NSG 6998 COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE
BASED PRACTICE REVIEW SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS
●● when should you begin observing
Answer: the second you see the client
●● health assessment
Answer: collection of data about the patient's health state
●● complete database
Answer: full health history and physical examination (family practice)
●● episodic database
Answer: limited or short term problem
concerns 1 problem or complex or system (urgent care)
●● follow-up database
Answer: status of pervious problem at regular scheduled intervals
(doctors office)
●● emergency database
,Answer: rapid collection of data (ER)
●● comprehensive assessment
Answer: health history and complete physical examination, usually
conducted when a patient first enters a health care setting
●● focused assessment
Answer: assessment conducted to assess a specific problem; focuses on
pertinent history and body regions
●● subjective data
Answer: what the person says about himself or herself during history
taking
●● objective data
Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer;
signs
●● first level priority
Answer: Emergent, life threatening, and immediate (ABCs)
●● second level priority
, Answer: Next in urgency, requiring attention so as to avoid further
deterioration
●● third level priority
Answer: Important to patient's health but can be addressed after more
urgent problems are addressed
●● functional assessment components
Answer: -basis for care planning, goal setting, and discharge planning
-self care (ADLs)
-self maintenance (IADLs)
-physical mobility
●● collecting subjective data for the ill person
Answer: information about health problem
●● obtaining an accurate and current health history
Answer: -subjective data
-biographical data (name,DOB,sex,race,ethnic origin)
-source of history (themselves or family?)
-reason for seeking care (signs/symptoms)
-present health/illness (location, severity, timing, setting, relieving
factors)
BASED PRACTICE REVIEW SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS
●● when should you begin observing
Answer: the second you see the client
●● health assessment
Answer: collection of data about the patient's health state
●● complete database
Answer: full health history and physical examination (family practice)
●● episodic database
Answer: limited or short term problem
concerns 1 problem or complex or system (urgent care)
●● follow-up database
Answer: status of pervious problem at regular scheduled intervals
(doctors office)
●● emergency database
,Answer: rapid collection of data (ER)
●● comprehensive assessment
Answer: health history and complete physical examination, usually
conducted when a patient first enters a health care setting
●● focused assessment
Answer: assessment conducted to assess a specific problem; focuses on
pertinent history and body regions
●● subjective data
Answer: what the person says about himself or herself during history
taking
●● objective data
Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer;
signs
●● first level priority
Answer: Emergent, life threatening, and immediate (ABCs)
●● second level priority
, Answer: Next in urgency, requiring attention so as to avoid further
deterioration
●● third level priority
Answer: Important to patient's health but can be addressed after more
urgent problems are addressed
●● functional assessment components
Answer: -basis for care planning, goal setting, and discharge planning
-self care (ADLs)
-self maintenance (IADLs)
-physical mobility
●● collecting subjective data for the ill person
Answer: information about health problem
●● obtaining an accurate and current health history
Answer: -subjective data
-biographical data (name,DOB,sex,race,ethnic origin)
-source of history (themselves or family?)
-reason for seeking care (signs/symptoms)
-present health/illness (location, severity, timing, setting, relieving
factors)
