NR 203 Practice Exam with Accurate Answers.
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healthy people 2020 - ✔✔Goals are to increase life expectancy and quality of life, and to
eliminate health disparities through improved delivery of health care services
federal government - ✔✔who manages healthy people 2020
alzheimers - ✔✔what was added to the list of goals for healthy people 2020?
increase quality of life, promote health, prevent disease - ✔✔main goals of federal government
survey
promotion - ✔✔talking to patients about risk factors
comprehensive health assessment - ✔✔An in-depth assessment of the whole person, including
physical, mental, emotional, cultural, and spiritual aspects of a patient's health
open ended questions - ✔✔What brings you in today? can you tell me whats going on?
closed ended questions - ✔✔did you have your flu vaccine?
nursing process - ✔✔-Assessment
-Diagnosis
-Planning
-Implementation
-Evaluation
,health assessment - ✔✔health history and physical examination
health history - ✔✔Asking pertinent questions to gather data
Past Medical History
Past Physical Concerns/Diagnosis
Past Mental Health Concerns/Diagnosis
Social History
Cultural History
Spiritual Beliefs
physical examination - ✔✔Structured head-to-toe examination
Identify Changes in patient's body systems
Unusual or abnormal findings may support history data or trigger new questions
Document all findings in a clear, concise, manner
Collate all information with medical records
Every patient must have a completed examination
T-P-R-BP-pain - ✔✔order of vital signs
first level priority - ✔✔-airways breathing chest
-safety
-vital sign concerns or changes
second level priority - ✔✔-mental status changes
-abnormal laboratory values
-untreated medical problems
, third level priority - ✔✔anything else, i.e.. family/coping
chief complaint - ✔✔the subjective data that is expressed by the patient (i.e. "my chest really
hurts")
patient - ✔✔who is the primary source for history of the patient?
spouse, family members, medical records - ✔✔what are some examples of secondary sources
for the history of the patient
objective data - ✔✔observable behavior and data of the patient
active listening - ✔✔paying close attention to what the patient is saying and engaging (non
verbal communication signs)
leading questions - ✔✔what type of questions do we want to avoid in health assessment
neural check - ✔✔what does asking the patients name do?
silent - ✔✔if a patient seems to be ___________ it is essential for the nurse to ask "have I done
anything to upset you"
silence can mean many different things
confusing - ✔✔if patients are _________, it is important to shift exam into that of a
psychological one. Sometimes patients will say they have any symptom stated and it can get
confusing to bring about a true diagnosis
health - ✔✔a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
Latest Edition
healthy people 2020 - ✔✔Goals are to increase life expectancy and quality of life, and to
eliminate health disparities through improved delivery of health care services
federal government - ✔✔who manages healthy people 2020
alzheimers - ✔✔what was added to the list of goals for healthy people 2020?
increase quality of life, promote health, prevent disease - ✔✔main goals of federal government
survey
promotion - ✔✔talking to patients about risk factors
comprehensive health assessment - ✔✔An in-depth assessment of the whole person, including
physical, mental, emotional, cultural, and spiritual aspects of a patient's health
open ended questions - ✔✔What brings you in today? can you tell me whats going on?
closed ended questions - ✔✔did you have your flu vaccine?
nursing process - ✔✔-Assessment
-Diagnosis
-Planning
-Implementation
-Evaluation
,health assessment - ✔✔health history and physical examination
health history - ✔✔Asking pertinent questions to gather data
Past Medical History
Past Physical Concerns/Diagnosis
Past Mental Health Concerns/Diagnosis
Social History
Cultural History
Spiritual Beliefs
physical examination - ✔✔Structured head-to-toe examination
Identify Changes in patient's body systems
Unusual or abnormal findings may support history data or trigger new questions
Document all findings in a clear, concise, manner
Collate all information with medical records
Every patient must have a completed examination
T-P-R-BP-pain - ✔✔order of vital signs
first level priority - ✔✔-airways breathing chest
-safety
-vital sign concerns or changes
second level priority - ✔✔-mental status changes
-abnormal laboratory values
-untreated medical problems
, third level priority - ✔✔anything else, i.e.. family/coping
chief complaint - ✔✔the subjective data that is expressed by the patient (i.e. "my chest really
hurts")
patient - ✔✔who is the primary source for history of the patient?
spouse, family members, medical records - ✔✔what are some examples of secondary sources
for the history of the patient
objective data - ✔✔observable behavior and data of the patient
active listening - ✔✔paying close attention to what the patient is saying and engaging (non
verbal communication signs)
leading questions - ✔✔what type of questions do we want to avoid in health assessment
neural check - ✔✔what does asking the patients name do?
silent - ✔✔if a patient seems to be ___________ it is essential for the nurse to ask "have I done
anything to upset you"
silence can mean many different things
confusing - ✔✔if patients are _________, it is important to shift exam into that of a
psychological one. Sometimes patients will say they have any symptom stated and it can get
confusing to bring about a true diagnosis
health - ✔✔a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
