NUR 203 CH1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
When assessing a patient's health status, which data do you classify as subjective? -
correct answer Anything the patient tells you about self as part of the health history
What is the starting point of diagnostic reasoning? - correct answer Performing an
organized assessment
Which is the best defining characteristic of intuition as it relates to clinical judgment?
- correct answer Recognizing patterns immediately
Which constitutes a first-level priority problem? - correct answer Anaphylaxis
Which is the best description of a complete health database? - correct answer
Baseline description of present and past health against which future changes will be
measured
What type of database is established when a nurse is mainly concerned with one
problem? - correct answer Focused
Mr. Fitzgerald is a 62-year-old new patient who presents to the clinic for a routine
health assessment. Which type of health database would be established? - correct
answer Complete
What type of database is most appropriate to establish when a patient's chronic
illness problems are being evaluated at regular intervals? - correct answer Follow-up
What type of database is often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures? -
correct answer Emergency
Which type of database would be established on a patient admitted with a
barbiturate overdose? - correct answer Emergency
Which type of database is most appropriate to establish when an overall healthy
person seeks care for a rash at an ambulatory care center? - correct answer
Focused
What type of database is most appropriate to establish for an individual who is
admitted to a long-term care facility? - correct answer Complete
Mr. Morris is a 38-year-old patient who presents to the clinic and states, "I have had
a temperature of 101 last night and it is 100.8 today." This is an example of which
type of data? - correct answer Subjective
When assessing a patient's health status, which data do you classify as subjective? -
correct answer Anything the patient tells you about self as part of the health history
What is the starting point of diagnostic reasoning? - correct answer Performing an
organized assessment
Which is the best defining characteristic of intuition as it relates to clinical judgment?
- correct answer Recognizing patterns immediately
Which constitutes a first-level priority problem? - correct answer Anaphylaxis
Which is the best description of a complete health database? - correct answer
Baseline description of present and past health against which future changes will be
measured
What type of database is established when a nurse is mainly concerned with one
problem? - correct answer Focused
Mr. Fitzgerald is a 62-year-old new patient who presents to the clinic for a routine
health assessment. Which type of health database would be established? - correct
answer Complete
What type of database is most appropriate to establish when a patient's chronic
illness problems are being evaluated at regular intervals? - correct answer Follow-up
What type of database is often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures? -
correct answer Emergency
Which type of database would be established on a patient admitted with a
barbiturate overdose? - correct answer Emergency
Which type of database is most appropriate to establish when an overall healthy
person seeks care for a rash at an ambulatory care center? - correct answer
Focused
What type of database is most appropriate to establish for an individual who is
admitted to a long-term care facility? - correct answer Complete
Mr. Morris is a 38-year-old patient who presents to the clinic and states, "I have had
a temperature of 101 last night and it is 100.8 today." This is an example of which
type of data? - correct answer Subjective
