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Exam 1: NSG121/ NSG 121 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing The nurse's role in health assessment to perform - ANSWER nursing process. What type of patient would you do a focus assessment on? - ANSWER Patient that has a specific problem. Primary prevention - ANSWER involves ...

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22 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

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Exam Final: NSG121/ NSG 121 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing what are the three criteria for involuntary admission? - ANSWER -person needs a psychiatric treatment -presents a danger to self or others -unable to meet his or her own basic needs due to mental illness risk factors for suicide include: - ANSWER ...

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25 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

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Exam 3: NSG121/ NSG 121 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing When admitting an acutely confused patient with a head injury, which action should the nurse take? a. Ask family members about the patient's health history. b. Ask leading questions to assist in obtaining health data. c. Wait until the patient is better oriented to ask questions. d. Obtain only the physiologic neurologic assessment data. - ...

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99 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

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Exam 4: NSG121/ NSG 121 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing What is Evidence Based Practice? - ANSWER problem solving approach to making clinical decisions using the best evidence available Why do we use EBP? - ANSWER - Client outcomes improve -Nurse's experience increase professional satisfaction - The cost...

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19 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

a-grade

NSG121/ NSG 121 Exam 3: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing Q: Older adult risks higher risks of hypertension and a cardiac disease Q: Older adults physiological changes in the heart Answer: cardiac reserves decline, left ventricular wall thickens and stiffens. Stress is harder to handle for an older heart Q: Biological risk factors Answer: older age, hypertension, males, elevated ch...

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12 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

nurse_steph

NSG121/ NSG 121 Exam 4: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing Q: Why is dysphagia concerning after a patient has had a stroke? Answer: Choking, aspiration pneumonia Q: Dysphagia symptoms Answer: Coughing, choking, clearing throat Q: Where is the Broca's area and what is it responsible for? Answer: Frontal lobe and regulates verbal expression and writing ability Q: How ...

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13 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

nurse_steph

NSG121/ NSG 121 Final Exam: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing Q: When examining a patients rectum what is considered alarming? Answer: Bleeding of any kind! Q: What is ataxia? Answer: uncoordinated or unsteady gait Q: What lab indicators should you consider when looking at a nutritional assessment? Answer: Albumin and pre albumin are indicators of poor nutrition. Q:...

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13 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

nurse_steph

NSG121/ NSG 121 Exam 2: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing Q: How do you do a skin turgor assessment? Answer: Near the clavicle, gently grasp a fold of the patient's skin between your fingers and pull up, then release. Tenting indicates dehydration. Poor skin turgor is also associated with aging. Q: Describe a papule Answer: Raised, defined, any color, less than 1 cm (ex: wart, insect ...

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17 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

nurse_steph

NSG121/ NSG 121 Exam 1: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing Q: Functional Assessment focuses on the functional patterns that all humans share Q: Head to toe assessment Answer: Most organized system for gathering comprehensive physical data. Q: body systems approach assessment Answer: organizational for documentation, communication Q: Verbal Communication Answer: an e...

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15 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

nurse_steph

QUESTION What is included in general shift assessment? Answer: Relevant to why the patient is there, includes quick head to toe Comprehensive focuses on all aspects of wellbeing QUESTION What lab value shows a woman is pregnant? Answer: HCG QUESTION T/F Nausea is normal in second trimester of pregnancy Answer: False, first trimester QUESTION When do pregnant women experience shortness of breath without exer- tion? Answer: First trimester ...

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18 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

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If a patient has a dull aching pain that is chronic in their legs accompanied by edema and warmth, what might they have? Answer: Chronic venous insufficiency QUESTION Why do we do 7 P's? What are we looking for? 1) Pain 2) Polar/poikilothermia (inability to regulate core body temperature) 3) Paresthesia 4) Paralysis (motion) 5) Pallor 6) Pulse 7) Perfusion (capillary refill) Answer: Acute atrial occlusion QUESTION Difference between stable angina and a...

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15 pages

Written in 2023/2024

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types of hair - vellus: fine, short, hypopigmented, located throughout body - terminal: dark, coarse, located on scalp, brows, eyelids, axillae, perineum QUESTION pruritis Answer: itching QUESTION equipment needed for integumentary examination Answer: - gown - tape measure - penlight - magnifying glass QUESTION primary skin lesions Answer: - arise from normal skin due to irritation or disease Ex: macule, papule, nodule, wheal, blister, po...

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28 pages

Written in 2023/2024

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QUESTION non-therapeutic responses - false reassurance - sympathy - unwanted advice - biased questions - change of subject - distractions - overwhelming language - interrupting QUESTION horizontal/lateral violence Answer: - peer-to-peer disruption - anger, aggressive behavior between nurses - can be verbal, non-verbal, body language, or physical - Ex: eye rolling, spreading rumors, humiliation, withholding information, gossiping QUESTION phases of the...

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25 pages

Written in 2023/2024

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Exam 4: NSG 121/ NSG121 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment Review | Questions and Verified Answers| All Units Covered| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing Q: Why is dysphasia a concern after a stroke? Answer: Patient is at risk for aspiration Q: Where is Broca Area? Answer: Frontal Lobe Q: What is Broca Area Responsible For? Answer: Responsible for written language and expressive aphasia, verbal expression Q: How would you as a nurse communicate with a patie...

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16 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

nurse_steph

Exam 3: NSG 121/ NSG121 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment Review | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing Q: T/F: During increase activity an elderly person is likely to experience elevated heart rate, bounding pulse, and shortness of breath Answer: False The heart has a decreased response to the sympathetic system so none of these things will occur. What you can see is an increase in systolic blood pressure but that's related to stiffening of the...

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14 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

nurse_steph

Exam 2: NSG 121/ NSG121 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment Review | Questions and Verified Answers| All Units Covered| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing Q: turgor elasticity of the skin Q: effects of aging on integumentary system Answer: - thinner skin due to loss of collagen and elastin - decreased turgor (best evaluated over sternum or subclavicular space in older adults) - decreased melatonin - nail growth slows down - thinner and more brittle nails - decreased sw...

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26 pages

Written in 2023/2024

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nurse_steph

Exam 1: NSG 121/ NSG121 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment Review | Questions and Verified Answers| All Units Covered| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing Q: True/False: A health assessment includes both a health history and a physical examination. Answer: True Q: 7 step process of diagnostic reasoning in health assessment Answer: - identify abnormal data - cluster the data - draw inferences - propose nursing diagnoses - check for presence of defining character...

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23 pages

Written in 2023/2024

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nurse_steph

Exam 1: NSG121/ NSG 121 (NEW 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing QUESTION When percussing a client and you hear a dull sound , where might you be ? Answer: Over an organ (heart, liver, spleen) QUESTION If you hear a flat sound where might you be? Answer: Over muscles, bone, or tumor QUESTION If you hear a tympany sound where might you be? Answer: Over air pockets (sto...

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17 pages

Written in 2023/2024

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Exam 2: NSG121/ NSG 121 (NEW 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing QUESTION In assessing the head and neck of a client and the patient reports having a loss of vision. Appropriate action by the nurse. Answer: specifically a timeline of when the loss started, if it was gradual or sudden and when it stopped. QUESTION When assessing a client's ears and the client reports having intermittent diz...

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12 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

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HESI NSG121/ NSG 121 (NEW 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A- Herzing QUESTION Lesion Assessment & Primary vs. Secondary Lesion Answer: Primary Lesion: arise from previously normal skin Secondary Lesion: follow primary lesions (scare tissue) If observed, note the shape and measure the length, width, and depth with a ruler. If a wound is deep or tunneled, insert a cotton applicator to measure depth. ...

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15 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

ace_it