NU 325 Health Assessment
Exam 1 2026 Expert Verifed
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Subjective data - ANSWER ✔✔what the patient told you
Objective data - ANSWER ✔✔the thing you the health care worker
assessed
Examples of subjective data: - ANSWER ✔✔-headache
-patient tells you they lost weight over the last 6 months
-denies color change
-nausea
-chest pain
,-states he or she just started having anxiety attacks
Examples of objective data: - ANSWER ✔✔-skin appears dry
-crackles in the lungs
-lesion noted on arm
-serum potassium
-bruising of the legs
-heart rate 94/min
-palpitations
-petechiae
What are the steps to Setting Priorities? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Airway
problems
2. Breathing problems
3. Cardiac/circulation problems
4. Vital sign concerns (high fever)
What is the only exception to the Setting Priorities? - ANSWER
✔✔with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest, begin
chest compressions immediately
,When assigning high priority to first-level priority problems (immediate
priorities): you should always remember to use what? - ANSWER
✔✔the ABCs plus V
Second-level priority problems: - ANSWER ✔✔-Mental status change
(confusion, decreased alertness)
-Untreated medical problems requiring immediate attention (a person
with diabetes who has not had insulin)
-Acute pain
-Acute urinary elimination problems
-Abnormal laboratory values
-Risks of infection, safety or security (for the patient or for others)
Third-level priority problems (later priorities): - ANSWER ✔✔Health
problems that do not fit into the previous categories (problems with lack
of knowledge, activity, rest, family coping)
Patient in pain due to fractured ulna - ANSWER ✔✔second-level
priority
Knowledge deficient regarding smoking cessation - ANSWER
✔✔third-level priority
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, An unresponsive patient - ANSWER ✔✔first-level priority
Child choking on a piece of candy - ANSWER ✔✔first-level priority
Potassium level of 2.9meq - ANSWER ✔✔second-level priority
ER pt clutching chest c/o chest pain - ANSWER ✔✔first-level priority
Laceration to forehead with bleeding - ANSWER ✔✔second-level
priority
(don't know how much bleeding)
How would you prioritize these following problems:
Circulation
Knowledge deficit
Airway
Sleep
Pain
Perfusion - ANSWER ✔✔1. Airway
2. Circulation
3. Perfusion
Exam 1 2026 Expert Verifed
Ace the Test
Subjective data - ANSWER ✔✔what the patient told you
Objective data - ANSWER ✔✔the thing you the health care worker
assessed
Examples of subjective data: - ANSWER ✔✔-headache
-patient tells you they lost weight over the last 6 months
-denies color change
-nausea
-chest pain
,-states he or she just started having anxiety attacks
Examples of objective data: - ANSWER ✔✔-skin appears dry
-crackles in the lungs
-lesion noted on arm
-serum potassium
-bruising of the legs
-heart rate 94/min
-palpitations
-petechiae
What are the steps to Setting Priorities? - ANSWER ✔✔1. Airway
problems
2. Breathing problems
3. Cardiac/circulation problems
4. Vital sign concerns (high fever)
What is the only exception to the Setting Priorities? - ANSWER
✔✔with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest, begin
chest compressions immediately
,When assigning high priority to first-level priority problems (immediate
priorities): you should always remember to use what? - ANSWER
✔✔the ABCs plus V
Second-level priority problems: - ANSWER ✔✔-Mental status change
(confusion, decreased alertness)
-Untreated medical problems requiring immediate attention (a person
with diabetes who has not had insulin)
-Acute pain
-Acute urinary elimination problems
-Abnormal laboratory values
-Risks of infection, safety or security (for the patient or for others)
Third-level priority problems (later priorities): - ANSWER ✔✔Health
problems that do not fit into the previous categories (problems with lack
of knowledge, activity, rest, family coping)
Patient in pain due to fractured ulna - ANSWER ✔✔second-level
priority
Knowledge deficient regarding smoking cessation - ANSWER
✔✔third-level priority
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, An unresponsive patient - ANSWER ✔✔first-level priority
Child choking on a piece of candy - ANSWER ✔✔first-level priority
Potassium level of 2.9meq - ANSWER ✔✔second-level priority
ER pt clutching chest c/o chest pain - ANSWER ✔✔first-level priority
Laceration to forehead with bleeding - ANSWER ✔✔second-level
priority
(don't know how much bleeding)
How would you prioritize these following problems:
Circulation
Knowledge deficit
Airway
Sleep
Pain
Perfusion - ANSWER ✔✔1. Airway
2. Circulation
3. Perfusion
