CHAPTER 1 THE NURSE'S ROLE IN
HEALTH ASSESSMENT (THE
NURSING PROCESS) QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY
GRADED A+
The many levels in which nurses asses health - Correct Answer ✔✔ psychosocial,
physical, emotional and spiritual
how you will use the nursing process to care for patients - Correct Answer ✔✔ you will
care for patients by assessing completely, making nursing diagnoses, developing
outcomes, planning for care, performing interventions, evaluating effectiveness, and
revising interventions as needed
The role of the professional nurse (ANA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nursing is the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health care abilities, prevention of illness and injury,
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and
advocacy in the care of individual families, communities, and populations"
The four main goals of nursing - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1. To promote health( state of
optimal functioning or well being with physical, social, and mental components)
2. to prevent illness ( primary, secondary, and tertiary)
3.to treat human responses to health or illness
4.to advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations
examples of appropriate nursing interventions - Correct Answer ✔✔ implementation of
educational programs, coordination of community resources, and patient and family
teaching
Care responsibilities - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nurses provide direct care to help restore
health for ill patients in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and schools. Nurses
work in rehabilitation and hospice centers to facilitate the most comfortable death for
patients. Nurses focus on how diseases are affecting activity levels and abilities to
perform a specific task as well as how patients are coping with their health issues and
any related loss of function.
independent nursing preventions - Correct Answer ✔✔ patient teaching, therapeutic
communication, and physical procedures
Advocacy - Correct Answer ✔✔ nurses take responsibility to protect the legal and
ethical rights of patients
, Nursing values - Correct Answer ✔✔ respect
unity
Diversity
Integrity
excellence
The RN - Correct Answer ✔✔ is licensed nationally and practices independently within
the scope of nursing practice and diagnosis.
The Advanced Practice Nurse - Correct Answer ✔✔ an RN who has achieved a
bachelor's degree in nursing science ( which includes educational and clinical practice
requirements as well as a masters of science degree in nursing)
Wellness - Correct Answer ✔✔ an integrated method of functioning which is oriented
toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable . The role of the nurse
is to facilitate this achievement through health promotion and teaching
health - Correct Answer ✔✔ the absence of illness
Risk Reduction (healthy people) - Correct Answer ✔✔ The goal of this project is to
increase the length and quality of life and to eliminate health disparities among different
segments of the population
-the 10 leading areas of focus are :physical activity, overweight and obesity, tobacco
use, substance abuse, responsible sexual behavior, mental health, injury and violence,
environmental quality, immunization and access to health care
Primary prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ involves strategies aimed at preventing
problems. immunizations, health teaching, safety precautions and nutrition counseling
and examples
Secondary prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ includes early diagnosis of health problems
and prompts treatments treatment to prevent complication. Vision screening, pap
smears, BP screening, hearing testing and etc are examples
tertiary prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ focuses on preventing complications of an
existing disease prompting health at the highest level. Diet teaching for patients with
diabetes is an example
health assessment - Correct Answer ✔✔ is gathering information about the health
status of the patient analyzing and synthesizing those data, and making judgements
about nursing interventions based on findings , and evaluating patients outcomes. It
includes a health history and a physical assessment. assessment includes not only
physiological data, but also psychological, sociocultural , spiritual, economic and life-
style factors as well.
HEALTH ASSESSMENT (THE
NURSING PROCESS) QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY
GRADED A+
The many levels in which nurses asses health - Correct Answer ✔✔ psychosocial,
physical, emotional and spiritual
how you will use the nursing process to care for patients - Correct Answer ✔✔ you will
care for patients by assessing completely, making nursing diagnoses, developing
outcomes, planning for care, performing interventions, evaluating effectiveness, and
revising interventions as needed
The role of the professional nurse (ANA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nursing is the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health care abilities, prevention of illness and injury,
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and
advocacy in the care of individual families, communities, and populations"
The four main goals of nursing - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1. To promote health( state of
optimal functioning or well being with physical, social, and mental components)
2. to prevent illness ( primary, secondary, and tertiary)
3.to treat human responses to health or illness
4.to advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations
examples of appropriate nursing interventions - Correct Answer ✔✔ implementation of
educational programs, coordination of community resources, and patient and family
teaching
Care responsibilities - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nurses provide direct care to help restore
health for ill patients in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and schools. Nurses
work in rehabilitation and hospice centers to facilitate the most comfortable death for
patients. Nurses focus on how diseases are affecting activity levels and abilities to
perform a specific task as well as how patients are coping with their health issues and
any related loss of function.
independent nursing preventions - Correct Answer ✔✔ patient teaching, therapeutic
communication, and physical procedures
Advocacy - Correct Answer ✔✔ nurses take responsibility to protect the legal and
ethical rights of patients
, Nursing values - Correct Answer ✔✔ respect
unity
Diversity
Integrity
excellence
The RN - Correct Answer ✔✔ is licensed nationally and practices independently within
the scope of nursing practice and diagnosis.
The Advanced Practice Nurse - Correct Answer ✔✔ an RN who has achieved a
bachelor's degree in nursing science ( which includes educational and clinical practice
requirements as well as a masters of science degree in nursing)
Wellness - Correct Answer ✔✔ an integrated method of functioning which is oriented
toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable . The role of the nurse
is to facilitate this achievement through health promotion and teaching
health - Correct Answer ✔✔ the absence of illness
Risk Reduction (healthy people) - Correct Answer ✔✔ The goal of this project is to
increase the length and quality of life and to eliminate health disparities among different
segments of the population
-the 10 leading areas of focus are :physical activity, overweight and obesity, tobacco
use, substance abuse, responsible sexual behavior, mental health, injury and violence,
environmental quality, immunization and access to health care
Primary prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ involves strategies aimed at preventing
problems. immunizations, health teaching, safety precautions and nutrition counseling
and examples
Secondary prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ includes early diagnosis of health problems
and prompts treatments treatment to prevent complication. Vision screening, pap
smears, BP screening, hearing testing and etc are examples
tertiary prevention - Correct Answer ✔✔ focuses on preventing complications of an
existing disease prompting health at the highest level. Diet teaching for patients with
diabetes is an example
health assessment - Correct Answer ✔✔ is gathering information about the health
status of the patient analyzing and synthesizing those data, and making judgements
about nursing interventions based on findings , and evaluating patients outcomes. It
includes a health history and a physical assessment. assessment includes not only
physiological data, but also psychological, sociocultural , spiritual, economic and life-
style factors as well.
