SAUNDERS CLINICAL JUDGMENT AND
TEST TAKING STRATEGIES ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
COMPLETE REVIEW SHEET
●● How do medical assessments differ from nursing assessments?
Answer: Medical assessments focus on disease and pathology, while
nursing assessments focus on the client's responses to illness.
●● What is the role of a professional nurse in the assessment process?
Answer: A professional nurse must perform the assessment, assign tasks,
validate data, conduct interviews, and complete physical assessments.
●● What types of data are collected during nursing assessments?
Answer: Subjective data (what the patient says), objective data (what
can be observed or measured), primary data (obtained directly from the
client), and secondary data (obtained secondhand).
●● What are the types of nursing assessments?
Answer: Initial, ongoing, comprehensive, focused, and special needs
assessments.
●● What is the purpose of the nursing interview?
, Answer: To gather subjective data for the nursing health history through
purposeful and structured communication.
●● What should a nurse do if there is a discrepancy in the client's
weight?
Answer: Explain weight gain, check calibration, re-weigh the client,
document the weight, and instruct the UAP to re-weigh in 2 hours.
●● What are the guidelines for documenting data in nursing?
Answer: Document as soon as possible, write legibly in black ink,
document electronically, use proper spelling and grammar, and record
cues, not inferences.
●● What is a nursing diagnosis?
Answer: A statement of a health problem or issue that the nurse
identifies, prevents, or treats independently, written in terms of human
response.
●● What is diagnostic reasoning in nursing?
Answer: Using critical thinking to analyze and interpret data, draw
conclusions about the client's health status, verify problems, prioritize
them, and record diagnostic statements.
●● How does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs relate to prioritizing nursing
problems?
TEST TAKING STRATEGIES ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
COMPLETE REVIEW SHEET
●● How do medical assessments differ from nursing assessments?
Answer: Medical assessments focus on disease and pathology, while
nursing assessments focus on the client's responses to illness.
●● What is the role of a professional nurse in the assessment process?
Answer: A professional nurse must perform the assessment, assign tasks,
validate data, conduct interviews, and complete physical assessments.
●● What types of data are collected during nursing assessments?
Answer: Subjective data (what the patient says), objective data (what
can be observed or measured), primary data (obtained directly from the
client), and secondary data (obtained secondhand).
●● What are the types of nursing assessments?
Answer: Initial, ongoing, comprehensive, focused, and special needs
assessments.
●● What is the purpose of the nursing interview?
, Answer: To gather subjective data for the nursing health history through
purposeful and structured communication.
●● What should a nurse do if there is a discrepancy in the client's
weight?
Answer: Explain weight gain, check calibration, re-weigh the client,
document the weight, and instruct the UAP to re-weigh in 2 hours.
●● What are the guidelines for documenting data in nursing?
Answer: Document as soon as possible, write legibly in black ink,
document electronically, use proper spelling and grammar, and record
cues, not inferences.
●● What is a nursing diagnosis?
Answer: A statement of a health problem or issue that the nurse
identifies, prevents, or treats independently, written in terms of human
response.
●● What is diagnostic reasoning in nursing?
Answer: Using critical thinking to analyze and interpret data, draw
conclusions about the client's health status, verify problems, prioritize
them, and record diagnostic statements.
●● How does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs relate to prioritizing nursing
problems?
