NSG 121 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM I QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
The nurse's role in health assessment to perform - Answers - nursing process.
What type of patient would you do a focus assessment on? - Answers - Patient that has
a specific problem.
Primary prevention - Answers - involves strategies aimed at preventing problems
Examples: Immunizations, health teaching, safety precautions, and nutrition counseling.
Secondary prevention - Answers - includes the early diagnosis of health problems and
prompts treatment to prevent complications. Examples: Vision screening, Pap smears,
B/P screening, hearing test, scoliosis screening, and tuberculin skin testing.
Tertiary prevention - Answers - focuses on preventing complications of an existing
disease and promoting health to the highest level. Examples: Diet teaching and
exercise programs.
What are the assessment frameworks? - Answers - functional assessment, head-to-toe
assessment, and body systems assessment.
functional assessment (specific region) - Answers - focuses on the functional patterns
that all humans share: health perception and health management, activity and exercise,
nutrition and metabolism, elimination, sleep and rest, cognition and perception, self-
perception and self-concept, roles, and relationships, coping and stress tolerance,
sexuality and reproduction, and values and beliefs.
head-to-toe assessment (Over all body) - Answers - is the most organized system for
gathering comprehensive physical data. Because data in one functional area are
collected from different parts of the body, it is very inefficient to collect physical data by
functional status. For example, peripheral circulation is assessed in both the arms and
the legs.
body systems assessment approach - Answers - is a logical tool for organizing data
when documenting and communicating findings. This method promotes critical thinking
and allows you to analyze findings as you cluster similar data.
Communication Process forms: - Answers - verbal, nonverbal, electronic
Electronic Communication - Answers - The Internet and a variety of social websites
provide new and challenging opportunities for nurses to communicate and collaborate
with other health care providers. The challenges of using social media include
, protecting patient privacy and confidentiality and preventing unintended consequences
for the employer or the nurse. Example: DAR
Verbal communication - Answers - is an exchange of information using words. Example:
spoken and written word.
Nonverbal Communication - Answers - The transmission of information without the use
of words is termed nonverbal communication, also known as body language. It often
helps nurses to understand subtle and hidden meanings in what the patient is saying
verbally. For example, a nurse asks the patient, "How do you feel today?" The patient
responds, "I feel all right."
Components of Communication - Answers - Sender, Receiver, Understanding,
Perception, & Culture
Components of Communication: Sender, Receiver, Understanding, Perception, &
Culture
If you are the nurse giving presentation on the communication process, what should you
include? - Answers - Sender and the Receiver
Sender - Answers - Person of group who initiates or begins the communication
Receiver - Answers - A. Must translate and interpret the message sent
Understanding - Answers - Was the message understood
What is therapeutic communication? - Answers - Caring and Empathy
Your client has a high blood glucose, headache, and pain in arm. What type of
assessment would it be? - Answers - Body Systems Approach
According to Hildegard Peplau know that you have utilized effective communication
when what is assessed? - Answers - Nurse patient relationship
You encounter a client who tells you they've had bad experiences in hospitalization
what form of communication is that? - Answers - Perception
How do you respond to a client who tells you to they don't believe in doctors'
diagnoses? - Answers - Perception) Sounds like you are not understanding or believing
what the doctor told you.
When you ask a client to tell you more what type of verbal communication skills is it? -
Answers - Elaboration
Elaboration (facilitation) - Answers - is a technique that assists patients to more
completely describe difficulties. You use responses that encourage patients to say more
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
The nurse's role in health assessment to perform - Answers - nursing process.
What type of patient would you do a focus assessment on? - Answers - Patient that has
a specific problem.
Primary prevention - Answers - involves strategies aimed at preventing problems
Examples: Immunizations, health teaching, safety precautions, and nutrition counseling.
Secondary prevention - Answers - includes the early diagnosis of health problems and
prompts treatment to prevent complications. Examples: Vision screening, Pap smears,
B/P screening, hearing test, scoliosis screening, and tuberculin skin testing.
Tertiary prevention - Answers - focuses on preventing complications of an existing
disease and promoting health to the highest level. Examples: Diet teaching and
exercise programs.
What are the assessment frameworks? - Answers - functional assessment, head-to-toe
assessment, and body systems assessment.
functional assessment (specific region) - Answers - focuses on the functional patterns
that all humans share: health perception and health management, activity and exercise,
nutrition and metabolism, elimination, sleep and rest, cognition and perception, self-
perception and self-concept, roles, and relationships, coping and stress tolerance,
sexuality and reproduction, and values and beliefs.
head-to-toe assessment (Over all body) - Answers - is the most organized system for
gathering comprehensive physical data. Because data in one functional area are
collected from different parts of the body, it is very inefficient to collect physical data by
functional status. For example, peripheral circulation is assessed in both the arms and
the legs.
body systems assessment approach - Answers - is a logical tool for organizing data
when documenting and communicating findings. This method promotes critical thinking
and allows you to analyze findings as you cluster similar data.
Communication Process forms: - Answers - verbal, nonverbal, electronic
Electronic Communication - Answers - The Internet and a variety of social websites
provide new and challenging opportunities for nurses to communicate and collaborate
with other health care providers. The challenges of using social media include
, protecting patient privacy and confidentiality and preventing unintended consequences
for the employer or the nurse. Example: DAR
Verbal communication - Answers - is an exchange of information using words. Example:
spoken and written word.
Nonverbal Communication - Answers - The transmission of information without the use
of words is termed nonverbal communication, also known as body language. It often
helps nurses to understand subtle and hidden meanings in what the patient is saying
verbally. For example, a nurse asks the patient, "How do you feel today?" The patient
responds, "I feel all right."
Components of Communication - Answers - Sender, Receiver, Understanding,
Perception, & Culture
Components of Communication: Sender, Receiver, Understanding, Perception, &
Culture
If you are the nurse giving presentation on the communication process, what should you
include? - Answers - Sender and the Receiver
Sender - Answers - Person of group who initiates or begins the communication
Receiver - Answers - A. Must translate and interpret the message sent
Understanding - Answers - Was the message understood
What is therapeutic communication? - Answers - Caring and Empathy
Your client has a high blood glucose, headache, and pain in arm. What type of
assessment would it be? - Answers - Body Systems Approach
According to Hildegard Peplau know that you have utilized effective communication
when what is assessed? - Answers - Nurse patient relationship
You encounter a client who tells you they've had bad experiences in hospitalization
what form of communication is that? - Answers - Perception
How do you respond to a client who tells you to they don't believe in doctors'
diagnoses? - Answers - Perception) Sounds like you are not understanding or believing
what the doctor told you.
When you ask a client to tell you more what type of verbal communication skills is it? -
Answers - Elaboration
Elaboration (facilitation) - Answers - is a technique that assists patients to more
completely describe difficulties. You use responses that encourage patients to say more
