NURS 340 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 1
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS A+ GRADED REAL EXAM CSU
FULLERTON
A nursing diagnosis is best described as:
A) a determination of the etiology of disease.
B) a pattern of coping.
C) an individual's perception of health.
D) a concise statement of actual or potential health concerns or level of wellness.
A nursing diagnosis is best described as:
A) a determination of the etiology of disease.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Medical diagnoses determine the etiology (or cause) of disease.
B) a pattern of coping.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Coping patterns would include methods to relieve stress.
C) an individual's perception of health.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Health perception is how the person describes and defines personal health.
D) a concise statement of actual or potential health concerns or level of wellness.
Feedback: CORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential health
state.
A complete data base is:
A) used to rapidly collect data and is often compiled concurrently with life-saving measures.
B) used for a limited or short-term problem usually consisting of one problem, one cue complex, or
one body system.
C) used to evaluate cause and etiology of disease.
D) used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health history and physical examination.
A complete data base is:
,A) used to rapidly collect data and is often compiled concurrently with life-saving measures.
Feedback: INCORRECT
An emergency database is rapid collection of the data often obtained concurrently with lifesaving
measures.
B) used for a limited or short-term problem usually consisting of one problem, one cue complex, or one
body system.
Feedback: INCORRECT
An episodic database is for a limited or short-term problem; this database concerns mainly one problem,
one cue complex, or one body system.
C) used to evaluate cause and etiology of disease.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Medical diagnoses are used to evaluate the cause or etiology of disease.
D) used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health history and physical examination.
Feedback: CORRECT
A complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination; it describes the
current and past health state and forms a baseline against which all future changes can be measured.
A patient admitted to the hospital with asthma has the following problems identified based on an
admission health history and physical assessment. Which problem is a first-level priority?
A) Ineffective self-health management
B) Risk for infection
C) Impaired gas exchange
D) Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being
A patient admitted to the hospital with asthma has the following problems identified based on an
admission health history and physical assessment. Which problem is a first-level priority?
A) Ineffective self-health management
Feedback: INCORRECT
Third-level priority problems are those that are import to the patient's health but can be addressed after
more urgent health problems are addressed. Ineffective self-health management is an example of a
third-level priority.
B) Risk for infection
Feedback: INCORRECT
Second-level priority problems are those that are next in urgency; those requiring prompt intervention
to forestall further deterioration. Risk for infection is an example of a second-level priority.
C) Impaired gas exchange
Feedback: CORRECT
First-level priority problems are those that are emergent, life threatening, and immediate. Impaired gas
,exchange is an emergent and immediate problem.
D) Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being
Feedback: INCORRECT
Third-level priority problems are those that are import to the patient's health but can be addressed after
more urgent health problems are addressed. Wellness diagnoses are third-level priority problems.
According to the biomedical model, a narrow definition of health is:
A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
B) the absence of disease.
C) the response of the whole person to actual or potential problems.
D) prevention of disease.
According to the biomedical model, a narrow definition of health is:
A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing has an expanded concept of health; holistic health includes the mind, body, and spirit as
interdependent and functioning as a whole within the environment.
B) the absence of disease.
Feedback: CORRECT
From a biomedical perspective, health is defined as the absence of disease or elimination of symptoms
and signs of disease.
C) the response of the whole person to actual or potential problems.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential health
state.
D) prevention of disease.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Health promotion and disease prevention are important aspects of nursing's concept of health.
What type of data base is most appropriate when a rapid collection of data is required and often
compiled concurrently with life-saving measures?
A) Episodic
B) Follow-up
C) Emergency
D) Complete
What type of data base is most appropriate when a rapid collection of data is required and often
compiled concurrently with life-saving measures?
, A) Episodic
Feedback: INCORRECT
An episodic database is for a limited or short-term problem; this database concerns mainly one problem,
one cue complex, or one body system.
B) Follow-up
Feedback: INCORRECT
A follow-up database is used to follow-up short-term or chronic health problems; the statuses of
identified problems are evaluated at regular and appropriate intervals.
C) Emergency
Feedback: CORRECT
An emergency database is rapid collection of the data often obtained concurrently with lifesaving
measures.
D) Complete
Feedback: INCORRECT
A complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination; it describes the
current and past health state and forms a baseline against which all future changes can be measured.
A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
A) a person's state of health.
B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems.
C) a person's culture.
D) the cause of disease.
A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
A) a person's state of health.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential health
state.
B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are used to evaluate the response of the whole person to actual or potential health
problems.
C) a person's culture.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Holistic model of health care is used in nursing, and culture is an important factor to consider in a
nursing assessment.
D) the cause of disease.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS A+ GRADED REAL EXAM CSU
FULLERTON
A nursing diagnosis is best described as:
A) a determination of the etiology of disease.
B) a pattern of coping.
C) an individual's perception of health.
D) a concise statement of actual or potential health concerns or level of wellness.
A nursing diagnosis is best described as:
A) a determination of the etiology of disease.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Medical diagnoses determine the etiology (or cause) of disease.
B) a pattern of coping.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Coping patterns would include methods to relieve stress.
C) an individual's perception of health.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Health perception is how the person describes and defines personal health.
D) a concise statement of actual or potential health concerns or level of wellness.
Feedback: CORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential health
state.
A complete data base is:
A) used to rapidly collect data and is often compiled concurrently with life-saving measures.
B) used for a limited or short-term problem usually consisting of one problem, one cue complex, or
one body system.
C) used to evaluate cause and etiology of disease.
D) used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health history and physical examination.
A complete data base is:
,A) used to rapidly collect data and is often compiled concurrently with life-saving measures.
Feedback: INCORRECT
An emergency database is rapid collection of the data often obtained concurrently with lifesaving
measures.
B) used for a limited or short-term problem usually consisting of one problem, one cue complex, or one
body system.
Feedback: INCORRECT
An episodic database is for a limited or short-term problem; this database concerns mainly one problem,
one cue complex, or one body system.
C) used to evaluate cause and etiology of disease.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Medical diagnoses are used to evaluate the cause or etiology of disease.
D) used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health history and physical examination.
Feedback: CORRECT
A complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination; it describes the
current and past health state and forms a baseline against which all future changes can be measured.
A patient admitted to the hospital with asthma has the following problems identified based on an
admission health history and physical assessment. Which problem is a first-level priority?
A) Ineffective self-health management
B) Risk for infection
C) Impaired gas exchange
D) Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being
A patient admitted to the hospital with asthma has the following problems identified based on an
admission health history and physical assessment. Which problem is a first-level priority?
A) Ineffective self-health management
Feedback: INCORRECT
Third-level priority problems are those that are import to the patient's health but can be addressed after
more urgent health problems are addressed. Ineffective self-health management is an example of a
third-level priority.
B) Risk for infection
Feedback: INCORRECT
Second-level priority problems are those that are next in urgency; those requiring prompt intervention
to forestall further deterioration. Risk for infection is an example of a second-level priority.
C) Impaired gas exchange
Feedback: CORRECT
First-level priority problems are those that are emergent, life threatening, and immediate. Impaired gas
,exchange is an emergent and immediate problem.
D) Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being
Feedback: INCORRECT
Third-level priority problems are those that are import to the patient's health but can be addressed after
more urgent health problems are addressed. Wellness diagnoses are third-level priority problems.
According to the biomedical model, a narrow definition of health is:
A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
B) the absence of disease.
C) the response of the whole person to actual or potential problems.
D) prevention of disease.
According to the biomedical model, a narrow definition of health is:
A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing has an expanded concept of health; holistic health includes the mind, body, and spirit as
interdependent and functioning as a whole within the environment.
B) the absence of disease.
Feedback: CORRECT
From a biomedical perspective, health is defined as the absence of disease or elimination of symptoms
and signs of disease.
C) the response of the whole person to actual or potential problems.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential health
state.
D) prevention of disease.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Health promotion and disease prevention are important aspects of nursing's concept of health.
What type of data base is most appropriate when a rapid collection of data is required and often
compiled concurrently with life-saving measures?
A) Episodic
B) Follow-up
C) Emergency
D) Complete
What type of data base is most appropriate when a rapid collection of data is required and often
compiled concurrently with life-saving measures?
, A) Episodic
Feedback: INCORRECT
An episodic database is for a limited or short-term problem; this database concerns mainly one problem,
one cue complex, or one body system.
B) Follow-up
Feedback: INCORRECT
A follow-up database is used to follow-up short-term or chronic health problems; the statuses of
identified problems are evaluated at regular and appropriate intervals.
C) Emergency
Feedback: CORRECT
An emergency database is rapid collection of the data often obtained concurrently with lifesaving
measures.
D) Complete
Feedback: INCORRECT
A complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination; it describes the
current and past health state and forms a baseline against which all future changes can be measured.
A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
A) a person's state of health.
B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems.
C) a person's culture.
D) the cause of disease.
A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
A) a person's state of health.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential health
state.
B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are used to evaluate the response of the whole person to actual or potential health
problems.
C) a person's culture.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Holistic model of health care is used in nursing, and culture is an important factor to consider in a
nursing assessment.
D) the cause of disease.
