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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
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Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
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Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
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Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
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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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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.” T
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he goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presenc
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e outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses
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must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
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5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
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2. Secondary health prevention. fk fk
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6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he “thinks he is ru
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nning a fever and has stomach discomfort.” You are the registered nurse in charge. What should you
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2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
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3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
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4. Go to the patient’s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
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7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a c
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hallenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem sol
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ved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are you usin
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8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health identified b
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y the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
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Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
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Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
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Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
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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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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
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3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
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7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a c
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hallenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem sol
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