Science Medicine Nursing
Health Assessment Unit 1 Exam – Comprehensive
Practice Questions, Core Assessment Concepts, Clinical
Skills & Exam
Nursing Assessment collective subjective and objective data to determine
a client's overall level of functioning in order to make
a professional clinical judgment
Medical Assessment focuses primarily on the client's physiologic
development status to arrive at a diagnosis
Phases of the Nursing Process Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation,
Evaluation
Subjective Data -sensations or symptoms like pain, hunger, happiness,
perceptions, desires, preferences, beliefs, values...
-what's bothering them
COLDSPA Character, onset, location, duration, severity, pattern,
associated factors
4 Assessment Techniques inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
Psychopathology theory -personality disorders
-abusers/batterers have personality disorder
Social learning theory -learned behavior from childhood
-violence= learned behavior from childhood
Biological theory -physiologic changes (childhood trauma, head injuries,
heredity) cause violent behavior
Family Systems Theory -Related to family system functioning
-Not well accepted--places blame on victim
Feminist Theory male/female inequality in a patriarchal society
S (spirit acronym) spiritual belief system
P (spirit acronym) Personal spirituality
I (spirit) integration with a spiritual community
R (spirit) Ritualized practices and restrictions
I (spirit #2) Implications for medical care
T (spirit) Terminal events planning
Health Assessment Unit 1 Exam – Comprehensive
Practice Questions, Core Assessment Concepts, Clinical
Skills & Exam
Nursing Assessment collective subjective and objective data to determine
a client's overall level of functioning in order to make
a professional clinical judgment
Medical Assessment focuses primarily on the client's physiologic
development status to arrive at a diagnosis
Phases of the Nursing Process Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation,
Evaluation
Subjective Data -sensations or symptoms like pain, hunger, happiness,
perceptions, desires, preferences, beliefs, values...
-what's bothering them
COLDSPA Character, onset, location, duration, severity, pattern,
associated factors
4 Assessment Techniques inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
Psychopathology theory -personality disorders
-abusers/batterers have personality disorder
Social learning theory -learned behavior from childhood
-violence= learned behavior from childhood
Biological theory -physiologic changes (childhood trauma, head injuries,
heredity) cause violent behavior
Family Systems Theory -Related to family system functioning
-Not well accepted--places blame on victim
Feminist Theory male/female inequality in a patriarchal society
S (spirit acronym) spiritual belief system
P (spirit acronym) Personal spirituality
I (spirit) integration with a spiritual community
R (spirit) Ritualized practices and restrictions
I (spirit #2) Implications for medical care
T (spirit) Terminal events planning
