Health Assessment
Study Guide for modules 1-3
Module 1
1. Explain the four types of collecting patient data and examples of each clinical situation.
2. Summarize the concepts and skills necessary to conduct an effective interview.
3. Identify communication strategies that overcome the 10 traps of interviewing.
4. Recognize examples of therapeutic and nontherapeutic interviewing techniques used in
nurse-patient scenarios.
5. Explain ways to establish rapport and a trusting relationship with the patient.
6. Identify the purpose of the health history.
7. Describe the data or information that must be gathered for each category of a health history.
8. Differentiate between symptoms and signs.
9. Differentiate between the assessment techniques of inspection, auscultation, palpation, and
percussion.
10. Identify adaptations in the assessment process that must be made to accommodate patients
in different age groups.
11. Explain the intent and purpose of the general survey.
12. Summarize the components of the general survey.
13. Describe typical findings of the general survey in the areas of physical appearance, body
structure, mobility, and behavior.
14. Describe the appropriate procedure for collecting data about temperature, pulse,
respiration, and blood pressure.
15. Describe Korotkoff sounds and their relationship to blood pressure readings.
16. Relate the use of a blood pressure cuff of improper size to the possible findings that may be
obtained.
17. Describe the relationships among the terms blood pressure, systolic pressure, diastolic
pressure, pulse pressure, and mean arterial pressure.
18. Recognize the normal range of findings associated with height, weight, temperature, pulse,
respiration, and blood pressure.
Module 2
1. Explain color alterations of the skin and the conditions associated with the alterations.
2. Explain how to assess and document edema.
3. Compare and contrast types of skin lesions. (Primary, fluid-filled, secondary)
4. Explain how to assess and stage pressure injuries.
5. Explain age-related skin changes and their significance.
6. Describe the typical assessment findings associated with skin cancers. ABCDE
7. Describe disease prevention and risk reduction topics related to promoting skin health that
should be taught to patients when conducting an assessment of the skin.
Module 3
Study Guide for modules 1-3
Module 1
1. Explain the four types of collecting patient data and examples of each clinical situation.
2. Summarize the concepts and skills necessary to conduct an effective interview.
3. Identify communication strategies that overcome the 10 traps of interviewing.
4. Recognize examples of therapeutic and nontherapeutic interviewing techniques used in
nurse-patient scenarios.
5. Explain ways to establish rapport and a trusting relationship with the patient.
6. Identify the purpose of the health history.
7. Describe the data or information that must be gathered for each category of a health history.
8. Differentiate between symptoms and signs.
9. Differentiate between the assessment techniques of inspection, auscultation, palpation, and
percussion.
10. Identify adaptations in the assessment process that must be made to accommodate patients
in different age groups.
11. Explain the intent and purpose of the general survey.
12. Summarize the components of the general survey.
13. Describe typical findings of the general survey in the areas of physical appearance, body
structure, mobility, and behavior.
14. Describe the appropriate procedure for collecting data about temperature, pulse,
respiration, and blood pressure.
15. Describe Korotkoff sounds and their relationship to blood pressure readings.
16. Relate the use of a blood pressure cuff of improper size to the possible findings that may be
obtained.
17. Describe the relationships among the terms blood pressure, systolic pressure, diastolic
pressure, pulse pressure, and mean arterial pressure.
18. Recognize the normal range of findings associated with height, weight, temperature, pulse,
respiration, and blood pressure.
Module 2
1. Explain color alterations of the skin and the conditions associated with the alterations.
2. Explain how to assess and document edema.
3. Compare and contrast types of skin lesions. (Primary, fluid-filled, secondary)
4. Explain how to assess and stage pressure injuries.
5. Explain age-related skin changes and their significance.
6. Describe the typical assessment findings associated with skin cancers. ABCDE
7. Describe disease prevention and risk reduction topics related to promoting skin health that
should be taught to patients when conducting an assessment of the skin.
Module 3
