NU 220- Health assessment, Anatomical nomenclature, General survey Exam questions with correct answers.

NU 220- Health assessment, Anatomical
nomenclature, General survey Exam
questions with correct answers
What |is |health |assessment? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-A |point |of |entry, |collection |of |data |to |formulate |
a |database |from |which |to:

-form |diagnoses

-plan |interventions

-measure |evaluations



What |is |the |nursing |process? |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Assessment

Diagnosis

Planning

Implementation

Evaluation



start |collecting |data

make |decisions |based |on |assessment

>what |we |are |gonna |do |to |help |the |patient

plan |and |implement

check |if |they |are |working |by |evaluation



Forms |of |Documentation |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Narrative |format |- |information |provided |in |
sentences, |usually |time |sequenced

SOAP

PIE

FOCUS

Charting |by |Exception

Clinical |Pathways

, SOAP |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-subjective |- |everything |the |patient |says

objective |- |everything |the |nurse |observes

assessment |- |evaluation |(nursing |diagnosis/judgement)

plan |- |what |you're |going |to |do



Subjective |info |to |be |collected |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--HPI |[history |of |present |illness]

-ROS |[review |of |systems]



Signs |and |symptoms |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Symptom |- |patient |experience/what |a |patient |is |feeling |

>abbreviated |as |Sx |[Sx |bar] |[w |+ |bar |over |x] |or |S/Sx



Sign |- |what |is |found/the |nursing |diagnosis



Organization |of |note |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--general |to |specific

-highlight |remarkable |findings

>remarkable |means |"of |note"

>remarkable |to |unremarkable



4 |components |of |exam |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Inspection |- |what |you |see

Palpation |- |what |you |feel |thru |touch

Percussion |- |what |you |feel/hear |thru |vibration

Auscultate |- |what |you |hear



Inspection |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔--general

-detailed

-requires |good |lighting

-other |tools

>penlight