NUR 304 Assessment Test #1 Questions With Complete
Solutions
____ is not physical characteristic but a socially constructed
concept that has meaning to a larger group (pace 183) Correct
Answers Race
____ skinned people, especially those with light eyes and
freckles, are at highest risk for developing skin cancers (page
195) Correct Answers fair
_____ are identified increasingly as playing a role in most
diseases, even if only to increase or decrease a person's
susceptibility to infectious or chronic diseases (page 194)
Correct Answers genes
4 techniques that are used during the physical exam (page 37)
**IPPA* Correct Answers inspection, palpation, percussion,
auscultation
4 types of health assessments? (page 5) Correct Answers 1.
initial comprehensive assessment
2. ongoing or partial assessment
3. focused or problem - oriented assessment
4. emergency assessment
5 constructs to cultural competence (page 182) Correct Answers
1. cultural awareness
2. cultural skill
3. cultural knowledge
4. cultural encounters
,5. cultural desire
abnormal levels of consciousness (page 96) Correct Answers -
lethargy: client opens eyes, answers questions, and falls back
asleep
- obtunded: client opens eyes to loud voice, responds slowly
with confusion, and seems unware of environment
- stupor: client awakens to vigorous shake or painful stimuli but
returns to unresponsive sleep
- coma: client remains unresponsive to all stimuli; eyes stay
closed
actual nursing diagnosis (page 65) Correct Answers most
useful format
NANDA- label (problem) + related to + etiology + as
manifested by + defining characteristics
(example: fatigue r/t an increase in job demands and personal
stress AMB client's statements of feeling exhausted all of the
time and inability to perform usual work and home
repsonsibilities)
after cataracts, what is the next two leading causes of visual
disease (page 195) Correct Answers glaucoma and age related
macular degeneration
amplitude of the pulse includes (page 122) Correct Answers 0
= absent
1+ = weak, diminished (easy to obliterate)
2+ = normal (obliterate with moderate pressure)
3+ = bounding (unable to obliterate or requires firm pressure)
,ANA definition of nursing (page 2) Correct Answers the
protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through
the diagnosis and treatment of human responses and advocacy in
the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
apocrine glands are associated with what (page 248) Correct
Answers hair follicles in the axillae, perineum, and areolae of
the breasts, they are small and nonfunctional until puberty
auscultation (page 42) Correct Answers requires the use of a
stethoscope to listen for heart sounds, movement of blood
through the cardiovascular system, movement of the bowels, and
movement of air through the respiratory tract
autonomy (page 186) Correct Answers individuals have the
right to know about their diagnosis and treatment plans and to
make decisions for themselves
axillary temperature is usually ____ lower than the oral
temperature (page 130) Correct Answers 0.5 degrees C / 1.0
degrees F
best way to begin the hands on physical exam? (page 122)
Correct Answers by taking vital signs
biomedical cause of illness (page 189) Correct Answers
science can investigate and conclude and assumes that all
disease or illness has a cause and effect that can be studied
, blood pressure can be affected by (page 122) Correct Answers
- cardiac output
- elasticity of the arteries
- blood volume
- blood velocity (pulse)
- blood viscosity (thickness)
blood pressure in a normal person who is standing is usually
slightly ______ to compensate for the effects of gravity (page
124) Correct Answers higher
blood pressure in the normal reclining position person is slightly
_____ because of decreased peripheral vascular resistance (page
124) Correct Answers lower
bone mass decreases with what specific conditions (page 197)
Correct Answers sexes with age
causes of hearing loss at or before birth may be from birth
complications such as: (page 195) Correct Answers
prematurity, reduced oxygen to the baby, mother's infection that
spread, use of drugs, and severe jaundice
cherry angioma (page 275) Correct Answers papular and
round, red or purple lesion, may blanch with pressure
clinical tip about obese patients (page 260) Correct Answers
carefully inspect the skin on the limbs, under the breasts, and in
the groin area where problems are frequent due to perspiration
and friction
Solutions
____ is not physical characteristic but a socially constructed
concept that has meaning to a larger group (pace 183) Correct
Answers Race
____ skinned people, especially those with light eyes and
freckles, are at highest risk for developing skin cancers (page
195) Correct Answers fair
_____ are identified increasingly as playing a role in most
diseases, even if only to increase or decrease a person's
susceptibility to infectious or chronic diseases (page 194)
Correct Answers genes
4 techniques that are used during the physical exam (page 37)
**IPPA* Correct Answers inspection, palpation, percussion,
auscultation
4 types of health assessments? (page 5) Correct Answers 1.
initial comprehensive assessment
2. ongoing or partial assessment
3. focused or problem - oriented assessment
4. emergency assessment
5 constructs to cultural competence (page 182) Correct Answers
1. cultural awareness
2. cultural skill
3. cultural knowledge
4. cultural encounters
,5. cultural desire
abnormal levels of consciousness (page 96) Correct Answers -
lethargy: client opens eyes, answers questions, and falls back
asleep
- obtunded: client opens eyes to loud voice, responds slowly
with confusion, and seems unware of environment
- stupor: client awakens to vigorous shake or painful stimuli but
returns to unresponsive sleep
- coma: client remains unresponsive to all stimuli; eyes stay
closed
actual nursing diagnosis (page 65) Correct Answers most
useful format
NANDA- label (problem) + related to + etiology + as
manifested by + defining characteristics
(example: fatigue r/t an increase in job demands and personal
stress AMB client's statements of feeling exhausted all of the
time and inability to perform usual work and home
repsonsibilities)
after cataracts, what is the next two leading causes of visual
disease (page 195) Correct Answers glaucoma and age related
macular degeneration
amplitude of the pulse includes (page 122) Correct Answers 0
= absent
1+ = weak, diminished (easy to obliterate)
2+ = normal (obliterate with moderate pressure)
3+ = bounding (unable to obliterate or requires firm pressure)
,ANA definition of nursing (page 2) Correct Answers the
protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through
the diagnosis and treatment of human responses and advocacy in
the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
apocrine glands are associated with what (page 248) Correct
Answers hair follicles in the axillae, perineum, and areolae of
the breasts, they are small and nonfunctional until puberty
auscultation (page 42) Correct Answers requires the use of a
stethoscope to listen for heart sounds, movement of blood
through the cardiovascular system, movement of the bowels, and
movement of air through the respiratory tract
autonomy (page 186) Correct Answers individuals have the
right to know about their diagnosis and treatment plans and to
make decisions for themselves
axillary temperature is usually ____ lower than the oral
temperature (page 130) Correct Answers 0.5 degrees C / 1.0
degrees F
best way to begin the hands on physical exam? (page 122)
Correct Answers by taking vital signs
biomedical cause of illness (page 189) Correct Answers
science can investigate and conclude and assumes that all
disease or illness has a cause and effect that can be studied
, blood pressure can be affected by (page 122) Correct Answers
- cardiac output
- elasticity of the arteries
- blood volume
- blood velocity (pulse)
- blood viscosity (thickness)
blood pressure in a normal person who is standing is usually
slightly ______ to compensate for the effects of gravity (page
124) Correct Answers higher
blood pressure in the normal reclining position person is slightly
_____ because of decreased peripheral vascular resistance (page
124) Correct Answers lower
bone mass decreases with what specific conditions (page 197)
Correct Answers sexes with age
causes of hearing loss at or before birth may be from birth
complications such as: (page 195) Correct Answers
prematurity, reduced oxygen to the baby, mother's infection that
spread, use of drugs, and severe jaundice
cherry angioma (page 275) Correct Answers papular and
round, red or purple lesion, may blanch with pressure
clinical tip about obese patients (page 260) Correct Answers
carefully inspect the skin on the limbs, under the breasts, and in
the groin area where problems are frequent due to perspiration
and friction
