NUR 2010 (Health Assessment) EXAM
1 questions with answers rated A+
data stated by the patient/family member (SUBJECTIVE is what they SAY). - correct answer ✔✔
What is subjective data?
data observed by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating the patient (OBJECTIVE is
what you OBSERVE). - correct answer ✔✔ What is objective data?
the standards of practice in nursing which include: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation,& Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔ What is the nursing process?
priority 1 - correct answer ✔✔ Which priority level of a patient (1-4) is an emergency?
difficulty in breathing - correct answer ✔✔ What is dyspnea?
paleness or loss of color from skin or mucous membranes - correct answer ✔✔ What is pallor?
disturbance in mental abilities that results in confused thinking and reduced awareness of your
environment. - correct answer ✔✔ What is delirium?
a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities - correct answer ✔✔ What
is dementia?
the relative position of something or someone to the self; (normally ask the patient who they
are, where they are, and what year it is) - correct answer ✔✔ What is orientation?
,what a person thinks; ideas, beliefs, and use of words - correct answer ✔✔ What is thought
content?
the way a person thinks - correct answer ✔✔ What is thought process?
vomiting - correct answer ✔✔ What is emesis?
nose bleed - correct answer ✔✔ What is epistaxis?
a period when Korotkoff sounds disappear during auscultation of a manual blood pressure -
correct answer ✔✔ What is an auscultatory gap?
abnormal rapid heart rate - correct answer ✔✔ What is tachycardia?
abnormal bluish discoloration of the skin - correct answer ✔✔ What is cyanosis?
superficial reddening of the skin - correct answer ✔✔ What is erythema?
unpleasant sensation that provokes the desire to scratch; a.k.a. itchiness - correct answer ✔✔
What is pruritus?
difficulty swallowing - correct answer ✔✔ What is dysphagia?
disease of the lymph nodes - correct answer ✔✔ What is lymphadenopathy?
vibrations felt/heard on the chest wall - correct answer ✔✔ What is fremitus?
, low levels of oxygen in the blood - correct answer ✔✔ What is hypoxemia?
fluid accumulation in the interstitial space - correct answer ✔✔ What is edema?
fluid and cellular elements that oozes out of blood vessels due to inflammation - correct answer
✔✔ What is exudate?
small, flat, discolored spots on the skin; (i.e. a freckle) - correct answer ✔✔ What is a macule?
aka digital clubbing; enlargement of the distal segments of the fingers - correct answer ✔✔
What is clubbing?
depressed level of consciousness with difficulty to arouse - correct answer ✔✔ What is
obtunded?
the abnormal inward movement of the chest during inspiration - correct answer ✔✔ What is
paradoxical chest movement?
diagnostic tool that involves: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, and Auscultation - correct
answer ✔✔ What is IPPA?
view the position the patient is in, characteristics of oddities of body parts, expose tissue,
compare both sides of the body, etc. - correct answer ✔✔ What is the purpose of Inspection?
(<1cm); pulse, temperature, texture, and tenderness - correct answer ✔✔ What can you feel
with light palpation?
(1-2cm); body organ size, masses, mobility of structures - correct answer ✔✔ What can you feel
with moderate palpation?
1 questions with answers rated A+
data stated by the patient/family member (SUBJECTIVE is what they SAY). - correct answer ✔✔
What is subjective data?
data observed by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating the patient (OBJECTIVE is
what you OBSERVE). - correct answer ✔✔ What is objective data?
the standards of practice in nursing which include: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation,& Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔ What is the nursing process?
priority 1 - correct answer ✔✔ Which priority level of a patient (1-4) is an emergency?
difficulty in breathing - correct answer ✔✔ What is dyspnea?
paleness or loss of color from skin or mucous membranes - correct answer ✔✔ What is pallor?
disturbance in mental abilities that results in confused thinking and reduced awareness of your
environment. - correct answer ✔✔ What is delirium?
a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities - correct answer ✔✔ What
is dementia?
the relative position of something or someone to the self; (normally ask the patient who they
are, where they are, and what year it is) - correct answer ✔✔ What is orientation?
,what a person thinks; ideas, beliefs, and use of words - correct answer ✔✔ What is thought
content?
the way a person thinks - correct answer ✔✔ What is thought process?
vomiting - correct answer ✔✔ What is emesis?
nose bleed - correct answer ✔✔ What is epistaxis?
a period when Korotkoff sounds disappear during auscultation of a manual blood pressure -
correct answer ✔✔ What is an auscultatory gap?
abnormal rapid heart rate - correct answer ✔✔ What is tachycardia?
abnormal bluish discoloration of the skin - correct answer ✔✔ What is cyanosis?
superficial reddening of the skin - correct answer ✔✔ What is erythema?
unpleasant sensation that provokes the desire to scratch; a.k.a. itchiness - correct answer ✔✔
What is pruritus?
difficulty swallowing - correct answer ✔✔ What is dysphagia?
disease of the lymph nodes - correct answer ✔✔ What is lymphadenopathy?
vibrations felt/heard on the chest wall - correct answer ✔✔ What is fremitus?
, low levels of oxygen in the blood - correct answer ✔✔ What is hypoxemia?
fluid accumulation in the interstitial space - correct answer ✔✔ What is edema?
fluid and cellular elements that oozes out of blood vessels due to inflammation - correct answer
✔✔ What is exudate?
small, flat, discolored spots on the skin; (i.e. a freckle) - correct answer ✔✔ What is a macule?
aka digital clubbing; enlargement of the distal segments of the fingers - correct answer ✔✔
What is clubbing?
depressed level of consciousness with difficulty to arouse - correct answer ✔✔ What is
obtunded?
the abnormal inward movement of the chest during inspiration - correct answer ✔✔ What is
paradoxical chest movement?
diagnostic tool that involves: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, and Auscultation - correct
answer ✔✔ What is IPPA?
view the position the patient is in, characteristics of oddities of body parts, expose tissue,
compare both sides of the body, etc. - correct answer ✔✔ What is the purpose of Inspection?
(<1cm); pulse, temperature, texture, and tenderness - correct answer ✔✔ What can you feel
with light palpation?
(1-2cm); body organ size, masses, mobility of structures - correct answer ✔✔ What can you feel
with moderate palpation?
