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Essential Health Assessment
Janice Thompson
1st Edition
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Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment 1
Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History 11
Chapter 03 Taking the Health History 40
Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements 61
Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques 88
Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs 99
Chapter 07 Assessing Pain 128
Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails 149
Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck 188
Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears 229
Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes 250
Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System 281
Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System 308
Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen 335
Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System 363
Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System 391
Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System 417
Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System 451
Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System 477
Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum 501
Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn 517
Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent 555
Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman 583
Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult 612
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called for
goal for this strategy is:
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
registered nurses (RNs) to:
1. Diagnose and treat patients.
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presence
outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses
must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process.
3. Person-centered care (PCC).
4. Standards of care.
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease
prevention is:
1. Healthy People.
2. Healthy People 2020.
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
4. World Health Organization.
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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Essential Health Assessment
Janice Thompson
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Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment 1
Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History 11
Chapter 03 Taking the Health History 40
Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements 61
Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques 88
Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs 99
Chapter 07 Assessing Pain 128
Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails 149
Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck 188
Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears 229
Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes 250
Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System 281
Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System 308
Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen 335
Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System 363
Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System 391
Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System 417
Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System 451
Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System 477
Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum 501
Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn 517
Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent 555
Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman 583
Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult 612
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called for
goal for this strategy is:
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
registered nurses (RNs) to:
1. Diagnose and treat patients.
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presence
outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses
must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process.
3. Person-centered care (PCC).
4. Standards of care.
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease
prevention is:
1. Healthy People.
2. Healthy People 2020.
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
4. World Health Organization.
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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