NUR 545 HEALTH ASSESSMENT NURSING TEST
EXAM 1 PRACTICE PROBLEMS LATEST 2026
STUDY QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
100% TOP RATED | ASSURED A+
,NUR 545 HEALTH ASSESSMENT NURSING TEST EXAM 1
PRACTICE PROBLEMS LATEST 2026 STUDY QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% TOP RATED | ASSURED A+
A 5-year-old boy is being admitted to the hospital to have his tonsils removed. Which
information should the nurse collect before this procedure?
A. The child's birth weight
B. The age at which he crawled
C. Whether he has had the measles
D. Reactions to previous hospitalizations - Answer>>> D. Reactions to previous hospitalizations
Assess how the child reacted to hospitalization and any complications. If the child reacted
poorly, he or she may be afraid now and will need special preparation for the examination that is
to follow. The other items are not significant for the procedure
The following information is best placed in which category: "The patient was treated for an
asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never been intubated."
A. Adult illnesses
B. Surgeries
C. Obstetrics/gynecology
D. Psychiatric - Answer>>> A
This is information about a significant hospitalization and should be placed in the adult illnesses
section. If the patient is being seen for an asthma exacerbation, you may consider placing this
information in the present illness section, because it relates to the chief complaint at that visit.
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain
for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 8 on a
scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric
area."
, Which of these categories does it belong to?
A. Chief complaint
B. Present illness
C. Personal and social history
D. Review of systems - Answer>>> B
This information describes the problem of abdominal pain, which is the present illness. The
interviewer has obtained the location, timing, severity, and associated manifestations of the pain.
The interviewer will still need to obtain information concerning the quality of the pain, the
setting in which it occurred, and the factors that aggravate and alleviate the pain. You will notice
that it does include portions of the pertinent review of systems, but because it relates directly to
the complaint, it is included in the history of present illness.
A 35-year-old accountant presents to your clinic for a routine checkup. He has no complaints. He
has hypertension, but his BP is normal with medication. He has a normal physical examination.
His temperature is 102 F. What is the most likely explanation for his elevated temperature?
A. He is septic
B. He drank a cup of hot coffee just before having his temperature taken.
C. He has cancer.
D. He has hypothyroidism. - Answer>>> B
A 62 y.o. school principal with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
presents to the E.R. for evaluation of shortness of breath. You note that his lips, oral musocsa,
and tongue are blue. You diagnose a COPD exacerbation. The discoloration of his lips, oral
mucosa, and tongue is referred as:
A. Central cyanosis
B. Peripheral cyanosis
C. Jaundice
EXAM 1 PRACTICE PROBLEMS LATEST 2026
STUDY QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
100% TOP RATED | ASSURED A+
,NUR 545 HEALTH ASSESSMENT NURSING TEST EXAM 1
PRACTICE PROBLEMS LATEST 2026 STUDY QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% TOP RATED | ASSURED A+
A 5-year-old boy is being admitted to the hospital to have his tonsils removed. Which
information should the nurse collect before this procedure?
A. The child's birth weight
B. The age at which he crawled
C. Whether he has had the measles
D. Reactions to previous hospitalizations - Answer>>> D. Reactions to previous hospitalizations
Assess how the child reacted to hospitalization and any complications. If the child reacted
poorly, he or she may be afraid now and will need special preparation for the examination that is
to follow. The other items are not significant for the procedure
The following information is best placed in which category: "The patient was treated for an
asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never been intubated."
A. Adult illnesses
B. Surgeries
C. Obstetrics/gynecology
D. Psychiatric - Answer>>> A
This is information about a significant hospitalization and should be placed in the adult illnesses
section. If the patient is being seen for an asthma exacerbation, you may consider placing this
information in the present illness section, because it relates to the chief complaint at that visit.
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain
for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 8 on a
scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric
area."
, Which of these categories does it belong to?
A. Chief complaint
B. Present illness
C. Personal and social history
D. Review of systems - Answer>>> B
This information describes the problem of abdominal pain, which is the present illness. The
interviewer has obtained the location, timing, severity, and associated manifestations of the pain.
The interviewer will still need to obtain information concerning the quality of the pain, the
setting in which it occurred, and the factors that aggravate and alleviate the pain. You will notice
that it does include portions of the pertinent review of systems, but because it relates directly to
the complaint, it is included in the history of present illness.
A 35-year-old accountant presents to your clinic for a routine checkup. He has no complaints. He
has hypertension, but his BP is normal with medication. He has a normal physical examination.
His temperature is 102 F. What is the most likely explanation for his elevated temperature?
A. He is septic
B. He drank a cup of hot coffee just before having his temperature taken.
C. He has cancer.
D. He has hypothyroidism. - Answer>>> B
A 62 y.o. school principal with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
presents to the E.R. for evaluation of shortness of breath. You note that his lips, oral musocsa,
and tongue are blue. You diagnose a COPD exacerbation. The discoloration of his lips, oral
mucosa, and tongue is referred as:
A. Central cyanosis
B. Peripheral cyanosis
C. Jaundice
