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Essential Health Assessment Third Edition
by Janice Thompson PhD APRN NP-C (Author)
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Table of Contents
1.Understanding Health Assessment
2.Interviewing the Patient for a Health History
3.Taking the Health History
4.Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
5.Assessment Techniques
6.General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
7.Assessing Pain
8.Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
9.Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
10.Assessing the Ears
11.Assessing the Eyes
12.Assessing the Respiratory System
13.Assessing the Cardiovascular System
14.Assessing the Abdomen
15.Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
16.Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
17.Assessing the Neurological System
18.Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
19.Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
20.Assessing the Anus and Rectum
21.Assessing the Newborn
22.Assessing the Child and Adolescent
23.Assessment of the Pregnant Patient
24.Assessing the Older Adult
,Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called
“Health for All.” The 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.
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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
, 48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This
is an example of:
1. Primary health prevention.
Essential Health Assessment Third Edition
by Janice Thompson PhD APRN NP-C (Author)
Instant down load
PDF Version
Newest Edition
Table of Contents
1.Understanding Health Assessment
2.Interviewing the Patient for a Health History
3.Taking the Health History
4.Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
5.Assessment Techniques
6.General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
7.Assessing Pain
8.Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
9.Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
10.Assessing the Ears
11.Assessing the Eyes
12.Assessing the Respiratory System
13.Assessing the Cardiovascular System
14.Assessing the Abdomen
15.Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
16.Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
17.Assessing the Neurological System
18.Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
19.Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
20.Assessing the Anus and Rectum
21.Assessing the Newborn
22.Assessing the Child and Adolescent
23.Assessment of the Pregnant Patient
24.Assessing the Older Adult
,Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called
“Health for All.” The 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.
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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
, 48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This
is an example of:
1. Primary health prevention.
