NURSING 202 EXAM 2 | COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE, NCLEX-STYLE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
What are the two steps of critical thinking in assessment? - ANS ✔✔- collection of information
from a primary source and secondary sources
- the interpretation and validation of data to determine whether more data are needed, or the
database is complete
What are two types of assessments? - ANS ✔✔1. patient centered interview (conducted during
a nursing history)
2. periodic assessments (conducted during ongoing contact with patients)
What can each type of assessment be? - ANS ✔✔comprehensive or problem focused
What are attitudes of critical thinking in assessment? - ANS ✔✔- perseverance
- curiosity
- confidence
- discipline
- responsibility
What are components of critical thinking in assessment? - ANS ✔✔1. scientific data and theory
2. patient data (objective or subjective data)
3. family caregivers and significant others
4. health care team
5. medical records
6. diagnostic data
,What occurs during interview preparations? - ANS ✔✔communication skills
What are the different phases of the assessment interview? - ANS ✔✔1. orientation phase
(setting an agenda)
2. working phase (collecting assessment data)
3. termination phase
What are interview techniques during an assessment? - ANS ✔✔1. observation
2. open ended questions
3. direct closed ended questions
4. leading questions
5. back channeling
6. probing
What are different things that nurses experience? - ANS ✔✔- personal experience
- clinical experience
- experience with nursing skills
What are components of environment in assessment? - ANS ✔✔1. setting
2. time pressure
3. task complexity
4. interruptions
What standards are there in assessment? - ANS ✔✔- intellectual standards
a. guides the manner in which a nurse pursues an assessment.
- professional standards of practice or clinical guidelines
, a. applies standard criteria when assessing a patient.
b. compares the patient's actual assessment findings with what the standard sets as normal or
abnormal.
What are the components of nursing health history format? - ANS ✔✔1. biographical
information
2. reason for seeking health care
3. health history
4. psychosocial history
5. review of systems
6. patient expectations
7. present illness or health concerns
8. family history
9. spiritual health
What are the steps to the assessment process? - ANS ✔✔- data collection
- validation
- concept mapping (data organization)
What are types of diagnoses within nursing diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔1. medical diagnosis
2. nursing diagnosis
3. collaborative problems
What are components of critical thinking in analysis and nursing diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔-
diagnostic reasoning
- data clustering and finding patterns
- data interpretation
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
What are the two steps of critical thinking in assessment? - ANS ✔✔- collection of information
from a primary source and secondary sources
- the interpretation and validation of data to determine whether more data are needed, or the
database is complete
What are two types of assessments? - ANS ✔✔1. patient centered interview (conducted during
a nursing history)
2. periodic assessments (conducted during ongoing contact with patients)
What can each type of assessment be? - ANS ✔✔comprehensive or problem focused
What are attitudes of critical thinking in assessment? - ANS ✔✔- perseverance
- curiosity
- confidence
- discipline
- responsibility
What are components of critical thinking in assessment? - ANS ✔✔1. scientific data and theory
2. patient data (objective or subjective data)
3. family caregivers and significant others
4. health care team
5. medical records
6. diagnostic data
,What occurs during interview preparations? - ANS ✔✔communication skills
What are the different phases of the assessment interview? - ANS ✔✔1. orientation phase
(setting an agenda)
2. working phase (collecting assessment data)
3. termination phase
What are interview techniques during an assessment? - ANS ✔✔1. observation
2. open ended questions
3. direct closed ended questions
4. leading questions
5. back channeling
6. probing
What are different things that nurses experience? - ANS ✔✔- personal experience
- clinical experience
- experience with nursing skills
What are components of environment in assessment? - ANS ✔✔1. setting
2. time pressure
3. task complexity
4. interruptions
What standards are there in assessment? - ANS ✔✔- intellectual standards
a. guides the manner in which a nurse pursues an assessment.
- professional standards of practice or clinical guidelines
, a. applies standard criteria when assessing a patient.
b. compares the patient's actual assessment findings with what the standard sets as normal or
abnormal.
What are the components of nursing health history format? - ANS ✔✔1. biographical
information
2. reason for seeking health care
3. health history
4. psychosocial history
5. review of systems
6. patient expectations
7. present illness or health concerns
8. family history
9. spiritual health
What are the steps to the assessment process? - ANS ✔✔- data collection
- validation
- concept mapping (data organization)
What are types of diagnoses within nursing diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔1. medical diagnosis
2. nursing diagnosis
3. collaborative problems
What are components of critical thinking in analysis and nursing diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔-
diagnostic reasoning
- data clustering and finding patterns
- data interpretation
