NUR 216 Exam 2026 Questions and
Answers
Health assessment means assessing the whole patient. This includes: - Correct
answer-A method to establish a baseline health history by collecting pertinent
patient health status data.
An organized, systematic, ongoing process of collecting, validating, and clustering
data.
Collecting different types of data about the individual's past and present health.
Assessing factors influencing health and well-being, including:
Physical health
Behavioral aspects of health
Spirituality
Social factors
Economic-political aspects of health
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,Cultural variations
Lifespan and developmental considerations
Performing and documenting a physical examination.
The nursing process is - Correct answer-a systematic, problem-solving process that
assists the nurse in organizing the assessment to identify information about an
individual's health and risk factors and develop a plan of care. This essential
process collects information about the health status of the individual.
The five steps of the nursing process are as follows: - Correct answer-The five
steps of the nursing process are as follows:
Assessment - Correct answer-is the first, essential step requiring the nurse to
collect and analyze data about the whole individual. This information includes
physiological, psychological, psychosocial, economical, spiritual, and cultural
practices and beliefs.
Diagnosis - Correct answer-involves analyzing potential or actual health problems
or needs with a patient using both subjective and objective data. These data are
used to develop a nursing assessment and identify nursing priorities. Nursing
diagnosis reflects the individual's actual or potential health risks or problems; the
nurse uses clinical judgment and critical thinking to analyze all the information
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
,about the individual, synthesize and cluster the information, and hypothesize about
the individual's health status
Planning/Outcomes - Correct answer-involves working with the individual as a
copartner in care to meet the needs or short- and long-term goals of the individual.
The goals must be measurable and achievable. A nursing care plan is developed to
meet these goals. The plan of care is shared with other health care team members
to achieve optimal health care outcomes.
Implementation - Correct answer-Interventions include the nursing and individual
actions and plan of care to meet the individual's goals. This phase is not time-
limited and can vary from hours or days to months.
Evaluation - Correct answer-is the ongoing process that assesses whether the short-
and long-term goals have been met or are unmet; this phase of the nursing process
involves clinical judgment to analyze whether the plan of care is effective or needs
to be re-evaluated and modified.
Critical Thinking - Correct answer-A combination of reasoned thinking, openness
to alternatives, an ability to reflect, and a desire to seek truth (Wilkinson et al.,
2020).
A process of purposeful and creative thinking about resolving problems.
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
, A multidimensional thinking process.
Reflective thinking.
Thinking "outside of the box."
Questioning, interpreting information, and analyzing the situation and then
synthesizing the information.
Development of alternative solutions to a problem.
Nurses have to be able to use critical thinking when reviewing patient data from all
sources, recognizing patient cues, and performing a thorough patient assessment.
Clinical reasoning - Correct answer-uses an individual's history, physical signs,
symptoms, laboratory data, and diagnostic imaging to arrive at a diagnosis and
assess and formulate a treatment plan (Venes, 2021). Nurses collect these data to
identify normal and abnormal findings, risk factors, health promotion and
prevention behaviors. Physical assessment findings are used to problem solve and
develop the appropriate plan of care.
Clinical judgment - Correct answer-is defined as "an interpretation or conclusion
about a patient's needs, concerns, or health problems and/or the decision to take
action (or not), use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones as
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4
Answers
Health assessment means assessing the whole patient. This includes: - Correct
answer-A method to establish a baseline health history by collecting pertinent
patient health status data.
An organized, systematic, ongoing process of collecting, validating, and clustering
data.
Collecting different types of data about the individual's past and present health.
Assessing factors influencing health and well-being, including:
Physical health
Behavioral aspects of health
Spirituality
Social factors
Economic-political aspects of health
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,Cultural variations
Lifespan and developmental considerations
Performing and documenting a physical examination.
The nursing process is - Correct answer-a systematic, problem-solving process that
assists the nurse in organizing the assessment to identify information about an
individual's health and risk factors and develop a plan of care. This essential
process collects information about the health status of the individual.
The five steps of the nursing process are as follows: - Correct answer-The five
steps of the nursing process are as follows:
Assessment - Correct answer-is the first, essential step requiring the nurse to
collect and analyze data about the whole individual. This information includes
physiological, psychological, psychosocial, economical, spiritual, and cultural
practices and beliefs.
Diagnosis - Correct answer-involves analyzing potential or actual health problems
or needs with a patient using both subjective and objective data. These data are
used to develop a nursing assessment and identify nursing priorities. Nursing
diagnosis reflects the individual's actual or potential health risks or problems; the
nurse uses clinical judgment and critical thinking to analyze all the information
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
,about the individual, synthesize and cluster the information, and hypothesize about
the individual's health status
Planning/Outcomes - Correct answer-involves working with the individual as a
copartner in care to meet the needs or short- and long-term goals of the individual.
The goals must be measurable and achievable. A nursing care plan is developed to
meet these goals. The plan of care is shared with other health care team members
to achieve optimal health care outcomes.
Implementation - Correct answer-Interventions include the nursing and individual
actions and plan of care to meet the individual's goals. This phase is not time-
limited and can vary from hours or days to months.
Evaluation - Correct answer-is the ongoing process that assesses whether the short-
and long-term goals have been met or are unmet; this phase of the nursing process
involves clinical judgment to analyze whether the plan of care is effective or needs
to be re-evaluated and modified.
Critical Thinking - Correct answer-A combination of reasoned thinking, openness
to alternatives, an ability to reflect, and a desire to seek truth (Wilkinson et al.,
2020).
A process of purposeful and creative thinking about resolving problems.
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
, A multidimensional thinking process.
Reflective thinking.
Thinking "outside of the box."
Questioning, interpreting information, and analyzing the situation and then
synthesizing the information.
Development of alternative solutions to a problem.
Nurses have to be able to use critical thinking when reviewing patient data from all
sources, recognizing patient cues, and performing a thorough patient assessment.
Clinical reasoning - Correct answer-uses an individual's history, physical signs,
symptoms, laboratory data, and diagnostic imaging to arrive at a diagnosis and
assess and formulate a treatment plan (Venes, 2021). Nurses collect these data to
identify normal and abnormal findings, risk factors, health promotion and
prevention behaviors. Physical assessment findings are used to problem solve and
develop the appropriate plan of care.
Clinical judgment - Correct answer-is defined as "an interpretation or conclusion
about a patient's needs, concerns, or health problems and/or the decision to take
action (or not), use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones as
©COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4
