NSG 3160 EXAM WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS|| ALREADY GRADED A+||
LATEST UPDATE 2026
Section 1: Foundations of Health Assessment & The Nursing Process
1. Q: What is the primary purpose of a comprehensive health assessment?
A: To collect a complete database of subjective and objective data to form a
baseline for current and future health status, identify problems, and plan care.
2. Q: What are the six steps of the nursing process in order?
A: 1. Assessment, 2. Diagnosis, 3. Outcome Identification, 4. Planning, 5.
Implementation, 6. Evaluation.
3. Q: What is primary subjective data?
A: Information the client tells the nurse directly about their own symptoms and
health state.
4. Q: What is secondary subjective data?
A: Information others (family, caregivers) tell the nurse based on what the
client has told them.
5. Q: What is primary objective data?
A: Data the nurse obtains through observation, physical examination, vital
signs, and diagnostic testing.
6. Q: What is the difference between subjective and objective data?
A: Subjective data is what the patient reports (symptoms); objective data is
what the nurse observes or measures (signs).
7. Q: What is a complete (total health) database?
A: It includes a complete health history and full physical examination, describes
current and past health state, and forms a baseline for all future changes.
8. Q: When is a focused or problem-centered database used?
A: For a limited or short-term problem; it collects a "mini" database smaller in
scope concerning mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system.
,9. Q: What is a follow-up database?
A: It evaluates the status of any identified problem at regular intervals to follow
up on short-term or chronic health problems.
10. Q: What is an emergency database?
A: Rapid collection of data often compiled concurrently with lifesaving
measures.
11. Q: What is holistic health?
A: The view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and function as a
whole within the environment.
12. Q: What are first-level priority problems?
A: Emergent, life-threatening events that require immediate intervention.
13. Q: What are second-level priority problems?
A: Changes to mental status, acute pain, infection risk, abnormal lab values, and
elimination problems.
14. Q: What are third-level priority problems?
A: Problems that can be addressed later; they are long-term issues.
15. Q: What are the five steps of evidence-based practice?
A: 1. Ask the clinical question, 2. Acquire sources of evidence, 3. Appraise and
synthesize evidence, 4. Apply relevant evidence in practice, 5. Assess the
outcomes.
16. Q: What are the four types of patient data?
A: Complete, focused, follow-up, and emergency.
17. Q: How many years does it take for evidence-based practice to have an
effect?
A: 17 years.
18. Q: What is the general survey?
A: The general survey begins the moment the nurse first encounters the patient,
observing appearance, behavior, and mobility before any formal interaction.
19. Q: When documenting physical appearance, what is the most
appropriate comparison?
A: Compare the patient's appearance to their stated age.
20. Q: A patient presents with a yellowish discoloration of the sclera. What
is this finding most consistent with?
A: Jaundice, often associated with liver disease like cirrhosis.
, 21. Q: Which question best demonstrates cultural competence during a
health assessment?
A: "Do you use any traditional, herbal, or folk remedies?".
22. Q: A nurse is assessing a patient's thought content. Which question is
most appropriate?
A: "What are your thoughts about your upcoming surgery?".
23. Q: A nurse suspects a patient may be at risk for suicide. What is the
best approach?
A: Ask the patient directly and privately, "Are you having thoughts of harming
yourself?".
24. Q: Define subjective data.
A: Information reported by the patient or family during the health history,
representing what the person says about their symptoms and health state.
25. Q: Define objective data.
A: Clinical findings observed, measured, or detected by the nurse during the
physical examination, vital signs assessment, laboratory testing, and diagnostic
imaging.
Section 2: Interviewing and Health History
26. Q: What is the first component of the health history?
A: Biographical data (name, age, gender, occupation, etc.).
27. Q: What is the chief complaint?
A: The patient's reason for seeking healthcare, stated in their own words.
28. Q: What does the acronym OLDCARTS stand for in symptom
analysis?
A: Onset, Location, Duration, Characteristics, Aggravating factors, Relieving
factors, Timing, Severity.
29. Q: What is a genogram?
A: A graphic representation of a family's medical history and relationships
across generations.
30. Q: What is the purpose of the review of systems (ROS)?
A: To systematically evaluate the patient's past and present health in relation to
each body system.
AND ANSWERS|| ALREADY GRADED A+||
LATEST UPDATE 2026
Section 1: Foundations of Health Assessment & The Nursing Process
1. Q: What is the primary purpose of a comprehensive health assessment?
A: To collect a complete database of subjective and objective data to form a
baseline for current and future health status, identify problems, and plan care.
2. Q: What are the six steps of the nursing process in order?
A: 1. Assessment, 2. Diagnosis, 3. Outcome Identification, 4. Planning, 5.
Implementation, 6. Evaluation.
3. Q: What is primary subjective data?
A: Information the client tells the nurse directly about their own symptoms and
health state.
4. Q: What is secondary subjective data?
A: Information others (family, caregivers) tell the nurse based on what the
client has told them.
5. Q: What is primary objective data?
A: Data the nurse obtains through observation, physical examination, vital
signs, and diagnostic testing.
6. Q: What is the difference between subjective and objective data?
A: Subjective data is what the patient reports (symptoms); objective data is
what the nurse observes or measures (signs).
7. Q: What is a complete (total health) database?
A: It includes a complete health history and full physical examination, describes
current and past health state, and forms a baseline for all future changes.
8. Q: When is a focused or problem-centered database used?
A: For a limited or short-term problem; it collects a "mini" database smaller in
scope concerning mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system.
,9. Q: What is a follow-up database?
A: It evaluates the status of any identified problem at regular intervals to follow
up on short-term or chronic health problems.
10. Q: What is an emergency database?
A: Rapid collection of data often compiled concurrently with lifesaving
measures.
11. Q: What is holistic health?
A: The view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and function as a
whole within the environment.
12. Q: What are first-level priority problems?
A: Emergent, life-threatening events that require immediate intervention.
13. Q: What are second-level priority problems?
A: Changes to mental status, acute pain, infection risk, abnormal lab values, and
elimination problems.
14. Q: What are third-level priority problems?
A: Problems that can be addressed later; they are long-term issues.
15. Q: What are the five steps of evidence-based practice?
A: 1. Ask the clinical question, 2. Acquire sources of evidence, 3. Appraise and
synthesize evidence, 4. Apply relevant evidence in practice, 5. Assess the
outcomes.
16. Q: What are the four types of patient data?
A: Complete, focused, follow-up, and emergency.
17. Q: How many years does it take for evidence-based practice to have an
effect?
A: 17 years.
18. Q: What is the general survey?
A: The general survey begins the moment the nurse first encounters the patient,
observing appearance, behavior, and mobility before any formal interaction.
19. Q: When documenting physical appearance, what is the most
appropriate comparison?
A: Compare the patient's appearance to their stated age.
20. Q: A patient presents with a yellowish discoloration of the sclera. What
is this finding most consistent with?
A: Jaundice, often associated with liver disease like cirrhosis.
, 21. Q: Which question best demonstrates cultural competence during a
health assessment?
A: "Do you use any traditional, herbal, or folk remedies?".
22. Q: A nurse is assessing a patient's thought content. Which question is
most appropriate?
A: "What are your thoughts about your upcoming surgery?".
23. Q: A nurse suspects a patient may be at risk for suicide. What is the
best approach?
A: Ask the patient directly and privately, "Are you having thoughts of harming
yourself?".
24. Q: Define subjective data.
A: Information reported by the patient or family during the health history,
representing what the person says about their symptoms and health state.
25. Q: Define objective data.
A: Clinical findings observed, measured, or detected by the nurse during the
physical examination, vital signs assessment, laboratory testing, and diagnostic
imaging.
Section 2: Interviewing and Health History
26. Q: What is the first component of the health history?
A: Biographical data (name, age, gender, occupation, etc.).
27. Q: What is the chief complaint?
A: The patient's reason for seeking healthcare, stated in their own words.
28. Q: What does the acronym OLDCARTS stand for in symptom
analysis?
A: Onset, Location, Duration, Characteristics, Aggravating factors, Relieving
factors, Timing, Severity.
29. Q: What is a genogram?
A: A graphic representation of a family's medical history and relationships
across generations.
30. Q: What is the purpose of the review of systems (ROS)?
A: To systematically evaluate the patient's past and present health in relation to
each body system.
