Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Good Nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - -pay attention
-professional
-compassion
-patience
-strong assessment skills ***
-client teaching abilities
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - the collection by the RN of comprehensive data
pertinent to the pt's health/situation
Scrope & Standards of Practice: The RN - CORRECT ANSWER - -collect data:
systematic, prioritizes data collection, & involves pt & family
-uses EBP assessment techniques
-synthesizes data & documents findings
-derives diagnoses based on assessment data
-form a care plan
Purpose of Health Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Collect holistic subjective &
objective data to determine a client's overall level of functioning in order to make a professional
clinical judgement (nursing diagnosis)
ADPIE - Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER - -Assessment (collecting subjective &
objective data)
-Diagnosis (analyzing data to make a diagnosis)
-Planning (determining outcome criteria & plan)
-Implementation (carrying out plan)
, -Evaluation (check if outcome criteria have been met)
HA Framework - CORRECT ANSWER - -history of present health concern (chief
complaint)
-personal health history
-lifestyle & health practices
Types of Assessments - CORRECT ANSWER - Initial Comprehensive
Ongoing/partial
Focused/problem-oriented
Emergency
Initial Comprehensive Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Collection of
subjective data about the client's perception of health
of all body parts or systems, past medical history, family
history, and lifestyle and health practices (admission to facility)
Ongoing/Partial Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Data collection that
occurs after the comprehensive database is established.(reassessment, shift assessment
Focus/problem-oriented Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - assessment of a
particular client problem, which does not cover areas not related to the problem.(pain
assessment)
Emergency Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - Very rapid assessment
performed in life-threatening situations.( rapid response, chest pain, ABC)
Steps of Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - -collect subjective data