NSG-121 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM I STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

NSG-121 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM I |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH |\ |\ |\ |\




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The nurse's role in health assessment to perform - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔nursing process. |\ |\




What type of patient would you do a focus assessment on? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Patient that has a specific problem.
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Primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involves strategies
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aimed at preventing problems Examples: Immunizations, health
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teaching, safety precautions, and nutrition counseling.
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Secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔includes the early
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diagnosis of health problems and prompts treatment to prevent
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complications. Examples: Vision screening, Pap smears, B/P|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


screening, hearing test, scoliosis screening, and tuberculin skin
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testing.


Tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔focuses on
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preventing complications of an existing disease and promoting
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health to the highest level. Examples: Diet teaching and exercise
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programs.

,What are the assessment frameworks? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔functional assessment, head-to-toe assessment, and body |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


systems assessment. |\




functional assessment (specific region) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔focuses on the functional patterns that all humans share:
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health perception and health management, activity and exercise,
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nutrition and metabolism, elimination, sleep and rest, cognition
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and perception, self-perception and self-concept, roles, and
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relationships, coping and stress tolerance, sexuality and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


reproduction, and values and beliefs. |\ |\ |\ |\




head-to-toe assessment (Over all body) - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔is the most organized system for gathering comprehensive
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physical data. Because data in one functional area are collected
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from different parts of the body, it is very inefficient to collect
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physical data by functional status. For example, peripheral
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circulation is assessed in both the arms and the legs.
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body systems assessment approach - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is a
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logical tool for organizing data when documenting and
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communicating findings. This method promotes critical thinking |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


and allows you to analyze findings as you cluster similar data.
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Communication Process forms: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔verbal, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


nonverbal, electronic |\




Electronic Communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Internet
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and a variety of social websites provide new and challenging
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opportunities for nurses to communicate and collaborate with |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

, other health care providers. The challenges of using social media
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include protecting patient privacy and confidentiality and
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preventing unintended consequences for the employer or the|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


nurse. Example: DAR |\ |\




Verbal communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is an exchange
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of information using words. Example: spoken and written word.
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Nonverbal Communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


transmission of information without the use of words is termed |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


nonverbal communication, also known as body language. It often
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helps nurses to understand subtle and hidden meanings in what
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the patient is saying verbally. For example, a nurse asks the
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patient, "How do you feel today?" The patient responds, "I feel all
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right."
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Components of Communication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sender, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


Receiver, Understanding, Perception, & Culture |\ |\ |\ |\




Components of Communication: Sender, Receiver, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


Understanding, Perception, & Culture |\ |\ |\




If you are the nurse giving presentation on the communication
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process, what should you include? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Sender and the Receiver |\ |\ |\




Sender - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Person of group who initiates or
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begins the communication |\ |\