HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026
LATEST UPDATE
What type of surface is top of tongue? - answerDorsal
What causes an increase in body temperature at ovulation? - answerProgesterone
What is health assessment? - answerA systematic method of collecting and analyzing data.
What is the goal of health assessment? - answerFor the client to attain optimal level of wellness.
What factors are included in health assessment? - answerDemographic factors.
What is the purpose of creating a patient-centered plan-of-care using Evidence Based Practice (EBP)? -
answerTo prioritize care.
What standards are utilized in health assessment? - answerThe American Nurses Associations (ANA)
Standards of Practice.
What are the steps involved in the Nursing process according to the ANA Standards of Practice? -
answerAssessment, Analysis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.
What is the role of critical thinking and clinical judgement in health assessment? - answerNurse uses
critical thinking and clinical judgement.
What factors contribute to the uniqueness of patient needs? - answerCulture, physical health,
environment, life experiences.
Why is it important to use credible sources in healthcare decision-making? - answerTo ensure the
information used is reliable and accurate.
,What does it mean to use evidence-based practice (EBP) in healthcare? - answerTo integrate the best
available evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.
What is the significance of reflecting on goals for the best interest of the client? - answerTo ensure
decisions align with the client's best outcome.
How does a holistic approach benefit the evaluation of a client's situation? - answerIt considers all
aspects of the client's life and health, leading to a comprehensive understanding.
What are the important factors to consider in healthcare? - answerEthical principles, HIPPA, and holistic
care.
What does HIPPA stand for? - answerHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
What does holistic care focus on? - answerTreating the whole person, including physical, mental, and
social aspects.
What are some components of communication skills in healthcare? - answerCompassion, holistic care,
interdisciplinary communication, professionalism, empathy.
How can healthcare professionals foster health promotion through communication? - answerBy
reflecting on their own biases, respecting differences, and providing reasonable accommodations.
What is cultural competence in communication skills? - answerIt involves respecting differences, not
imposing one's own perceptions, and providing reasonable accommodations.
What are some aspects of therapeutic communication? - answerIntroducing oneself, using verbal and
non-verbal communication, asking how the client prefers to be called, and listening without judgment.
What are some non-verbal aspects of therapeutic communication? - answerAppropriate space,
therapeutic touch (with permission), and providing necessary supports for communication.
,What are the components of the subjective data in health assessment history? - answerCurrent state of
health, medications, previous illnesses and surgeries, family history, review of systems.
What are the components of the objective data in physical examination? - answerInspection, palpation,
percussion, auscultation.
How is the patient's symptom documented? - answerRecorded and enclosed in quotation marks to
indicate the person’s exact words.
What does 'sign' refer to in health assessment documentation? - answerClinical findings collected during
physical examination.
What does 'clinical manifestations' refer to in health assessment documentation? - answerSigns and/or
symptoms collected utilizing inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
What is a comprehensive health assessment? - answerA thorough and detailed assessment.
What is a problem-based or focused health assessment? - answerAn assessment specific to a particular
problem, such as a broken leg.
What is an episodic assessment or follow-up? - answerAn assessment following up for a health problem,
for example, pneumonia follow-up.
What is a screening assessment? - answerAn assessment for specific screenings like BP, glucose, or
colorectal screening.
What is a shift assessment? - answerA nursing assessment conducted each shift.
What is the characteristic of first-level priority problems? - answerEmergent, life-threatening, and
immediate.
, What is the characteristic of second-level priority problems? - answerNext in urgency, requiring
attention to avoid further deterioration.
What is the characteristic of third-level priority problems? - answerImportant to patient’s health but
can be addressed after more urgent problems are addressed.
What is the approach to treatment for collaborative problems? - answerInvolves multiple disciplines.
What are Standard Precautions in healthcare settings? - answerPrecautions that apply in all healthcare
settings to reduce infection transmission.
Why is hand hygiene important in infection control? - answerIt is the single most important component
to reduce infection transmission.
When should hand hygiene be performed in healthcare settings? - answerBefore and after physical
contact with each patient, after inadvertent contact with blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions,
after contact with any equipment contaminated with body fluids, and after removing gloves.
What personal protective equipment (PPE) may be necessary in healthcare settings? - answerGloves,
gown, mask, eye protection, or face shield.
What is respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette? - answerEducation, posted signs, and source control
measures to prevent the spread of respiratory infections.
Is wearing gloves a substitute for washing hands? - answerNo, wearing gloves is not a protective
substitute to washing hands.
Why is proper management of patient-care equipment essential? - answerTo reduce the risk of infection
transmission.
What is the first step in a physical assessment? - answerClose, careful scrutiny of the individual as a
whole.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026
LATEST UPDATE
What type of surface is top of tongue? - answerDorsal
What causes an increase in body temperature at ovulation? - answerProgesterone
What is health assessment? - answerA systematic method of collecting and analyzing data.
What is the goal of health assessment? - answerFor the client to attain optimal level of wellness.
What factors are included in health assessment? - answerDemographic factors.
What is the purpose of creating a patient-centered plan-of-care using Evidence Based Practice (EBP)? -
answerTo prioritize care.
What standards are utilized in health assessment? - answerThe American Nurses Associations (ANA)
Standards of Practice.
What are the steps involved in the Nursing process according to the ANA Standards of Practice? -
answerAssessment, Analysis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.
What is the role of critical thinking and clinical judgement in health assessment? - answerNurse uses
critical thinking and clinical judgement.
What factors contribute to the uniqueness of patient needs? - answerCulture, physical health,
environment, life experiences.
Why is it important to use credible sources in healthcare decision-making? - answerTo ensure the
information used is reliable and accurate.
,What does it mean to use evidence-based practice (EBP) in healthcare? - answerTo integrate the best
available evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.
What is the significance of reflecting on goals for the best interest of the client? - answerTo ensure
decisions align with the client's best outcome.
How does a holistic approach benefit the evaluation of a client's situation? - answerIt considers all
aspects of the client's life and health, leading to a comprehensive understanding.
What are the important factors to consider in healthcare? - answerEthical principles, HIPPA, and holistic
care.
What does HIPPA stand for? - answerHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
What does holistic care focus on? - answerTreating the whole person, including physical, mental, and
social aspects.
What are some components of communication skills in healthcare? - answerCompassion, holistic care,
interdisciplinary communication, professionalism, empathy.
How can healthcare professionals foster health promotion through communication? - answerBy
reflecting on their own biases, respecting differences, and providing reasonable accommodations.
What is cultural competence in communication skills? - answerIt involves respecting differences, not
imposing one's own perceptions, and providing reasonable accommodations.
What are some aspects of therapeutic communication? - answerIntroducing oneself, using verbal and
non-verbal communication, asking how the client prefers to be called, and listening without judgment.
What are some non-verbal aspects of therapeutic communication? - answerAppropriate space,
therapeutic touch (with permission), and providing necessary supports for communication.
,What are the components of the subjective data in health assessment history? - answerCurrent state of
health, medications, previous illnesses and surgeries, family history, review of systems.
What are the components of the objective data in physical examination? - answerInspection, palpation,
percussion, auscultation.
How is the patient's symptom documented? - answerRecorded and enclosed in quotation marks to
indicate the person’s exact words.
What does 'sign' refer to in health assessment documentation? - answerClinical findings collected during
physical examination.
What does 'clinical manifestations' refer to in health assessment documentation? - answerSigns and/or
symptoms collected utilizing inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
What is a comprehensive health assessment? - answerA thorough and detailed assessment.
What is a problem-based or focused health assessment? - answerAn assessment specific to a particular
problem, such as a broken leg.
What is an episodic assessment or follow-up? - answerAn assessment following up for a health problem,
for example, pneumonia follow-up.
What is a screening assessment? - answerAn assessment for specific screenings like BP, glucose, or
colorectal screening.
What is a shift assessment? - answerA nursing assessment conducted each shift.
What is the characteristic of first-level priority problems? - answerEmergent, life-threatening, and
immediate.
, What is the characteristic of second-level priority problems? - answerNext in urgency, requiring
attention to avoid further deterioration.
What is the characteristic of third-level priority problems? - answerImportant to patient’s health but
can be addressed after more urgent problems are addressed.
What is the approach to treatment for collaborative problems? - answerInvolves multiple disciplines.
What are Standard Precautions in healthcare settings? - answerPrecautions that apply in all healthcare
settings to reduce infection transmission.
Why is hand hygiene important in infection control? - answerIt is the single most important component
to reduce infection transmission.
When should hand hygiene be performed in healthcare settings? - answerBefore and after physical
contact with each patient, after inadvertent contact with blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions,
after contact with any equipment contaminated with body fluids, and after removing gloves.
What personal protective equipment (PPE) may be necessary in healthcare settings? - answerGloves,
gown, mask, eye protection, or face shield.
What is respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette? - answerEducation, posted signs, and source control
measures to prevent the spread of respiratory infections.
Is wearing gloves a substitute for washing hands? - answerNo, wearing gloves is not a protective
substitute to washing hands.
Why is proper management of patient-care equipment essential? - answerTo reduce the risk of infection
transmission.
What is the first step in a physical assessment? - answerClose, careful scrutiny of the individual as a
whole.
