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BH 01 BH Understanding Health Assessment
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BH 02 BH Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
BH BH BH BH BH BH 11
Chapter
BH 03 BH Taking the Health History
BH BH BH 40
Chapter
BH 04 BH Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
BH BH BH BH 61
Chapter
BH 05 BH Assessment Techniques
BH 88
Chapter
BH 06 BH General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
BH BH BH BH BH 99
Chapter
BH 07 BH Assessing Pain
BH 128
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BH 08 BH Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
BH BH BH BH BH 149
Chapter
BH 09 BH Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
BH BH BH BH BH BH 188
Chapter
BH 10 BH Assessing the Ears
BH BH 229
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BH 11 BH Assessing BH the BH Eyes 250
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BH 12 BH Assessing BH the BH Respiratory System BH 281
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BH 13 BH Assessing BH the BH Cardiovascular System BH 308
Chapter
BH 14 BH Assessing BH the BH Abdomen 335
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BH 15 BHAssessing the
BH Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
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BH 16 BHAssessing the
BH Musculoskeletal System
BH BH 391
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BH 17 BHAssessing the
BH Neurological System
BH BH 417
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BH 18 BHAssessing the
BH Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
BH BH BH BH BH BH 451
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BH 19 BHAssessing the
BH Male Breasts and Reproductive System
BH BH BH BH BH 477
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BH 20 BH Assessing BH the BH Anus and Rectum
BH BH 501
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BH 21 BH Assessing BH the BH Newborn 517
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BH 22 BH Assessing BH the BH Child and Adolescent
BH BH 555
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BH 23 BH Assessing BH the BH Pregnant Woman BH 583
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for
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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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1. Diagnose and treat patients. BH BH BH
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 poli
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ce 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. 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 car
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3. Intuitive thinking BH
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8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. BH BH
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice. BH BH BH
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 ide
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ntified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology BH BH
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3. Individual behavior BH
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BH BH
Chapter
BH 01 BH Understanding Health Assessment
BH BH 1
Chapter
BH 02 BH Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
BH BH BH BH BH BH 11
Chapter
BH 03 BH Taking the Health History
BH BH BH 40
Chapter
BH 04 BH Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
BH BH BH BH 61
Chapter
BH 05 BH Assessment Techniques
BH 88
Chapter
BH 06 BH General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
BH BH BH BH BH 99
Chapter
BH 07 BH Assessing Pain
BH 128
Chapter
BH 08 BH Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
BH BH BH BH BH 149
Chapter
BH 09 BH Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
BH BH BH BH BH BH 188
Chapter
BH 10 BH Assessing the Ears
BH BH 229
Chapter
BH 11 BH Assessing BH the BH Eyes 250
Chapter
BH 12 BH Assessing BH the BH Respiratory System BH 281
Chapter
BH 13 BH Assessing BH the BH Cardiovascular System BH 308
Chapter
BH 14 BH Assessing BH the BH Abdomen 335
Chapter
BH 15 BHAssessing the
BH Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
BH BH BH BH BH BH BH 363
Chapter
BH 16 BHAssessing the
BH Musculoskeletal System
BH BH 391
Chapter
BH 17 BHAssessing the
BH Neurological System
BH BH 417
Chapter
BH 18 BHAssessing the
BH Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
BH BH BH BH BH BH 451
Chapter
BH 19 BHAssessing the
BH Male Breasts and Reproductive System
BH BH BH BH BH 477
Chapter
BH 20 BH Assessing BH the BH Anus and Rectum
BH BH 501
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BH 21 BH Assessing BH the BH Newborn 517
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BH 22 BH Assessing BH the BH Child and Adolescent
BH BH 555
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BH 23 BH Assessing BH the BH Pregnant Woman BH 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.
BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH BH
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. BH BH BH
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
BH BH BH BH
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
BH BH BH BH
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
BH BH BH BH
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a poli
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ce 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. BH
3. Person-centered care (PCC). BH BH
4. Standards of care. BH BH
4. The science- BH
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Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease pre
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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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8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. BH BH
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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