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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
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Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
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Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
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Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
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Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
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Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
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Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
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Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
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Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
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Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
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Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
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Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.‖
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The goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible. t t t t t t t t t
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care. t t t t t t t
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
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registered nurses (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat patients. t t t
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. t t t t
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
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4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs. t t t t
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presence
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outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses
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must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
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4. Standards of care. t t
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and
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Human Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease
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prevention is:
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1. Healthy People. t
2. Healthy People 2020. t t
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
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4. World Health Organization. t t
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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6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks he is
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running a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge. What should
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you do?
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1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
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3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
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4. Go to the patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
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7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a
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challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem
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8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. t t
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice. t t t
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. t t t t t
9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health identified by
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the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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TEST BANK
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Essential Health Assessment
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Janice Thompson
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1st Edition
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
t t t t t t t t 11
Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
t t t t t 40
Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
t t t t t t 61
Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
t t t 88
Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
t t t t t t t 99
Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
t t t 128
Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
t t t t t t t 149
Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
t t t t t t t t 188
Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
t t t t 229
Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
t t t t 250
Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
t t t t t 281
Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
t t t t t 308
Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
t t t t 335
Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
t t t t t t t t t t 363
Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
t t t t t 391
Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
t t t t t 417
Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
t t t t t t t t t 451
Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
t t t t t t t t 477
Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
t t t t t t 501
Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
t t t t 517
Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
t t t t t t 555
Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
t t t t t 583
Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
t t t t
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.‖
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The goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible. t t t t t t t t t
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care. t t t t t t t
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
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registered nurses (RNs) to:
t t t t
1. Diagnose and treat patients. t t t
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. t t t t
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
t t t t
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs. t t t t
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presence
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
t t t t t t t t t
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. t
3. Person-centered care (PCC). t t
4. Standards of care. t t
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and
t t t t t t t t t t t t t
Human Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
prevention is:
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1. Healthy People. t
2. Healthy People 2020. t t
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
t t t
4. World Health Organization. t t
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
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1. Primary health prevention. t t
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3. Tertiary health prevention. t t
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks he is
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running a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge. What should
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you do?
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1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
t t t t t t t t t t t t t
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
t t t t t t t t t
4. Go to the patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
t t t t t t t t t t t t
7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are you
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
using?
t
1. Critical thinking t
2. Clinical decision making t t
3. Intuitive thinking t
4. Clinical reasoning t
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
t t t t t t t t t
1. American Nurses Association. t t
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
t t t t t t t
3. Research and evidence-based practice. t t t
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. t t t t t
9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health identified by
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
t t t t t t t t t t t t
1. Genetics and biology t t
2. Gender and occupation t t
3. Individual behavior t
4. Social environment t
5. Physical environment t
6. Health services t
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