ACE YOUR 2026/2027 NURS 6512N ADVANCED
HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION:
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Which nursing action is legally required? Answer: Reporting incidents
of suspected child abuse to the appropriate authorities
⩥ A nurse notices that a client is in spiritual distress. Which nursing
action establishes the nurse as a caregiver? Answer: The nurse provides
therapeutic treatment to the client.
⩥ A nurse who is working on a medical-surgical unit receives a phone
call requesting information about a client who has undergone surgery.
What is the best response by the nurse? Answer: "It is against the
hospital's policy to provide you with any information."
⩥ A nursing student is reviewing different statements as they fulfill
Maslow's hierarchy of needs, from the highest level of needs to the
lowest level of needs. In which order should the nursing student arrange
the scenarios, from the highest the lowest level of needs? Answer: A
client says to the nurse, "I want to maintain good health as I intend to be
the best soccer player on my team."
,A client says to the nurse, "I do not have any skills that will help me be an
achiever in life."
A client says to the nurse, "I have been feeling depressed ever since my
sibling stopped speaking to me."
A client says to the nurse, "My father threatens to commit me to an asylum
if I dare disobey him."
⩥ A nurse is obtaining consent from an unemancipated minor to perform
an abortion. When would the nurse consider the consent-giving process
to be appropriately completed? Select all that apply. Answer: When
consent has been given specifically by a court
When self-consent has been granted by a court order
When consent has been obtained from at least one parent of the minor
⩥ A child admitted to the hospital is in need of a life-saving heart
transplant surgery. However, the parents refuse to allow the surgery
stating that such surgeries are against their belief system. The nurse in
charge of the client recognizes the situation as an ethical dilemma. What
first step should the nurse take in order to resolve the dilemma? Answer:
Obtain information from the child, the parents, health care workers, and
other sources.
⩥ The nurse follows a step-by-step approach to obtain the strongest
available evidence to apply in client care. What is the order in which the
nurse should perform evidence-based practice (EBP)? Answer: 1.
Ask a clinical question.
, 2.
Collect the most relevant and best evidence.
3.
Critically appraise the gathered evidence.
4.
Integrate all evidence with one's clinical expertise and client preferences
and values in making a practice decision or change.
5.
Evaluate the practice decision or change.
6.
Share the outcomes of EBP changes with others
⩥ A nursing student is listing points that make nursing a profession and
not just a job. Which points have been correctly stated? Select all that
apply. Answer: "Nursing provides a specific service."
"Nursing requires a basic liberal foundation and an advanced education."
"Nursing has a theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills,
abilities, and norms.
⩥ a nurse is educating a client about the Uniform Determination of
Death Act. What information should the nurse provide? Answer: 2.
nurses have a specific legal obligation to treat a deceased person's
remains with dignity
HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION:
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Which nursing action is legally required? Answer: Reporting incidents
of suspected child abuse to the appropriate authorities
⩥ A nurse notices that a client is in spiritual distress. Which nursing
action establishes the nurse as a caregiver? Answer: The nurse provides
therapeutic treatment to the client.
⩥ A nurse who is working on a medical-surgical unit receives a phone
call requesting information about a client who has undergone surgery.
What is the best response by the nurse? Answer: "It is against the
hospital's policy to provide you with any information."
⩥ A nursing student is reviewing different statements as they fulfill
Maslow's hierarchy of needs, from the highest level of needs to the
lowest level of needs. In which order should the nursing student arrange
the scenarios, from the highest the lowest level of needs? Answer: A
client says to the nurse, "I want to maintain good health as I intend to be
the best soccer player on my team."
,A client says to the nurse, "I do not have any skills that will help me be an
achiever in life."
A client says to the nurse, "I have been feeling depressed ever since my
sibling stopped speaking to me."
A client says to the nurse, "My father threatens to commit me to an asylum
if I dare disobey him."
⩥ A nurse is obtaining consent from an unemancipated minor to perform
an abortion. When would the nurse consider the consent-giving process
to be appropriately completed? Select all that apply. Answer: When
consent has been given specifically by a court
When self-consent has been granted by a court order
When consent has been obtained from at least one parent of the minor
⩥ A child admitted to the hospital is in need of a life-saving heart
transplant surgery. However, the parents refuse to allow the surgery
stating that such surgeries are against their belief system. The nurse in
charge of the client recognizes the situation as an ethical dilemma. What
first step should the nurse take in order to resolve the dilemma? Answer:
Obtain information from the child, the parents, health care workers, and
other sources.
⩥ The nurse follows a step-by-step approach to obtain the strongest
available evidence to apply in client care. What is the order in which the
nurse should perform evidence-based practice (EBP)? Answer: 1.
Ask a clinical question.
, 2.
Collect the most relevant and best evidence.
3.
Critically appraise the gathered evidence.
4.
Integrate all evidence with one's clinical expertise and client preferences
and values in making a practice decision or change.
5.
Evaluate the practice decision or change.
6.
Share the outcomes of EBP changes with others
⩥ A nursing student is listing points that make nursing a profession and
not just a job. Which points have been correctly stated? Select all that
apply. Answer: "Nursing provides a specific service."
"Nursing requires a basic liberal foundation and an advanced education."
"Nursing has a theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills,
abilities, and norms.
⩥ a nurse is educating a client about the Uniform Determination of
Death Act. What information should the nurse provide? Answer: 2.
nurses have a specific legal obligation to treat a deceased person's
remains with dignity
