Essential Health Assessment 2nd Edition
by Janice M Thompson, Chapter 1 - 24
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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
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Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
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Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
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Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
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Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
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Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
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Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
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Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
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Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
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Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
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Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
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Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.” The goal
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.jg jg jg jg jg jg jg jg jg
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1. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean that all individuals get the same health
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care throughout their life spans.
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2. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean the government will supply money to car
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e for all the people in the world.
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3. This is correct. “Health for All” means that resources for health care are evenly distri
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4. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean that health-
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care providers can deny patients health care.
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2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires registered nur
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3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
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1. This is incorrect. The role of the RN is not to diagnose and treat patients.
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2. This is correct. Assessing patients and being able to identify normal from abnormal findi
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ngs is an essential role of the RN.
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3. This is incorrect. RNs in collaboration with the health-
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3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presence outsi
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de his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses must treat
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all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. This is incorrect. Caring is displaying a concern for patients.
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2. This is incorrect. The holistic caring process is a relational process; the nurse collab
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orates with the individual to pursue goals for health and well-being.
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3. This is correct. The new movement in health care is person-
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centered care (PCC), which emphasizes the intrinsic value of treating all patients as per
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4. The science-
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set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
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1. This is incorrect. Healthy People is the general title for the nation’s federal initiative.
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2. This is correct. Healthy People 2020 specifically identifies science-
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based, national goals and objectives with 10-
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d Nations working to improve the health of the world’s people.
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