Health Assessment Test Bank 1 – Latest
2025/2026 Exam Prep & Practice Questions
A - correct answer. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These
types of data would be:
A. objective
B. reflective
C. subjective
D. Introspective
C - correct answerA patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and
feels hot. These types of data would be:
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. subjective
D. Introspective
A - correct answerThe patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data combine to form the:
a.Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
C - correct answerWhen listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patients physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
B - correct answerThe nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their
decisions using:
, a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c.Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors
A - correct answerExpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act
without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a.Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
C - correct answerThe nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice
(EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
d. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
D - correct answerThe nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
C - correct answerWhen considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in
mind that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
a. Low self-esteem
2025/2026 Exam Prep & Practice Questions
A - correct answer. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These
types of data would be:
A. objective
B. reflective
C. subjective
D. Introspective
C - correct answerA patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and
feels hot. These types of data would be:
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. subjective
D. Introspective
A - correct answerThe patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data combine to form the:
a.Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
C - correct answerWhen listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patients physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
B - correct answerThe nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their
decisions using:
, a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c.Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors
A - correct answerExpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act
without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a.Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
C - correct answerThe nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice
(EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
d. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
D - correct answerThe nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
C - correct answerWhen considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in
mind that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
a. Low self-esteem
