NUR520: Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
nursing process -
correct answer ✅Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
assessment -
correct answer ✅systematically collect client data
assessment types -
correct answer ✅Initial
Problem-focused
Emergency
Time-lapsed
initial assessment -
correct answer ✅Time Performed:
-performed within specified time after admission to an agency
,NUR520: Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Purpose:
-establish complete database for problem identification, reference,
& future comparison
Example:
-nursing admission assessment
problem-focused assessment -
correct answer ✅Time Performed:
-ongoing process integrated with nursing care
Purpose:
-determine status of specific problem identified in earlier
assessment
Example:
-hourly assessment of client's fluid intake & urinary output in an
ICU
-assessment of client's ability to perform self care while assisting a
client to bathe
,NUR520: Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
emergency assessment -
correct answer ✅Time Performed:
-during any physiological or psychological crisis of client
Purpose:
-identify life threatening problems
-identify new or overlooked problems
Example:
-rapid assessment of person's airways, breathing status, &
circulation during cardiac arrest
-assessment of suicidal tendencies or potential for violence
time-lapsed reassessment -
correct answer ✅Time Performed:
-several months after initial assessment
Purpose:
-compare client's current status to baseline data previously
obtained
, NUR520: Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Example:
-reassessment of client's functional health patterns in a home care,
outpatient setting, or hospital, at shift change
sources of data -
correct answer ✅primary: direct from patient
secondary: family members, other healthcare professionals,
records/reports, lab values, diagnostic analyses
assessment information (subjective) -
correct answer ✅-symptoms
-what the patient says
-sensations, feelings, beliefs, attitudes, personal perception of
health status
assessment information (objective) -
correct answer ✅-signs
-what you observe
(Grade A+)
nursing process -
correct answer ✅Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
assessment -
correct answer ✅systematically collect client data
assessment types -
correct answer ✅Initial
Problem-focused
Emergency
Time-lapsed
initial assessment -
correct answer ✅Time Performed:
-performed within specified time after admission to an agency
,NUR520: Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Purpose:
-establish complete database for problem identification, reference,
& future comparison
Example:
-nursing admission assessment
problem-focused assessment -
correct answer ✅Time Performed:
-ongoing process integrated with nursing care
Purpose:
-determine status of specific problem identified in earlier
assessment
Example:
-hourly assessment of client's fluid intake & urinary output in an
ICU
-assessment of client's ability to perform self care while assisting a
client to bathe
,NUR520: Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
emergency assessment -
correct answer ✅Time Performed:
-during any physiological or psychological crisis of client
Purpose:
-identify life threatening problems
-identify new or overlooked problems
Example:
-rapid assessment of person's airways, breathing status, &
circulation during cardiac arrest
-assessment of suicidal tendencies or potential for violence
time-lapsed reassessment -
correct answer ✅Time Performed:
-several months after initial assessment
Purpose:
-compare client's current status to baseline data previously
obtained
, NUR520: Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Example:
-reassessment of client's functional health patterns in a home care,
outpatient setting, or hospital, at shift change
sources of data -
correct answer ✅primary: direct from patient
secondary: family members, other healthcare professionals,
records/reports, lab values, diagnostic analyses
assessment information (subjective) -
correct answer ✅-symptoms
-what the patient says
-sensations, feelings, beliefs, attitudes, personal perception of
health status
assessment information (objective) -
correct answer ✅-signs
-what you observe
