Nur 325 - Health Assessment Exam 1 questions and
answers 2025/2026 update
Subjective data - ✔✔ANS what the patient told you
Objective data - ✔✔ANS the thing you the health care worker assessed
Examples of subjective data: - ✔✔ANS -headache
-patient tells you they lost weight over the last 6 months
-denies color change
-nausea
-chest pain
-states he or she just started having anxiety attacks
Examples of objective data: - ✔✔ANS -skin appears dry
-crackles in the lungs
-lesion noted on arm
-serum potassium
-bruising of the legs
-heart rate 94/min
-palpitations
-petechiae
What are the steps to Setting Priorities? - ✔✔ANS 1. Airway problems
2. Breathing problems
3. Cardiac/circulation problems
4. Vital sign concerns (high fever)
,When assigning high priority to first-level priority problems (immediate
priorities): you should always remember to use what? - ✔✔ANS the ABCs plus
V
Second-level priority problems: - ✔✔ANS -Mental status change (confusion,
decreased alertness)
-Untreated medical problems requiring immediate attention (a person with
diabetes who has not had insulin)
-Acute pain
-Acute urinary elimination problems
-Abnormal laboratory values
-Risks of infection, safety or security (for the patient or for others)
Third-level priority problems (later priorities): - ✔✔ANS Health problems that
do not fit into the previous categories (problems with lack of knowledge,
activity, rest, family coping)
Patient in pain due to fractured ulna - ✔✔ANS second-level priority
Knowledge deficient regarding smoking cessation - ✔✔ANS third-level priority
An unresponsive patient - ✔✔ANS first-level priority
Child choking on a piece of candy - ✔✔ANS first-level priority
Potassium level of 2.9meq - ✔✔ANS second-level priority
ER pt clutching chest c/o chest pain - ✔✔ANS first-level priority
, Circulation
Knowledge deficit
Airway
Sleep
Pain
Perfusion - ✔✔ANS 1. Airway
2. Circulation
3. Perfusion
4. Pain
5. Sleep
6. Knowledge deficit
What are the elements of a database? - ✔✔ANS 1. Subjective data
2. Objective data
3. Laboratory studies
Assessment - ✔✔ANS the collection of data about the individual's health state
What are the 6 steps of the Nursing Process? - ✔✔ANS 1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Outcome Identification
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
What is diagnostic reasoning? - ✔✔ANS the process of analyzing health data
and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses
answers 2025/2026 update
Subjective data - ✔✔ANS what the patient told you
Objective data - ✔✔ANS the thing you the health care worker assessed
Examples of subjective data: - ✔✔ANS -headache
-patient tells you they lost weight over the last 6 months
-denies color change
-nausea
-chest pain
-states he or she just started having anxiety attacks
Examples of objective data: - ✔✔ANS -skin appears dry
-crackles in the lungs
-lesion noted on arm
-serum potassium
-bruising of the legs
-heart rate 94/min
-palpitations
-petechiae
What are the steps to Setting Priorities? - ✔✔ANS 1. Airway problems
2. Breathing problems
3. Cardiac/circulation problems
4. Vital sign concerns (high fever)
,When assigning high priority to first-level priority problems (immediate
priorities): you should always remember to use what? - ✔✔ANS the ABCs plus
V
Second-level priority problems: - ✔✔ANS -Mental status change (confusion,
decreased alertness)
-Untreated medical problems requiring immediate attention (a person with
diabetes who has not had insulin)
-Acute pain
-Acute urinary elimination problems
-Abnormal laboratory values
-Risks of infection, safety or security (for the patient or for others)
Third-level priority problems (later priorities): - ✔✔ANS Health problems that
do not fit into the previous categories (problems with lack of knowledge,
activity, rest, family coping)
Patient in pain due to fractured ulna - ✔✔ANS second-level priority
Knowledge deficient regarding smoking cessation - ✔✔ANS third-level priority
An unresponsive patient - ✔✔ANS first-level priority
Child choking on a piece of candy - ✔✔ANS first-level priority
Potassium level of 2.9meq - ✔✔ANS second-level priority
ER pt clutching chest c/o chest pain - ✔✔ANS first-level priority
, Circulation
Knowledge deficit
Airway
Sleep
Pain
Perfusion - ✔✔ANS 1. Airway
2. Circulation
3. Perfusion
4. Pain
5. Sleep
6. Knowledge deficit
What are the elements of a database? - ✔✔ANS 1. Subjective data
2. Objective data
3. Laboratory studies
Assessment - ✔✔ANS the collection of data about the individual's health state
What are the 6 steps of the Nursing Process? - ✔✔ANS 1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Outcome Identification
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
What is diagnostic reasoning? - ✔✔ANS the process of analyzing health data
and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses
