Health Assessment Exam 1 Chapter 1-
4 Questions and Answers (2026)
Physical medical assessment - correct answer: -Focuses primarily on the client's physiologic
development status
The assessment role of the nurse - correct answer: Current focus on managed care and internal
case management has had a dramatic impact on
Holistic nursing assessment - correct answer: -Collects holistic subjective and objective data to
determine a client's overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgment
False
explanation
Holistic nursing assessment collects holistic subjective and objective data to determine a client's
overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgment. Physical medical
assessment focuses primarily on the client's physiologic development status. - correct answer:
True or False? Physical medical assessment collects holistic subjective and objective data to
determine a client's overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical
judgment.
ADPIE - correct answer: • Assessment: 1st step, subjective and objective data
• Diagnosis: analysis, formulation of nursing diagnosis
• Planning: prioritizing problems, determining goals, plan of care
• Implementation: nursing action (rather than medical action)
• Evaluating: comparing outcomes, communicate and document findings
,A. Collect subjective and objective data - correct answer: What occurs during the assessment
phase of the nursing process?
A. Collect subjective and objective data
B. Determine outcome criteria and develop a plan of care
C. Carry out the plan
D. Assess whether outcome criteria have been met and revise the plan as necessary
-Review client's record
-Review client's status with other health care team members
-Educate about client's diagnosis and tests performed - correct answer: •How to prepare for the
assessment
•Biographical information
•History of present health concern; physical symptoms related to each body part or system
•Personal health history
•Family history
•Health and lifestyle practices
•Review of systems - correct answer: what do you collect if you are collecting subjective data?
•Physical characteristics
•Body functions
•Appearance
•Behavior
•Measurements
•Results of laboratory testing - correct answer: what do you collect if you are collecting
objective data?
, •Validation of assessment data
•Documentation of data
•Analysis of data - correct answer: what are the steps of health assessment?
•Identify abnormal data and strengths.
•Cluster the data.
•Draw inferences and identify problems.
•Propose possible nursing diagnoses.
•Check for defining characteristics of those diagnoses.
•Confirm or rule out nursing diagnoses.
•Document conclusions. - correct answer: what does the analysis phase of nursing assessment
entail?
Initial comprehensive assessment
Ongoing or partial assessment
Focused/problem-oriented assessment
Emergency assessment - correct answer: What are the types of Assessment
Initial Comprehensive Assessment - correct answer: Performed shortly after admittance to
hospital
Performed to establish a complete database for problem identification and care planning
Performed by the nurse to collect data on all aspects of patient's health
•Collection of subjective data about the client's perception of health of all body parts or
systems, past medical history, family history, and lifestyle and health practices. - POWER POINT
DEF
4 Questions and Answers (2026)
Physical medical assessment - correct answer: -Focuses primarily on the client's physiologic
development status
The assessment role of the nurse - correct answer: Current focus on managed care and internal
case management has had a dramatic impact on
Holistic nursing assessment - correct answer: -Collects holistic subjective and objective data to
determine a client's overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgment
False
explanation
Holistic nursing assessment collects holistic subjective and objective data to determine a client's
overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgment. Physical medical
assessment focuses primarily on the client's physiologic development status. - correct answer:
True or False? Physical medical assessment collects holistic subjective and objective data to
determine a client's overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical
judgment.
ADPIE - correct answer: • Assessment: 1st step, subjective and objective data
• Diagnosis: analysis, formulation of nursing diagnosis
• Planning: prioritizing problems, determining goals, plan of care
• Implementation: nursing action (rather than medical action)
• Evaluating: comparing outcomes, communicate and document findings
,A. Collect subjective and objective data - correct answer: What occurs during the assessment
phase of the nursing process?
A. Collect subjective and objective data
B. Determine outcome criteria and develop a plan of care
C. Carry out the plan
D. Assess whether outcome criteria have been met and revise the plan as necessary
-Review client's record
-Review client's status with other health care team members
-Educate about client's diagnosis and tests performed - correct answer: •How to prepare for the
assessment
•Biographical information
•History of present health concern; physical symptoms related to each body part or system
•Personal health history
•Family history
•Health and lifestyle practices
•Review of systems - correct answer: what do you collect if you are collecting subjective data?
•Physical characteristics
•Body functions
•Appearance
•Behavior
•Measurements
•Results of laboratory testing - correct answer: what do you collect if you are collecting
objective data?
, •Validation of assessment data
•Documentation of data
•Analysis of data - correct answer: what are the steps of health assessment?
•Identify abnormal data and strengths.
•Cluster the data.
•Draw inferences and identify problems.
•Propose possible nursing diagnoses.
•Check for defining characteristics of those diagnoses.
•Confirm or rule out nursing diagnoses.
•Document conclusions. - correct answer: what does the analysis phase of nursing assessment
entail?
Initial comprehensive assessment
Ongoing or partial assessment
Focused/problem-oriented assessment
Emergency assessment - correct answer: What are the types of Assessment
Initial Comprehensive Assessment - correct answer: Performed shortly after admittance to
hospital
Performed to establish a complete database for problem identification and care planning
Performed by the nurse to collect data on all aspects of patient's health
•Collection of subjective data about the client's perception of health of all body parts or
systems, past medical history, family history, and lifestyle and health practices. - POWER POINT
DEF
