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CONTENTS

Health Assessment Practice Questions (Test 1) good Answered
EXAM 2: HEALTH ASSESSMENT STUDY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Health Assessment Study Guide Exam #2 Answered
Health Assessment Exam 2 Review Questions Answered
Health Assessment Final Exam Practice Questions Answered
Health Assessment Exam 3 test bank Answered
Health Assessment Exam 3 Study Guide Answered
Health Assessment Exam 3 Practice Questions Answered

,EXAM 2: HEALTH ASSESSMENT STUDY
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
CHAPTER 1MULTIPLE CHOICE
 Aftercompletinganinitialassessmentofapatient,thenursehaschartedthathisresp
irations areeupneicandhispulseis 58beats per minute.Thesetypesof datawould
be:

a. Objective.

b. Reflective.

c. Subjective.

d. Introspective.

ANS:A
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting,
percussing, palpating,and auscultating during the physical examination.
Subjective data is what the person says abouthim or herself during history
taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used todescribedata.


DIF: CognitiveLevel:Understanding(Comprehension)
REF:p.2MSC:ClientNeeds:SafeandEffectiveCareEnvi
ronment:ManagementofCare


 A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and “feels hot.”
These types of datawouldbe:

a. Objective.

b. Reflective.

, c. Subjective.

d. Introspective.

ANS:C
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history
taking. Objectivedata are what the health professional observes by inspecting,
percussing, palpating,
andauscultatingduringthephysicalexamination.Theterms
reflectiveandintrospectivearenotusedto describedata.


DIF: CognitiveLevel:Understanding(Comprehension)
REF:p.2MSC:ClientNeeds:SafeandEffectiveCareEnvi
ronment:ManagementofCare


 Thepatient’srecord,laboratorystudies,objectivedata,andsubjectivedatacombine
toformthe:

a. Database.

b. Admittingdata.

c. Financialstatement.

d. Dischargesummary.

, ANS:A
Togetherwiththepatient’srecordandlaboratorystudies,theobjectiveandsubjecti
vedataformthedatabase.Theotheritems
arenotpartofthepatient’srecord,laboratorystudies,ordata.


DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remembering(Knowledge)
REF:p.2MSC:ClientNeeds:SafeandEffectiveCareEnvi
ronment:ManagementofCare
 Thenurseisconductingaclassonprioritysettingfora groupofnewgraduate
nurses.Whichisanexample of afirst-levelpriorityproblem?

a. Patientwithpostoperativepain

b. Newlydiagnosedpatientwithdia
beteswhoneedsdiabeticteachin
g

c. Individualwithasmalllaceration
onthesoleof thefoot

d. Individualwithshortnessofbrea
thandrespiratorydistress

ANS:D
First-level priority problems are those that are emergent, life threatening, and
immediate
(e.g.,establishinganairway,supportingbreathing,maintainingcirculation,monito
ringabnormalvitalsigns)(seeTable1-1).


DIF: CognitiveLevel:Understanding(Comprehension)
REF:p.4MSC:ClientNeeds:SafeandEffectiveCareEnvi
ronment:ManagementofCare