, and inferior
fields. Have the patient tell you as soon as they see your finger in
each of those fields.
◉ What may be some causes of abnormal results from the
confrontation test? Answer: stroke, retinal detachment, optic
neuropathy, pituitary tumor, central retinal vascular occlusion
◉ How would you perform an external examination of the eyes?
Answer: Systematically beginning with appendages and move
inward eyebrows orbits/periorbital area eyelids
◉ What is being assessed when looking at the patient's eyebrows?
Answer: size, extension beyond temporal canthus, texture of hair
◉ If the eyebrows do not extend beyond the temporal canthus or are
course what may be the cause? Answer: hypothyroidism
◉ What is being assessed when looking at the patient's
orbits/periorbital area? Answer: edema, puffiness, sagging tissue
below orbit
