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Exam 1: NSG121/ NSG 121 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Health Assessment Guide| Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)- Herzing

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Exam 1: NSG121/ NSG 121 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Health Assessment Guide| Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)- Herzing QUESTION The nurse's role in health assessment Answer: To promote health; To prevent illness; To treat human responses to health or illness; To advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations. QUESTION Assessments Emergency Answer: A—Airway (with cervical spine protection if an injury is suspected) B—Breathing—rate and depth, use of accessory muscles C—Circulation—pulse rate and rhythm, skin color D—Disability—level of consciousness, pupils, movement E—Exposure QUESTION Comprehensive Assessment Answer: complete health history and physical exam. family history of illness, personal illness, and medical treatment or surgeries. You discuss the information with patients and clarify any incomplete or unclear areas. Note dates of diagnoses and treatments along with the reason for taking medications. patient's perception of health, strengths to build upon, risk factors for illness, functional abilities, methods of coping, and support systems. reconcile the medication list with what the patient is actually taking. secondary data sources in emergency. QUESTION General Survey Assessment Answer: patient's age, weight, height, build, posture, gait and hygiene QUESTION focused assessment Answer: based on the patient's health issues. usually involves 1-2 body systems. QUESTION Primary prevention Answer: preventing problems. IE. Immunizations, health teaching, safety precautions, nutritional counseling. QUESTION Secondary prevention Answer: screening to promote the early diagnosis of health problems. IE. Vision screening, Pap smears, BP screening, hearing testing, scoliosis screening, and TB testing QUESTION Tertiary prevention Answer: focuses on preventing complications of an existing disease and reverse or reduce its severity or provide a cure, and thereby return the person to maximum health as quickly as possible. QUESTION Verbal communication Answer: Exchange of information using words, including both the spoken and written word. ie. intellectual development, educational level, and geographic and cultural origin QUESTION Nonverbal Communication Answer: Body language. transmission of information without the use of words. ie. touch, eye contact, facial expression, posture, gate, gestures, general physical appearance, mode of dress and grooming, sounds, silence, QUESTION Electronic Communication Answer:

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Examl 1:l NSG121/l NSGl 121l (Latestl 2025/l
2026l Update)l Healthl Assessmentl Guide|l
Questionsl &l Answers|l Gradel A|l 100%l
Correctl (Verifiedl Solutions)-l Herzing

Q:l Thel nurse'sl rolel inl healthl assessment

Answer:
Tol promotel health;
Tol preventl illness;
Tol treatl humanl responsesl tol healthl orl illness;
Tol advocatel forl individuals,l families,l communities,l andl populations.




Q:l Assessmentsl Emergency

Answer:
A—Airwayl (withl cervicall spinel protectionl ifl anl injuryl isl suspected)
B—Breathing—ratel andl depth,l usel ofl accessoryl muscles
C—Circulation—pulsel ratel andl rhythm,l skinl color
D—Disability—levell ofl consciousness,l pupils,l movement
E—Exposure




Q:l Comprehensivel Assessment

Answer:
completel healthl historyl andl physicall exam.l familyl historyl ofl illness,l personall illness,l
andl medicall treatmentl orl surgeries.l Youl discussl thel informationl withl patientsl andl
clarifyl anyl incompletel orl unclearl areas.l Notel datesl ofl diagnosesl andl treatmentsl alongl
withl thel reasonl forl takingl medications.l patient'sl perceptionl ofl health,l strengthsl tol buildl
upon,l riskl factorsl forl illness,l functionall abilities,l methodsl ofl coping,l andl supportl

,systems.l reconcilel thel medicationl listl withl whatl thel patientl isl actuallyl taking.l secondaryl
datal sourcesl inl emergency.




Q:l Generall Surveyl Assessment

Answer:
patient'sl age,l weight,l height,l build,l posture,l gaitl andl hygiene




Q:l focusedl assessment

Answer:
basedl onl thel patient'sl healthl issues.l usuallyl involvesl 1-2l bodyl systems.




Q:l Primaryl prevention

Answer:
preventingl problems.l IE.l Immunizations,l healthl teaching,l safetyl precautions,
nutritionall counseling.




Q:l Secondaryl prevention

Answer:
screeningl tol promotel thel earlyl diagnosisl ofl healthl problems.l IE.l Visionl screening,l Papl
smears,l BPl screening,l hearingl testing,l scoliosisl screening,l andl TBl testing




Q:l Tertiaryl prevention

, Answer:
focusesl onl preventingl complicationsl ofl anl existingl diseasel andl reversel orl reducel itsl
severityl orl providel al cure,l andl therebyl returnl thel personl tol maximuml healthl asl quicklyl
asl possible.




Q:l Verball communication

Answer:
Exchangel ofl informationl usingl words,l includingl bothl thel spokenl andl writtenl word.l ie.l
intellectuall development,l educationall level,l andl geographicl andl culturall origin




Q:l Nonverball Communication

Answer:
Bodyl language.l transmissionl ofl informationl withoutl thel usel ofl words.l ie.l touch,l eyel
contact,l faciall expression,l posture,l gate,l gestures,l generall physicall appearance,l model ofl
dressl andl grooming,l sounds,l silence,




Q:l Electronicl Communication

Answer:
e-mail,l sendingl textl messages,l sociall medial sites,l blogs,l andl webpages




Q:l Communicationl -l Sender

Answer:
Purposel isl translatedl intol meaningl withl verball languagel cues.

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