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on Thompson Test Bank
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, Table of Contents b1 b1
Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 2: Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 3: Taking the Health History
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Chapter 4: Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements Cha
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pter 5: Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 6: General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs Chap
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ter 7: Assessing Pain
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Chapter 8: Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 9: Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck Ch
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apter 10: Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11: Assessing the Eyes
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Chapter 12: Assessing the Respiratory System C
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hapter 13: Assessing the Cardiovascular System C
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hapter 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 Chap
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ter 19: Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20: Assessing the Anus and Rectum Chap
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ter 21: Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22: Assessing the Child and Adolescent C
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hapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman Chapt
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er 24: Assessing the Older Adult
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,Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment b1 b1 b1 b1
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.
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‖ The goal for this strategy is:
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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.
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4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
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2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requir
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es registered nurses (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat patients. b1 b1 b1
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. b1 b1 b1 b1
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
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4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
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3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a pol
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ice presence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community
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. You know that nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
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3. Person-centered care (PCC). b1 b1
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based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv
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ices that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention i
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s:
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2. Healthy People 2020. b1 b1
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
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4. World Health Organization. b1 b1
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an exampl
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e of:
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3. Tertiary health prevention. b1 b1
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks
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he is running a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge.
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What should you do? b1 b1 b1
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
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2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
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3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
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4. Go to the patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
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7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care f
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or a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be
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problem solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitiv
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e skills are you using?
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1. Critical thinking b1
2. Clinical decision making b1 b1
3. Intuitive thinking b1
4. Clinical reasoning b1
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. b1 b1
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice. b1 b1 b1
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health
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identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology b1 b1
2. Gender and occupation b1 b1
3. Individual behavior b1
4. Social environment b1
5. Physical environment b1
6. Health services b1
Essential Health Assessment 2 Editi
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on Thompson Test Bank
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, Table of Contents b1 b1
Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 2: Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 3: Taking the Health History
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Chapter 4: Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements Cha
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pter 5: Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 6: General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs Chap
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ter 7: Assessing Pain
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Chapter 8: Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 9: Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck Ch
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apter 10: Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11: Assessing the Eyes
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Chapter 12: Assessing the Respiratory System C
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hapter 13: Assessing the Cardiovascular System C
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hapter 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 Chap
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ter 19: Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20: Assessing the Anus and Rectum Chap
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ter 21: Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22: Assessing the Child and Adolescent C
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hapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman Chapt
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er 24: Assessing the Older Adult
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,Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment b1 b1 b1 b1
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.
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‖ The goal for this strategy is:
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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.
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4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
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2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requir
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es registered nurses (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat patients. b1 b1 b1
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. b1 b1 b1 b1
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
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4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
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3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a pol
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ice presence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community
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. You know that nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. b1
3. Person-centered care (PCC). b1 b1
4. Standards of care. b1 b1
4. The science- b1
based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv
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ices that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention i
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s:
1. Healthy People. b1
2. Healthy People 2020. b1 b1
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
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4. World Health Organization. b1 b1
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an exampl
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e of:
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1. Primary health prevention. b1 b1
, 2. Secondary health prevention. b1 b1
3. Tertiary health prevention. b1 b1
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks
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he is running a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge.
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What should you do? b1 b1 b1
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
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2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
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3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
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4. Go to the patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
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7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care f
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or a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be
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problem solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitiv
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e skills are you using?
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1. Critical thinking b1
2. Clinical decision making b1 b1
3. Intuitive thinking b1
4. Clinical reasoning b1
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. b1 b1
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice. b1 b1 b1
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health
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identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology b1 b1
2. Gender and occupation b1 b1
3. Individual behavior b1
4. Social environment b1
5. Physical environment b1
6. Health services b1
