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NK 01 NK Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter
NK 02 NK Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter
NK 03 NK Taking the Health History
NK NK NK 40
Chapter
NK 04 NK Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
NK NK NK NK 61
Chapter
NK 05 NK Assessment Techniques
NK 88
Chapter
NK 06 NK General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
NK NK NK NK NK 99
Chapter
NK 07 NK Assessing Pain
NK 128
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NK 08 NK Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
NK NK NK NK NK 149
Chapter
NK 09 NK Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
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Chapter
NK 10 NK Assessing the Ears
NK NK 229
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NK 11 NK Assessing NK the NK Eyes 250
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NK 12 NK Assessing NK the NK Respiratory System NK 281
Chapter
NK 13 NK Assessing NK the NK Cardiovascular System NK 308
Chapter
NK 14 NK Assessing NK the NK Abdomen 335
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NK 15 NKAssessing the
NK Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
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Chapter
NK 16 NKAssessing the
NK Musculoskeletal System
NK NK 391
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NK 17 NKAssessing the
NK Neurological System
NK NK 417
Chapter
NK 18 NKAssessing the
NK Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
NK NK NK NK NK NK 451
Chapter
NK 19 NKAssessing the
NK Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter
NK 20 NK Assessing NK the NK Anus and Rectum
NK NK 501
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NK 21 NK Assessing NK the NK Newborn 517
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NK 22 NK Assessing NK the NK Child and Adolescent
NK NK 555
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NK 23 NK Assessing NK the NK Pregnant Woman NK 583
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for
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All.” 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.
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4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
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2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill re
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quires registered nurses (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat patients. NK NK NK
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
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3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
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4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
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3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a pol
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ice presence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community.
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You know that nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. NK
3. Person-centered care (PCC). NK NK
4. Standards of care. NK NK
4. The science- NK
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KServices that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease pr
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1. Healthy People. NK
2. Healthy People 2020. NK NK
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
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4. World Health Organization.
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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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48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
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6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he “thi
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nks he is running a fever and has stomach discomfort.” You are the registered nurse in ch
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1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient’s room and assess his complaints.
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2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
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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 ca
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re for a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that nee
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d to be problem solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. Wh
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at cognitive skills are you using?
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1. Critical thinking NK
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3. Intuitive thinking NK
4. Clinical reasoning NK
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. NK NK
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice.
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4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health id
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entified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology NK NK
2. Gender and occupation NK NK
3. Individual behavior NK
4. Social environment NK
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6. Health services NK
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Chapter
NK 01 NK Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter
NK 02 NK Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
NK NK NK NK NK NK 11
Chapter
NK 03 NK Taking the Health History
NK NK NK 40
Chapter
NK 04 NK Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
NK NK NK NK 61
Chapter
NK 05 NK Assessment Techniques
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Chapter
NK 06 NK General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
NK NK NK NK NK 99
Chapter
NK 07 NK Assessing Pain
NK 128
Chapter
NK 08 NK Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
NK NK NK NK NK 149
Chapter
NK 09 NK Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
NK NK NK NK NK NK 188
Chapter
NK 10 NK Assessing the Ears
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Chapter
NK 11 NK Assessing NK the NK Eyes 250
Chapter
NK 12 NK Assessing NK the NK Respiratory System NK 281
Chapter
NK 13 NK Assessing NK the NK Cardiovascular System NK 308
Chapter
NK 14 NK Assessing NK the NK Abdomen 335
Chapter
NK 15 NKAssessing the
NK Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
NK NK NK NK NK NK NK 363
Chapter
NK 16 NKAssessing the
NK Musculoskeletal System
NK NK 391
Chapter
NK 17 NKAssessing the
NK Neurological System
NK NK 417
Chapter
NK 18 NKAssessing the
NK Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
NK NK NK NK NK NK 451
Chapter
NK 19 NKAssessing the
NK Male Breasts and Reproductive System
NK NK NK NK NK 477
Chapter
NK 20 NK Assessing NK the NK Anus and Rectum
NK NK 501
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NK 21 NK Assessing NK the NK Newborn 517
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NK 22 NK Assessing NK the NK Child and Adolescent
NK NK 555
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NK 23 NK Assessing NK the NK Pregnant Woman NK 583
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for
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All.” 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.
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4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
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2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill re
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quires registered nurses (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat patients. NK NK NK
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
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3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
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4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
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3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a pol
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You know that nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. NK
3. Person-centered care (PCC). NK NK
4. Standards of care. NK NK
4. The science- NK
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KServices that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease pr
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3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
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4. World Health Organization.
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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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48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
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1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient’s room and assess his complaints.
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2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
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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 ca
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re for a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that nee
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at cognitive skills are you using?
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8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice.
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4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health id
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