NUR300
Physical Examination & Health Assessment
Final Exam
2025
1. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
2. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP?
a. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician’s experience.
3. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate
nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
4. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that
second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
a. Abnormal laboratory values
5. Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
a. Clustering related cues
6. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient
relies on the appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a. Nursing
7. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use and
includes which steps?
a. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation,
and evaluation
8. A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is
having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems?
a. Breathing, pain, and sleep
9. Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic reasoning?
, a. Diagnostic hypothesis
10. Barriers to incorporating EBP include:
a. Nurses’ lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies.
11. What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health history,
physical examination, and interview?
a. Assessment
12. During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with accessing research
studies to incorporate evidence-based clinical decision making into their practice.
Which suggestion by the nurse manager would best help these problems?
a. Teach the nurses how to conduct electronic searches for research studies.
13. When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the components of
holistic health include which of these?
a. Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent.
14. The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in describing health is
essential because:
a. Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal
behavior.
15. 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. 2 5 cm scar on the right lower forearm.
16. 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 nurse’s primary responsibility
for monitoring the patient’s health
d. An emergency data base because of the need to collect information and
make accurate diagnoses rapidly
17. Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a focused or
problem-centered history?
a. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the following day.
b. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms.
18. A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She has been coming
to the clinic weekly since she changed medications 2 months ago. The nurse
should:
a. Collect a follow-up data base and then check her blood pressure.
19. A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department with multiple
traumas received in an automobile accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his
injuries are quite severe. How would the nurse proceed with data collection?
a. Simultaneously ask history questions while performing the examination
and initiating life-saving measures.
20. A 42-year-old patient of Asian descent is being seen at the clinic for an initial
examination. The nurse knows that including cultural information in his health
assessment is important to:
a. Provide culturally sensitive and appropriate care.
21. In the health promotion model, the focus of the health professional includes:
a. Helping the consumer choose a healthier lifestyle.
,22. The nurse has implemented several planned interventions to address the nursing
diagnosis of acute pain. Which would be the next appropriate action?
a. Evaluate the individual’s condition, and compare actual outcomes with
expected outcomes.
23. Which statement best describes a proficient nurse? A proficient nurse is one who:
a. Understands a patient situation as a whole rather than a list of tasks and
recognizes the long-term goals for the patient.
1. The nurse is reviewing data collected after an assessment. Of the data listed
below, which would be considered related cues that would be clustered together
during data analysis? Select all that apply.
a. Inspiratory wheezes noted in left lower lobes
b. Nonproductive cough
c. Patient reports dyspnea upon exertion
d. Rate of respirations 16 breaths per minute
2.
3. MATCHING
4. Put the following patient situations in order according to the level of priority.
a. .A teenager who was stung by a bee during a soccer match is having
trouble breathing.
b. An older adult with a urinary tract infection is also showing signs of
confusion and agitation.
c. A patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus does not know
how to check his own blood glucose levels with a glucometer
5.
6.
7.
8. Chapter 04: The Complete Health History
1. The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these
statements best describes the purpose of a health history?
a. To provide a database of subjective information about the patient’s
past and current health
2. When the nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient’s responses, which
of these statements would be correct? The patient:
a. Provided consistent information and therefore is reliable.
3. A 59-year-old patient tells the nurse that he has ulcerative colitis. He has
been having “black stools” for the last 24 hours. How would the nurse best
document his reason for seeking care?
a. J.M. is a 59-year-old man who states that he has been having
“black stools” for the past 24 hours.
4. A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week.
What would be the nurse’s best response?
a. “Can you point to where it hurts?”
5. A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has “excruciating pain” in
her back. Which would be the nurse’s appropriate response to the woman’s
statement?
a. “How would you say the pain affects your ability to do your daily
activities?”
6. In recording the childhood illnesses of a patient who denies having had
, any, which note by the nurse would be most accurate?
a. Patient denies measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, and
strep throat.
7. A female patient tells the nurse that she has had six pregnancies, with four
live births at term and two spontaneous abortions. Her four children are
still living. How would the nurse record this information?
a. Grav 6, Term 4, (S)Ab-2, Living 4
8. A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the
nurse’s best response to this information?
a. “Describe what happens to you when you take penicillin.”
9. The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or problems about
which the patient should be specifically asked include:
a. Mental illness.
10. The review of systems provides the nurse with:
a. Information regarding health promotion practices.
11. Which of these statements represents subjective data the nurse obtained
from the patient regarding the patient’s skin?
a. Patient denies any color change.
12. The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year-old male patient and is
concerned about health promotion activities. Which of these questions
would be appropriate to use to assess health promotion activities for this
patient?
a. “Do you perform testicular self-examinations?”
13. Which of these responses might the nurse expect during a functional
assessment of a patient whose leg is in a cast?
a. “I’m able to transfer myself from the wheelchair to the bed
without help.”
14. In response to a question about stress, a 39-year-old woman tells the nurse
that her husband and mother both died in the past year. Which response by
the nurse is most appropriate?
a. “What did you do to cope with the loss of both your husband and
mother?”
b. In response to a question regarding the use of alcohol, a
patient asks the nurse why the nurse needs to know. What is
the reason for needing this information?Alcohol can interact
with all medications and can make some diseases worse.
15. The mother of a 16-month-old toddler tells the nurse that her daughter has
an earache. What would be an appropriate response?
a. “Describe what she is doing to indicate she is having pain.”
16. During an assessment of a patient’s family history, the nurse constructs a
genogram. Which statement best describes a genogram?
a. Graphic family tree that uses symbols to depict the gender,
relationship, and age of immediate family members
17. A 5-year-old boy is being admitted to the hospital to have his tonsils
removed. Which information should the nurse collect before this
procedure?
a. Child’s reactions to previous hospitalizations
18. As part of the health history of a 6-year-old boy at a clinic for a sports
physical examination, the nurse reviews his immunization record and
notes that his last measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination was at 15
Physical Examination & Health Assessment
Final Exam
2025
1. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
2. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP?
a. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician’s experience.
3. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate
nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
4. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that
second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
a. Abnormal laboratory values
5. Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
a. Clustering related cues
6. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient
relies on the appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a. Nursing
7. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use and
includes which steps?
a. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation,
and evaluation
8. A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is
having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems?
a. Breathing, pain, and sleep
9. Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic reasoning?
, a. Diagnostic hypothesis
10. Barriers to incorporating EBP include:
a. Nurses’ lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies.
11. What step of the nursing process includes data collection by health history,
physical examination, and interview?
a. Assessment
12. During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with accessing research
studies to incorporate evidence-based clinical decision making into their practice.
Which suggestion by the nurse manager would best help these problems?
a. Teach the nurses how to conduct electronic searches for research studies.
13. When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the components of
holistic health include which of these?
a. Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent.
14. The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in describing health is
essential because:
a. Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal
behavior.
15. 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. 2 5 cm scar on the right lower forearm.
16. 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 nurse’s primary responsibility
for monitoring the patient’s health
d. An emergency data base because of the need to collect information and
make accurate diagnoses rapidly
17. Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a focused or
problem-centered history?
a. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the following day.
b. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms.
18. A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She has been coming
to the clinic weekly since she changed medications 2 months ago. The nurse
should:
a. Collect a follow-up data base and then check her blood pressure.
19. A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department with multiple
traumas received in an automobile accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his
injuries are quite severe. How would the nurse proceed with data collection?
a. Simultaneously ask history questions while performing the examination
and initiating life-saving measures.
20. A 42-year-old patient of Asian descent is being seen at the clinic for an initial
examination. The nurse knows that including cultural information in his health
assessment is important to:
a. Provide culturally sensitive and appropriate care.
21. In the health promotion model, the focus of the health professional includes:
a. Helping the consumer choose a healthier lifestyle.
,22. The nurse has implemented several planned interventions to address the nursing
diagnosis of acute pain. Which would be the next appropriate action?
a. Evaluate the individual’s condition, and compare actual outcomes with
expected outcomes.
23. Which statement best describes a proficient nurse? A proficient nurse is one who:
a. Understands a patient situation as a whole rather than a list of tasks and
recognizes the long-term goals for the patient.
1. The nurse is reviewing data collected after an assessment. Of the data listed
below, which would be considered related cues that would be clustered together
during data analysis? Select all that apply.
a. Inspiratory wheezes noted in left lower lobes
b. Nonproductive cough
c. Patient reports dyspnea upon exertion
d. Rate of respirations 16 breaths per minute
2.
3. MATCHING
4. Put the following patient situations in order according to the level of priority.
a. .A teenager who was stung by a bee during a soccer match is having
trouble breathing.
b. An older adult with a urinary tract infection is also showing signs of
confusion and agitation.
c. A patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus does not know
how to check his own blood glucose levels with a glucometer
5.
6.
7.
8. Chapter 04: The Complete Health History
1. The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these
statements best describes the purpose of a health history?
a. To provide a database of subjective information about the patient’s
past and current health
2. When the nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient’s responses, which
of these statements would be correct? The patient:
a. Provided consistent information and therefore is reliable.
3. A 59-year-old patient tells the nurse that he has ulcerative colitis. He has
been having “black stools” for the last 24 hours. How would the nurse best
document his reason for seeking care?
a. J.M. is a 59-year-old man who states that he has been having
“black stools” for the past 24 hours.
4. A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week.
What would be the nurse’s best response?
a. “Can you point to where it hurts?”
5. A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has “excruciating pain” in
her back. Which would be the nurse’s appropriate response to the woman’s
statement?
a. “How would you say the pain affects your ability to do your daily
activities?”
6. In recording the childhood illnesses of a patient who denies having had
, any, which note by the nurse would be most accurate?
a. Patient denies measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, and
strep throat.
7. A female patient tells the nurse that she has had six pregnancies, with four
live births at term and two spontaneous abortions. Her four children are
still living. How would the nurse record this information?
a. Grav 6, Term 4, (S)Ab-2, Living 4
8. A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the
nurse’s best response to this information?
a. “Describe what happens to you when you take penicillin.”
9. The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or problems about
which the patient should be specifically asked include:
a. Mental illness.
10. The review of systems provides the nurse with:
a. Information regarding health promotion practices.
11. Which of these statements represents subjective data the nurse obtained
from the patient regarding the patient’s skin?
a. Patient denies any color change.
12. The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year-old male patient and is
concerned about health promotion activities. Which of these questions
would be appropriate to use to assess health promotion activities for this
patient?
a. “Do you perform testicular self-examinations?”
13. Which of these responses might the nurse expect during a functional
assessment of a patient whose leg is in a cast?
a. “I’m able to transfer myself from the wheelchair to the bed
without help.”
14. In response to a question about stress, a 39-year-old woman tells the nurse
that her husband and mother both died in the past year. Which response by
the nurse is most appropriate?
a. “What did you do to cope with the loss of both your husband and
mother?”
b. In response to a question regarding the use of alcohol, a
patient asks the nurse why the nurse needs to know. What is
the reason for needing this information?Alcohol can interact
with all medications and can make some diseases worse.
15. The mother of a 16-month-old toddler tells the nurse that her daughter has
an earache. What would be an appropriate response?
a. “Describe what she is doing to indicate she is having pain.”
16. During an assessment of a patient’s family history, the nurse constructs a
genogram. Which statement best describes a genogram?
a. Graphic family tree that uses symbols to depict the gender,
relationship, and age of immediate family members
17. A 5-year-old boy is being admitted to the hospital to have his tonsils
removed. Which information should the nurse collect before this
procedure?
a. Child’s reactions to previous hospitalizations
18. As part of the health history of a 6-year-old boy at a clinic for a sports
physical examination, the nurse reviews his immunization record and
notes that his last measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination was at 15
