NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm
Exam Questions And Answers
Biomedical Approach -
correct answer ✅Health approach in which the focus was on the
treatment of disease and health was considered the absence of
disease and that's it.
Behavioural Approach -
correct answer ✅Health approach in which there was more going
on that just absence of disease; also behavioural factors at play (i.e.
smoking). The belief that if we could teach people how to stay
healthy themselves then they would.
Socioenvironmental Approach -
correct answer ✅Health approach in which the belief was that the
higher income, well-educated Canadians were the ones that the
behavioural approach would affect most.
Subjective Data (symptoms)
and
Objective Data (signs) -
correct answer ✅What kind of data does a nursing health
assessment involve? (2 types)
,NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm
Exam Questions And Answers
Subjective Data -
correct answer ✅Symptoms; type of data; what the family/person
says about the patient/themselves.
Objective Data -
correct answer ✅Signs; the type of data you will find in a physical
assessment.
Unless we have the full subjective piece, we cannot see the whole
picture. Therefore the subjective piece is just as important as the
objective piece; we need both in order to treat the patient. -
correct answer ✅What is more important - subjective or objective
data?
1) Assess - gather info about the client's condition
2) Diagnose - identify the client's problems
3) Plan - set goals of care and desired outcomes and identify
appropriate nursing actions
4) Implement - perform the nursing actions identified in planning
5) Evaluate - determine if goals met and outcome achieved -
correct answer ✅What are the 5 steps of the nursing process?
,NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm
Exam Questions And Answers
- Biographical data (i.e. name, address, gender identity, marital
status)
- Source of history (who provided the information)
- Reason for seeking care (quote their words)
- History of current illness (PQRSTU-AAA)
- Past health (childhood illnesses, accidents, operations, etc.)
- Family history (usually blood-related family)
- Review of systems
- Functional assessment (ADLs and IADLs). -
correct answer ✅What kind of things will you gather during the
subjective portion of a complete health history?
P - provoke
Q - quality and/or quantity
R - region and/or radiation
S - severity
T - timing
U - understand the patient's perspective
A - associated factors
A - alleviating factors
, NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm
Exam Questions And Answers
A - aggravating factors -
correct answer ✅What does PQRSTU-AAA stand for?
Vital signs, measurements (head circumference, weight, height,
etc.), IPPA (inspection, palpitation, percussion, and inspection). -
correct answer ✅What kind of data will you gather during the
physical assessment portion of a complete health assessment?
1. Map out the location/size of an organ.
2. Provide info regarding the density of a structure.
3. Detect a mass.
4. Elicit pain.
5. Elicit deep tendon reflexes. -
correct answer ✅What is percussion used for?
Resonant (hollow, air-filled) and dullness (muffled thud). -
correct answer ✅What are the two common percussion notes?
The first impression when you walk in the room and it consists of:
Exam Questions And Answers
Biomedical Approach -
correct answer ✅Health approach in which the focus was on the
treatment of disease and health was considered the absence of
disease and that's it.
Behavioural Approach -
correct answer ✅Health approach in which there was more going
on that just absence of disease; also behavioural factors at play (i.e.
smoking). The belief that if we could teach people how to stay
healthy themselves then they would.
Socioenvironmental Approach -
correct answer ✅Health approach in which the belief was that the
higher income, well-educated Canadians were the ones that the
behavioural approach would affect most.
Subjective Data (symptoms)
and
Objective Data (signs) -
correct answer ✅What kind of data does a nursing health
assessment involve? (2 types)
,NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm
Exam Questions And Answers
Subjective Data -
correct answer ✅Symptoms; type of data; what the family/person
says about the patient/themselves.
Objective Data -
correct answer ✅Signs; the type of data you will find in a physical
assessment.
Unless we have the full subjective piece, we cannot see the whole
picture. Therefore the subjective piece is just as important as the
objective piece; we need both in order to treat the patient. -
correct answer ✅What is more important - subjective or objective
data?
1) Assess - gather info about the client's condition
2) Diagnose - identify the client's problems
3) Plan - set goals of care and desired outcomes and identify
appropriate nursing actions
4) Implement - perform the nursing actions identified in planning
5) Evaluate - determine if goals met and outcome achieved -
correct answer ✅What are the 5 steps of the nursing process?
,NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm
Exam Questions And Answers
- Biographical data (i.e. name, address, gender identity, marital
status)
- Source of history (who provided the information)
- Reason for seeking care (quote their words)
- History of current illness (PQRSTU-AAA)
- Past health (childhood illnesses, accidents, operations, etc.)
- Family history (usually blood-related family)
- Review of systems
- Functional assessment (ADLs and IADLs). -
correct answer ✅What kind of things will you gather during the
subjective portion of a complete health history?
P - provoke
Q - quality and/or quantity
R - region and/or radiation
S - severity
T - timing
U - understand the patient's perspective
A - associated factors
A - alleviating factors
, NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm
Exam Questions And Answers
A - aggravating factors -
correct answer ✅What does PQRSTU-AAA stand for?
Vital signs, measurements (head circumference, weight, height,
etc.), IPPA (inspection, palpitation, percussion, and inspection). -
correct answer ✅What kind of data will you gather during the
physical assessment portion of a complete health assessment?
1. Map out the location/size of an organ.
2. Provide info regarding the density of a structure.
3. Detect a mass.
4. Elicit pain.
5. Elicit deep tendon reflexes. -
correct answer ✅What is percussion used for?
Resonant (hollow, air-filled) and dullness (muffled thud). -
correct answer ✅What are the two common percussion notes?
The first impression when you walk in the room and it consists of:
