NVCC NSG 200 MODULES 1-2 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Describe the components of a health assessment - Answers Health History, Physical Examination,
Documentation of Data
Define health promotion and health protection - Answers Primary prevention: prevents a disease
Secondary prevention: screening for a disease
Tertiary prevention: managing a disease
Describe the concept of communication and discuss common therapeutic and non-therapeutic
communication techniques - Answers -Active listening techniques
-facilitation, clarification, reflection, confrontation
-interpretation, summarization
DON'T:
-use medical jargon
-judge them
-interrupt them
-be authoritarian
Identify the components of a comprehensive health history and their respective areas of focus
(exemplar) - Answers -Biographical data
-Why are they there?
-illness history
-present health status
-past health history
-family history
-review of systems
Use the OLDCARTS mnemonic to complete a symptom assessment - Answers O: onset- when did
symptoms begin?
L: location- where are symptoms occurring
D: duration- how long have you had symptoms
C: characteristics- can you describe it?
A: aggravating factors- what makes it worse?
R: Related symptoms- what other symptoms?
T: treatment- what has been tried already?
S: severity- what is the intensity of the symptom?
Discuss age-related variations in the completion of the health history - Answers -Parents should not
be in the room when adolescents are giving a health history.
-Parents give the info for young children
Identify the components of the general inspection - Answers -appearance
-hygiene
-body structure
-movement
-emotional status
-disposition
-behavior
Discuss appropriate uses of various temperature routes - Answers Rectal measurement when core
body temp is needed.
Tympanic can be used for children
Comprehensive assessment - Answers detailed history and physical exam
-problems, promotions, prevention, assessments
problem focused assessment - Answers linked to a specific problem
follow up - Answers ensures intervention worked
shift assessment - Answers to ID changes in condition from baseline
screenings - Answers short, focused on disease detection
Newborn- 3 months temperature - Answers 95.9-99.5
Newborn- 3 months heart rate - Answers 120-160
Newborn - 3 month blood pressure - Answers 60-90/20-60
hypotension SBP: less than 60 mmHg
Describe the components of a health assessment - Answers Health History, Physical Examination,
Documentation of Data
Define health promotion and health protection - Answers Primary prevention: prevents a disease
Secondary prevention: screening for a disease
Tertiary prevention: managing a disease
Describe the concept of communication and discuss common therapeutic and non-therapeutic
communication techniques - Answers -Active listening techniques
-facilitation, clarification, reflection, confrontation
-interpretation, summarization
DON'T:
-use medical jargon
-judge them
-interrupt them
-be authoritarian
Identify the components of a comprehensive health history and their respective areas of focus
(exemplar) - Answers -Biographical data
-Why are they there?
-illness history
-present health status
-past health history
-family history
-review of systems
Use the OLDCARTS mnemonic to complete a symptom assessment - Answers O: onset- when did
symptoms begin?
L: location- where are symptoms occurring
D: duration- how long have you had symptoms
C: characteristics- can you describe it?
A: aggravating factors- what makes it worse?
R: Related symptoms- what other symptoms?
T: treatment- what has been tried already?
S: severity- what is the intensity of the symptom?
Discuss age-related variations in the completion of the health history - Answers -Parents should not
be in the room when adolescents are giving a health history.
-Parents give the info for young children
Identify the components of the general inspection - Answers -appearance
-hygiene
-body structure
-movement
-emotional status
-disposition
-behavior
Discuss appropriate uses of various temperature routes - Answers Rectal measurement when core
body temp is needed.
Tympanic can be used for children
Comprehensive assessment - Answers detailed history and physical exam
-problems, promotions, prevention, assessments
problem focused assessment - Answers linked to a specific problem
follow up - Answers ensures intervention worked
shift assessment - Answers to ID changes in condition from baseline
screenings - Answers short, focused on disease detection
Newborn- 3 months temperature - Answers 95.9-99.5
Newborn- 3 months heart rate - Answers 120-160
Newborn - 3 month blood pressure - Answers 60-90/20-60
hypotension SBP: less than 60 mmHg
