HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2024/2025
1. A clinic nurse is caring for a newborn and her parents. Observing parental behavior is an important
nursing function during this child's well-baby visit. What would the nurse expect during observation?
A) Parents encouraging the baby's happy behaviors
B) Parents feeding the baby every time she cries
C) Parents ignoring the infant's fussy behavior
D) Parents playing with an irritable infant - Answer A) Parents encouraging the baby's happy behaviors
2. A nurse is interviewing a 76-year-old man who has come to the clinic for the first time. The nurse
prioritizes questions for which of the following reasons?
A) Older adults know which subjects are most important
B) Older adults have longer health histories
C) Older adults take more medications
D) Older adults tire more easily – Answer D) Older adults tire more easily
3. When dealing with a patient who has impaired hearing, where would the nurse sit to facilitate lip
reading?
A) Halfway across the room from the patient
B) Next to patient on the side from which he or she hears best
C) Closer to the patient than the nurse normally would
D) Knee to knee directly in front of the patient – Answer C )to the patient than the nurse normally would
4. Patients in health care settings often are anxious. What behaviors would lead a nurse to believe that a
patient is anxious? (Select all that apply.)
A) Rapid speech
B) Crying
,C) Defensive tone
D) Steady voice
E) Sweating - Answer A) Rapid speech
5. Nurses weave the individualization of the patient interview through all aspects of the encounter. The
nurse should avoid assuming that patients follow cultural beliefs. In place of making this assumption,
what should a nurse do?
A) Assess the degree to which the patient perceives the cultural beliefs
B) Assess how acculturated the patient is
C) Know the mores of the culture
D) Know his or her own cultural beliefs - Answer A) Assess the degree to which the patient perceives the
cultural belief
6. When a nurse conducts an interview with a patient, what is the underlying purpose?
A) To provide therapeutic communication when indicated
B) To gather subjective information
C) To assess the patient's physical status
D) To identify the patient's diagnoses - Answer A) To provide therapeutic communication when indicated
7. When a patient responds to a question with a "yes" or "no" answer, what appropriate responses by
the nurse encourage the patient to elaborate? (Select all that apply.)
A) Yes
B) I see
C) Um hum
D) Go on
E) Okay - Answer A) Yes
8. The nurse is conducting a physical assessment. The data the nurse would collect vary depending on
what?
,A) How much time the nurse has
B) The patient's acuity
C) The patient's cooperation
D) Onset of current symptoms – Answer B) The patient's acuity
9. How does a nurse indicate to patients that their concerns are not worth discussing?
A) By being empathetic
B) By providing false reassurance
C) By being sympathetic
D) By giving unwanted advice – Answer B) By providing false reassurance
10. During the interview process, the nurse obtains what type of data from the patient?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Objective
D) Oral - Answer A) Primary
11. A community health nurse is planning individualized care for a community. What does the nurse use
as a framework for this plan?
A) Nursing process
B) Diagnostic reasoning
C) Critical thinking
D) Community care map - Answer A) Nursing process
12. A nurse is teaching a class on hypertension at the local Chamber of Commerce meeting. What risk
factor would the nurse be sure to address to the class?
A) Quitting cigarette smoking 5 years ago
B) Loss of 50 pounds within the last 12 months
, C) High cholesterol and low triglyceride levels
D) Family history – Answer D) Family history
13. A nurse is caring for a 36-year-old woman with a temperature of 38.9°C. The nurse administers
Tylenol, 2 tablets, as per orders. What is the most correct place in which to record the effect of the
medication administration on the patient's temperature?
A) Nurse's notes
B) Vital sign flow sheet
C) Progress notes
D) MAR - Answer A) Nurse's notes
14. While assessing respirations and heart rate in an 8-year-old patient, the nurse finds that the patient's
heart rate increases during inspiration and decreases during expiration. What would be the most correct
way to document this finding?
A) The patient has an abnormal heart rate
B) The patient has a sinus arrhythmia
C) The patient's heart rate speeds up and slows down in a cyclical pattern
D) The patient has a cardiopulmonary disorder – Answer B) The patient has a sinus arrhythmia
15. A nurse is admitting a new patient who is scheduled to have a five-vessel cardiac bypass in the
morning. Assessment reveals that the patient is very anxious. The nurse's aide reports that the patient's
vital signs are elevated. How would the nurse document these findings in the patient's care plan?
A) Anxiety as evidenced by patient's verbalizations
B) Abnormal temperature as evidenced by vital sign assessment
C) Anxiety as evidenced by increased heart rate and pulse
D) Cardiac status stable as evidenced by electrocardiogram WNL - AnswerC) Anxiety as evidenced by
increased heart rate and pulse
16. General survey of a 27-year-old woman reveals that the patient is wearing eccentric makeup and
clothes. For what would the nurse perform further assessments?
A) Inadequate finances
B) Depression
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2024/2025
1. A clinic nurse is caring for a newborn and her parents. Observing parental behavior is an important
nursing function during this child's well-baby visit. What would the nurse expect during observation?
A) Parents encouraging the baby's happy behaviors
B) Parents feeding the baby every time she cries
C) Parents ignoring the infant's fussy behavior
D) Parents playing with an irritable infant - Answer A) Parents encouraging the baby's happy behaviors
2. A nurse is interviewing a 76-year-old man who has come to the clinic for the first time. The nurse
prioritizes questions for which of the following reasons?
A) Older adults know which subjects are most important
B) Older adults have longer health histories
C) Older adults take more medications
D) Older adults tire more easily – Answer D) Older adults tire more easily
3. When dealing with a patient who has impaired hearing, where would the nurse sit to facilitate lip
reading?
A) Halfway across the room from the patient
B) Next to patient on the side from which he or she hears best
C) Closer to the patient than the nurse normally would
D) Knee to knee directly in front of the patient – Answer C )to the patient than the nurse normally would
4. Patients in health care settings often are anxious. What behaviors would lead a nurse to believe that a
patient is anxious? (Select all that apply.)
A) Rapid speech
B) Crying
,C) Defensive tone
D) Steady voice
E) Sweating - Answer A) Rapid speech
5. Nurses weave the individualization of the patient interview through all aspects of the encounter. The
nurse should avoid assuming that patients follow cultural beliefs. In place of making this assumption,
what should a nurse do?
A) Assess the degree to which the patient perceives the cultural beliefs
B) Assess how acculturated the patient is
C) Know the mores of the culture
D) Know his or her own cultural beliefs - Answer A) Assess the degree to which the patient perceives the
cultural belief
6. When a nurse conducts an interview with a patient, what is the underlying purpose?
A) To provide therapeutic communication when indicated
B) To gather subjective information
C) To assess the patient's physical status
D) To identify the patient's diagnoses - Answer A) To provide therapeutic communication when indicated
7. When a patient responds to a question with a "yes" or "no" answer, what appropriate responses by
the nurse encourage the patient to elaborate? (Select all that apply.)
A) Yes
B) I see
C) Um hum
D) Go on
E) Okay - Answer A) Yes
8. The nurse is conducting a physical assessment. The data the nurse would collect vary depending on
what?
,A) How much time the nurse has
B) The patient's acuity
C) The patient's cooperation
D) Onset of current symptoms – Answer B) The patient's acuity
9. How does a nurse indicate to patients that their concerns are not worth discussing?
A) By being empathetic
B) By providing false reassurance
C) By being sympathetic
D) By giving unwanted advice – Answer B) By providing false reassurance
10. During the interview process, the nurse obtains what type of data from the patient?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Objective
D) Oral - Answer A) Primary
11. A community health nurse is planning individualized care for a community. What does the nurse use
as a framework for this plan?
A) Nursing process
B) Diagnostic reasoning
C) Critical thinking
D) Community care map - Answer A) Nursing process
12. A nurse is teaching a class on hypertension at the local Chamber of Commerce meeting. What risk
factor would the nurse be sure to address to the class?
A) Quitting cigarette smoking 5 years ago
B) Loss of 50 pounds within the last 12 months
, C) High cholesterol and low triglyceride levels
D) Family history – Answer D) Family history
13. A nurse is caring for a 36-year-old woman with a temperature of 38.9°C. The nurse administers
Tylenol, 2 tablets, as per orders. What is the most correct place in which to record the effect of the
medication administration on the patient's temperature?
A) Nurse's notes
B) Vital sign flow sheet
C) Progress notes
D) MAR - Answer A) Nurse's notes
14. While assessing respirations and heart rate in an 8-year-old patient, the nurse finds that the patient's
heart rate increases during inspiration and decreases during expiration. What would be the most correct
way to document this finding?
A) The patient has an abnormal heart rate
B) The patient has a sinus arrhythmia
C) The patient's heart rate speeds up and slows down in a cyclical pattern
D) The patient has a cardiopulmonary disorder – Answer B) The patient has a sinus arrhythmia
15. A nurse is admitting a new patient who is scheduled to have a five-vessel cardiac bypass in the
morning. Assessment reveals that the patient is very anxious. The nurse's aide reports that the patient's
vital signs are elevated. How would the nurse document these findings in the patient's care plan?
A) Anxiety as evidenced by patient's verbalizations
B) Abnormal temperature as evidenced by vital sign assessment
C) Anxiety as evidenced by increased heart rate and pulse
D) Cardiac status stable as evidenced by electrocardiogram WNL - AnswerC) Anxiety as evidenced by
increased heart rate and pulse
16. General survey of a 27-year-old woman reveals that the patient is wearing eccentric makeup and
clothes. For what would the nurse perform further assessments?
A) Inadequate finances
B) Depression
