NUR 143 Module A Test With Solution

NUR 143 Module A Test With
Solution

Health Assessment (Definition) - ANSWER -Systematic way of collecting objective
and subjective client data

-Involves: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, and Auscultation

What is the Purpose of a Health Assessment? - ANSWER -Establish a Trusting
nurse-patient relationship

-Gather data about the patient's GENERAL health

-Identify Patient strengths

-Identify Actual or Potential Health Problems

-Establish the base for the Nursing Process

Comprehensive health assessment - ANSWER Completed upon ADMISSION,

- full health history & physical

- provides baseline for comparison




Ongoing partial health assessment - ANSWER Conducted at regular INTERVALS

- each hospital shift

- monitors effectiveness of interventions




focused health assessment - ANSWER Used to assess a SPECIFIC problem

, - client complains of abdominal pain




Emergency Health Assessment - ANSWER RAPID FOCUSED assessment

- done to determine a potentially fatal situation




2 components of a health assessment - ANSWER 1) Health History




2) Physical Assessment




Health History (pg.696) - ANSWER -Data collected: SUBJECTIVE




-uses an interviewing technique




Includes:

-Biographical data

-Reason for seeking Healthcare

-History or present illness

-Past Medical History

-Family History

-Functional Health assessment

-Psychosocial & Lifestyle factors