Evidence- Based Physical Examination Best Practices for Health & Well- Being Assessment 2st Edition Test Bank0A+ Chapter 1. APPROACH TO

TEST BANK FOR
Health Assessment in Nursing 7th Edition
by Weber Chapters 1 - 34

,CHAPTER001:00NURSE’S00ROLE00IN00HEALTH00ASSESSMENT:00COLLECTING00AND00ANALYZING00DATA



1. A00nurse00on00a00postsurgical00unit00is00admitting00a00client00following00the00client's00chol
ecystectomy00(gall00bladder00removal).00What00is00the00overall00purpose00of00assessment00for00this0
0client?


A) Collecting00accurate00data

B) Assisting00the00primary00care00provider

C) Validating00previous00data

D) Making00clinical00judgments




2. A00client00has00presented00to00the00emergency00department00(ED)00with00complaints00of00a
bdominal00pain.00Which00member00of00the00care00team00would00most00likely00be00responsible00for00
collecting00the00subjective00data00on00the00client00during00the00initial00comprehensive00assessment?

A) Gastroenterologist

B) ED00nurse

C) Admissions00clerk

D) Diagnostic00technician

,3. The00nurse00has00completed00an00initial00assessment00of00a00newly00admitted00client00and00
is00applying00the00nursing00process00to00plan00the00client's00care.00What00principle00should00the00nu
rse00apply00when00using00the00nursing00process?

A) Each00step00is00independent00of00the00others.

B) It00is00ongoing00and00continuous.

C) It00is00used00primarily00in00acute00care00settings.00N

D) It00involves00independent00nursing00actions.




4. The00nurse00who00provides00care00at00an00ambulatory00clinic00is00preparing00to00meet00a00cli
ent00and00perform00a00comprehensive00health00assessment.00Which00of00the00following00actions00sho
uld00the00nurse00perform00first?

A) Review00the00client's00medical00record.

B) Obtain00basic00biographic00data.

C) Consult00clinical00resources00explaining00the00client's00diagnosis.

D) Validate00information00with00the00client.



5. Which00of00the00following00client00situations00would00the00nurse00interpret00as00requiring0
0an00emergency00assessment?


A) A00pediatric00client00with00severe00sunburn

B) A00client00needing00an00employment00physical

C) A00client00who00overdosed00on00acetaminophen

D) A00distraught00client00who00wants00a00pregnancy00test




10.00A00nurse00has00completed00gathering00some00basic00data00about00a00client00who00has00multipl
e00health00problems00that00stem00from00heavy00alcohol00use.00The00nurse00has00then00reflected00on0
0her00personal

, 6. In00response00to00a00client's00query,00the00nurse00is00explaining00the00differences00between
00the00physician's00medical00exam00and00the00comprehensive00health00assessment00performed00by00
the00nurse.00The00nurse00should00describe00the00fact00that00the00nursing00assessment00focuses00on
00which00aspect00of00the00client's00situation?


A) Current00physiologic00status

B) Effect00of00health00on00functional00status

C) Past00medical00history

D) Motivation00for00adherence00to00treatment




7. After00teaching00a00group00of00students00about00the00phases00of00the00nursing00proces
s,00the00instructor00determines00that00the00teaching00was00successful00when00the00students00ide
ntify00which00phase00as00being00foundational00to00all00other00pha00ses?

A) Assessment

B) Planning

C) Implementation

D) Evaluation




8. The00nurse00has00completed00the00comprehensive00health00assessment00of00a00client00
who00has00been00admitted00for00the00treatment00of00community-
acquired00pneumonia.00Following00the00completion00of00this00assessment,00the00nurse00periodi
cally00performs00a00partial00assessment00primarily00for00which00reason?

A) Reassess00previously00deteNcted00problems

B) Provide00information00for00the00client's00record

C) Address00areas00previously00omitted

D) Determine00the00need00for00crisis00intervention