HEALTH ASSESSMENT TEST BANK 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
C - Answer-Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic
reasoning?
a. Nursing diagnosis
b. Medical diagnosis
c. Diagnostic hypothesis
d. Diagnostic assessment
A - Answer-Barriers to incorporating EBP include:
a. Nurses lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies.
b. Lack of significant research studies.
c. Insufficient clinical skills of nurses.
d. Inadequate physical assessment skills.
D - Answer-What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health
history, physical examination, and interview?
a. Planning
b. Diagnosis
c. Evaluation
d. Assessment
D - Answer-When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the
components of holistic health include which of these?
a. Disease originates from the external environment.
b. The individual human is a closed system.
c. Nurses are responsible for a patients health state.
d.Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent.
C - Answer-The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in describing health
is essential because:
, a. Disease can be prevented by treating the external environment.
b. The majority of deaths among Americans under age 65 years are not preventable.
c. Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal behavior.
d. The means to prevention is through treatment provided by primary health care
practitioners.
D - Answer-The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a newly admitted
patient. An example of objective information obtained during the physical
assessment includes the:
a.
Patients history of allergies.
b. Patients use of medications at home.
c. Last menstrual period 1 month ago.
d. 2 5 cm scar on the right lower forearm.
C - Answer-A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has many
chronic medical problems. Which type of data base is most appropriate to collect in
this setting?
a. A follow-up data base to evaluate changes at appropriate intervals
b. An episodic data base because of the continuing, complex medical problems of
this patient
c. A complete health data base because of the nurses primary responsibility for
monitoring the patients health
d. An emergency data base because of the need to collect information and make
accurate diagnoses rapidly
D - Answer-Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a
focused or problem-centered history?
a. Patient is admitted to a long-term care facility.
b. Patient has a sudden and severe shortness of breath.
c. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the following day.
d. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
C - Answer-Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic
reasoning?
a. Nursing diagnosis
b. Medical diagnosis
c. Diagnostic hypothesis
d. Diagnostic assessment
A - Answer-Barriers to incorporating EBP include:
a. Nurses lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies.
b. Lack of significant research studies.
c. Insufficient clinical skills of nurses.
d. Inadequate physical assessment skills.
D - Answer-What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health
history, physical examination, and interview?
a. Planning
b. Diagnosis
c. Evaluation
d. Assessment
D - Answer-When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the
components of holistic health include which of these?
a. Disease originates from the external environment.
b. The individual human is a closed system.
c. Nurses are responsible for a patients health state.
d.Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent.
C - Answer-The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in describing health
is essential because:
, a. Disease can be prevented by treating the external environment.
b. The majority of deaths among Americans under age 65 years are not preventable.
c. Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal behavior.
d. The means to prevention is through treatment provided by primary health care
practitioners.
D - Answer-The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a newly admitted
patient. An example of objective information obtained during the physical
assessment includes the:
a.
Patients history of allergies.
b. Patients use of medications at home.
c. Last menstrual period 1 month ago.
d. 2 5 cm scar on the right lower forearm.
C - Answer-A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has many
chronic medical problems. Which type of data base is most appropriate to collect in
this setting?
a. A follow-up data base to evaluate changes at appropriate intervals
b. An episodic data base because of the continuing, complex medical problems of
this patient
c. A complete health data base because of the nurses primary responsibility for
monitoring the patients health
d. An emergency data base because of the need to collect information and make
accurate diagnoses rapidly
D - Answer-Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a
focused or problem-centered history?
a. Patient is admitted to a long-term care facility.
b. Patient has a sudden and severe shortness of breath.
c. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the following day.
d. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms.
