Test Bank for Health Assessment for NURSing Practice
8e Susan Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens (All Chapters)
, TABLE OF CONTENT
I. Foundations for Health Assessment
1. Importance of Health Assessment
2. Interviewing Patients to Obtain a Health History
3. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment
4. General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs
5. Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Considerations
6. Pain Assessment
7. Mental Health and Abusive Behavior Assessment
8. Nutritional Assessment
II. Health Assessment of the Adult
,9. Skin, Hair, and Nails
10. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
11. Lungs and Respiratory System
12. Heart and Peripheral Vascular System
13. Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System
14. Musculoskeletal System
15. Neurologic System
16. Breasts and Axillae
17. Reproductive System and the Perineum
III. Health Assessment Across the Life Span
18. Developmental Assessment Throughout the Life Span
19. Assessment of the Infant, Child, and Adolescent
20. Assessment of the Pregnant Patient
21. Assessment of the Older Adult
IV. Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment
22. Conducting a Head-to-Toe Examination
23. Documenting the Head-to-Toe Health Assessment
24. Adapting Health Assessment to an Ill Patient
, Chapter 1: Importance of Health Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A patient comes to the emergency department and tells the triageNURSethat he is “having
a heart attack.” What is the nurse’s top priority at this time?
a. Determine the patient’s personal data and insurance coverage.
b. Ask the patient to take a seat in the waiting room until his name is called.
c. Request that aNURSecollect data for a comprehensive history.
d. Ask aNURSeto start a focused assessment of this patient now.
SOLUTION:D
Feedback
A Personal data and insurance information will be obtained, but in this situation,
these data can wait until after the patient is assessed.
B Rather than asking the patient to wait, theNURSeneeds to begin data collection,
such as vital signs, immediately to determine the patient’s health status.
C A comprehensive history is not indicated in this situation at this time. Some
subjective data will be collected, such as allergies and medical history related to
cardiovascular disease.
D TheNURSeneeds to begin an assessment as soon as possible that is focused on
this patient’s cardiovascular system. The type of health assessment performed by
theNURSeis also driven by patient need.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: 3
8e Susan Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens (All Chapters)
, TABLE OF CONTENT
I. Foundations for Health Assessment
1. Importance of Health Assessment
2. Interviewing Patients to Obtain a Health History
3. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment
4. General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs
5. Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Considerations
6. Pain Assessment
7. Mental Health and Abusive Behavior Assessment
8. Nutritional Assessment
II. Health Assessment of the Adult
,9. Skin, Hair, and Nails
10. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
11. Lungs and Respiratory System
12. Heart and Peripheral Vascular System
13. Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System
14. Musculoskeletal System
15. Neurologic System
16. Breasts and Axillae
17. Reproductive System and the Perineum
III. Health Assessment Across the Life Span
18. Developmental Assessment Throughout the Life Span
19. Assessment of the Infant, Child, and Adolescent
20. Assessment of the Pregnant Patient
21. Assessment of the Older Adult
IV. Synthesis and Application of Health Assessment
22. Conducting a Head-to-Toe Examination
23. Documenting the Head-to-Toe Health Assessment
24. Adapting Health Assessment to an Ill Patient
, Chapter 1: Importance of Health Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A patient comes to the emergency department and tells the triageNURSethat he is “having
a heart attack.” What is the nurse’s top priority at this time?
a. Determine the patient’s personal data and insurance coverage.
b. Ask the patient to take a seat in the waiting room until his name is called.
c. Request that aNURSecollect data for a comprehensive history.
d. Ask aNURSeto start a focused assessment of this patient now.
SOLUTION:D
Feedback
A Personal data and insurance information will be obtained, but in this situation,
these data can wait until after the patient is assessed.
B Rather than asking the patient to wait, theNURSeneeds to begin data collection,
such as vital signs, immediately to determine the patient’s health status.
C A comprehensive history is not indicated in this situation at this time. Some
subjective data will be collected, such as allergies and medical history related to
cardiovascular disease.
D TheNURSeneeds to begin an assessment as soon as possible that is focused on
this patient’s cardiovascular system. The type of health assessment performed by
theNURSeis also driven by patient need.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: 3
