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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for
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All.‖The goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible. 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
4. Health-care providers can never deny hospital patients health care. 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill
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requiresregistered medical caretakers (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat hospital patients. 01 01 01 01
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. 01 01 01 01
3. Refer hospital patients with abnormal findings.
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4. Counsel hospital patients with psychosocial needs. 01 01 01 01 01
3. You are assessing a hospital patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There
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is a police presence outside his doorGRADESMORE.COM
01 01 01 because the hospital patient is a known drug dealer
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in thecommunity. Youknow that medical caretakers must treat all hospital patients as
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persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. 01
3. Person-centered care (PCC). 01 01
4. Standards of care. 01 01
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of
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Health andHuman Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion
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and disease prevention is:
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1. Healthy People. 01
2. Healthy People 2020. 01 01
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force. 0 1 01 0 1
4. World Health Organization. 0 1 0 1
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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48. The doctor recommended that this hospital patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is
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anexampleof:
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1. Primary health prevention. 01 01
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2. Secondary health prevention. 01 0 1
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6. A hospital patient in the clinic puts on his call light and tells the person answering that
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he―thinks heis running a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered medical
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caretaker in charge. What should you do?
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1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the hospital patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
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2. Go check to see if the hospital patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
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3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the hospital patient.
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4. Go to the hospital patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
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7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care
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for a challenging hospital patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that
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need to be problem solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care.
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What cognitiveskills are you using?
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1. Critical thinking 01
2. Clinical decision making 01 01
3. Intuitive thinking 01
4. Clinical reasoning 01
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Medical caretakers Association. 01 01 01
2. Code of Ethics for Medical caretakers With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice. 0 1 0 1 0 1
4. Hospital patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 01 01 01 01 01 01
9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of
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healthidentified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all
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that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology 01 01
2. Gender and occupation 01 01
3. Individual behavior 0 1
4. Social environment 0 1
5. Physical environment 01
6. Health services 01
10. The U.S. health-care system is evolving, and care is becoming more focused on which of the
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following? Select all that apply.
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1. Wellness
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2. Functional status 01
3. Disease prevention 01
4. Health promotion 01
5. Acute illness management 01 0 1
11. You are performing a health assessment on a 32-year-old female hospital patient who
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reports―feelingfatigued all the time.‖ She states, ―I have not had a physical in over 8 years
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because I didnot have medical insurance.‖ The hospital patient will be having a physical
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today. What will be part of the health assessment? Select all that apply.
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1. Collecting data on past health 01 01 01 01
2. Collecting data on present health 01 01 01 01
3. Collecting data on significant other‘s health 01 01 01 01 01
4. Assessing factors influencing health 01 01 01
5. Performing a physical examination 01 01 01
12. You are working with a hospital patient as a copartner in care. The hospital patient has
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multiplemedical problems. Put the GRADESMORE.COM
01 following steps of the nursing process in the correct order
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(1–5). (Enter the number of each step in the proper sequence; do not use punctuation or spaces.
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Example: 1234.)
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1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation
5. Diagnosis
13. You are working on a medical surgical unit and are caring for a 24-year-old hospital
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patient who is 3 hours post-op. The hospital patient seems confused and restless since you
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assessed her an hour ago. You have a gut feeling that something is very wrong. This is an
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example of
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thinking.
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14. The four techniques of health assessment include inspection, palpation, percussion, and
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01 .
Answers
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for
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All.‖The goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
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4. Health-care providers can never deny hospital patients health care. 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
ACCURATE ANSWER:-3 01
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ESSENTIAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT
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2ND EDITION BY THOMPSON /COMPLETE GUIDE
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment 01 0 1 0 1 0 1
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for
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All.‖The goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible. 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
4. Health-care providers can never deny hospital patients health care. 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill
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requiresregistered medical caretakers (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat hospital patients. 01 01 01 01
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. 01 01 01 01
3. Refer hospital patients with abnormal findings.
0 1 0 1 01 01 0 1
4. Counsel hospital patients with psychosocial needs. 01 01 01 01 01
3. You are assessing a hospital patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There
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is a police presence outside his doorGRADESMORE.COM
01 01 01 because the hospital patient is a known drug dealer
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in thecommunity. Youknow that medical caretakers must treat all hospital patients as
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persons. This is called:
01 01 01 01
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. 01
3. Person-centered care (PCC). 01 01
4. Standards of care. 01 01
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of
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Health andHuman Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion
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and disease prevention is:
01 01 01 01
1. Healthy People. 01
2. Healthy People 2020. 01 01
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force. 0 1 01 0 1
4. World Health Organization. 0 1 0 1
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
48. The doctor recommended that this hospital patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is
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anexampleof:
01 01
1. Primary health prevention. 01 01
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Material
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2. Secondary health prevention. 01 0 1
3. Tertiary health prevention. 01 01
6. A hospital patient in the clinic puts on his call light and tells the person answering that
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he―thinks heis running a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered medical
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
caretaker in charge. What should you do?
01 01 01 01 01 01 01
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the hospital patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
2. Go check to see if the hospital patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the hospital patient.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
4. Go to the hospital patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care
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for a challenging hospital patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
need to be problem solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
What cognitiveskills are you using?
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1. Critical thinking 01
2. Clinical decision making 01 01
3. Intuitive thinking 01
4. Clinical reasoning 01
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Medical caretakers Association. 01 01 01
2. Code of Ethics for Medical caretakers With Interpretive Statements.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3. Research and evidence-based practice. 0 1 0 1 0 1
4. Hospital patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 01 01 01 01 01 01
9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of
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healthidentified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
that apply.
01 01
1. Genetics and biology 01 01
2. Gender and occupation 01 01
3. Individual behavior 0 1
4. Social environment 0 1
5. Physical environment 01
6. Health services 01
10. The U.S. health-care system is evolving, and care is becoming more focused on which of the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
following? Select all that apply.
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1. Wellness
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2. Functional status 01
3. Disease prevention 01
4. Health promotion 01
5. Acute illness management 01 0 1
11. You are performing a health assessment on a 32-year-old female hospital patient who
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reports―feelingfatigued all the time.‖ She states, ―I have not had a physical in over 8 years
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
because I didnot have medical insurance.‖ The hospital patient will be having a physical
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
today. What will be part of the health assessment? Select all that apply.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
1. Collecting data on past health 01 01 01 01
2. Collecting data on present health 01 01 01 01
3. Collecting data on significant other‘s health 01 01 01 01 01
4. Assessing factors influencing health 01 01 01
5. Performing a physical examination 01 01 01
12. You are working with a hospital patient as a copartner in care. The hospital patient has
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
multiplemedical problems. Put the GRADESMORE.COM
01 following steps of the nursing process in the correct order
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
(1–5). (Enter the number of each step in the proper sequence; do not use punctuation or spaces.
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Example: 1234.)
01 01
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation
5. Diagnosis
13. You are working on a medical surgical unit and are caring for a 24-year-old hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
patient who is 3 hours post-op. The hospital patient seems confused and restless since you
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
assessed her an hour ago. You have a gut feeling that something is very wrong. This is an
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
example of
01 01 01 01
thinking.
01
14. The four techniques of health assessment include inspection, palpation, percussion, and
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01 .
Answers
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for
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All.‖The goal for this strategy is:
01 01 01 01 01 01 01
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
4. Health-care providers can never deny hospital patients health care. 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
ACCURATE ANSWER:-3 01
