NS 101 Exam 1.Final Test 2026\2027.
Assessing
collecting, validating, and communicating patient data
According to the ANA Standards of Practice: Standard 1, Assessment, The RN collects
comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation. What are the
Measurement Criteria for this Standard?
Collects comprehensive data including but not limited to demographics, social determinants
of health, health disparities, and physical, functional, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive,
sexual, cultural, age-related, environmental, spiritual/transpersonal, and economic
assessments in a systematic and ongoing process with compassion and respect for the
inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.
Recognizes the importance of the assessment parameters identified by World Health
Organization (WHO), Healthy People 2020, or other organizations that influence nursing
practice.
Integrates knowledge from global and environmental factors into the assessment process.
Elicits the health care consumer's values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of
the health care situation.
Recognizes the impact of his or her own personal attitudes, values, and beliefs on the
assessment process.
Identifies barriers to effective communication based on psychosocial, literacy, financial, and
cultural considerations.
Assesses the impact of family dynamics on health care consumer health and wellness.
Engages the health care consumer and other interprofessional team members in holistic,
culturally sensitive data collection.
Prioritizes this collection based on the health care consumer's immediate condition or the
anticipated needs of the health care consumer or situation.
Uses evidence-based assessment techniques, instruments, tools, available data, information,
and knowledge relevant to the situation to identify patterns and variances.
, NS 101 Exam 1.Final Test 2026\2027.
Applies ethical, legal, and privacy guidelines and policies to the collection, maintenance, use,
and dissemination of data and information.
Recognizes the health care consumer as the authority on her or his own health by honoring
the person's care preferences.
Documents relevant data accurately and in a manner accessible to the interprofessional
team.
What is the purpose of the assessment phase of the nursing process?
It is important because the remaining steps depend on purposeful, prioritized, complete,
systematic, accurate, and relevant data. Assessment is critical for safety, accuracy, and
efficiency
What is a database? What does the database include?
all aspects of the patient's health, establishing priorities for ongoing focused assessments
and creating a reference baseline for future comparison
What does a nursing history identify?
the patient's health status, strengths, health problems, health risks, and need for nursing
care
Define subjective data and provide several examples of this type of data.
This type of data is one that cannot be measured. Examples: Patient states that their head is
hurting
Define objective data and provide several examples of this type of data.
This type of data is one that can be measured
Examples: Patient Blood Pressure is 120/73
What is the primary and usually best source of data/information?
The patient
List secondary sources of assessment data.
Past and current medical records, documentation of the nursing assessments, nursing
diagnoses, nursing physical examinations, and nursing interventions that have been
performed.
When collecting data the nurse should be purposeful, complete, accurate, factual, and
relevant. Describe each of these.
Assessing
collecting, validating, and communicating patient data
According to the ANA Standards of Practice: Standard 1, Assessment, The RN collects
comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation. What are the
Measurement Criteria for this Standard?
Collects comprehensive data including but not limited to demographics, social determinants
of health, health disparities, and physical, functional, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive,
sexual, cultural, age-related, environmental, spiritual/transpersonal, and economic
assessments in a systematic and ongoing process with compassion and respect for the
inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.
Recognizes the importance of the assessment parameters identified by World Health
Organization (WHO), Healthy People 2020, or other organizations that influence nursing
practice.
Integrates knowledge from global and environmental factors into the assessment process.
Elicits the health care consumer's values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of
the health care situation.
Recognizes the impact of his or her own personal attitudes, values, and beliefs on the
assessment process.
Identifies barriers to effective communication based on psychosocial, literacy, financial, and
cultural considerations.
Assesses the impact of family dynamics on health care consumer health and wellness.
Engages the health care consumer and other interprofessional team members in holistic,
culturally sensitive data collection.
Prioritizes this collection based on the health care consumer's immediate condition or the
anticipated needs of the health care consumer or situation.
Uses evidence-based assessment techniques, instruments, tools, available data, information,
and knowledge relevant to the situation to identify patterns and variances.
, NS 101 Exam 1.Final Test 2026\2027.
Applies ethical, legal, and privacy guidelines and policies to the collection, maintenance, use,
and dissemination of data and information.
Recognizes the health care consumer as the authority on her or his own health by honoring
the person's care preferences.
Documents relevant data accurately and in a manner accessible to the interprofessional
team.
What is the purpose of the assessment phase of the nursing process?
It is important because the remaining steps depend on purposeful, prioritized, complete,
systematic, accurate, and relevant data. Assessment is critical for safety, accuracy, and
efficiency
What is a database? What does the database include?
all aspects of the patient's health, establishing priorities for ongoing focused assessments
and creating a reference baseline for future comparison
What does a nursing history identify?
the patient's health status, strengths, health problems, health risks, and need for nursing
care
Define subjective data and provide several examples of this type of data.
This type of data is one that cannot be measured. Examples: Patient states that their head is
hurting
Define objective data and provide several examples of this type of data.
This type of data is one that can be measured
Examples: Patient Blood Pressure is 120/73
What is the primary and usually best source of data/information?
The patient
List secondary sources of assessment data.
Past and current medical records, documentation of the nursing assessments, nursing
diagnoses, nursing physical examinations, and nursing interventions that have been
performed.
When collecting data the nurse should be purposeful, complete, accurate, factual, and
relevant. Describe each of these.
