Health Assessment in Nursing – Comprehensive Exam
Based on: Weber, Health Assessment in Nursing, 7th Edition
Chapter 1: The Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment
Knowledge Questions
1. The primary purpose of a health assessment is to:
a. Diagnose disease
b. Identify patient needs and plan care
c. Prescribe treatment
d. Order diagnostic tests
Answer: b. Identify patient needs and plan care
Rationale: Nursing assessments focus on identifying patient responses and needs to
guide care planning.
2. Which is an example of subjective data?
a. Blood pressure 130/80 mmHg
b. Patient reports dizziness
c. Rash on left arm
d. Oxygen saturation 98%
Answer: b. Patient reports dizziness
Rationale: Subjective data comes from the patient’s perspective (symptoms).
3. Which type of nursing assessment is performed at every patient encounter?
,a. Emergency assessment
b. Comprehensive assessment
c. Ongoing/partial assessment
d. Focused assessment
Answer: c. Ongoing/partial assessment
Rationale: This type monitors previously identified problems and evaluates
interventions.
4. What is the first step of the nursing process?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Implementation
d. Diagnosis
Answer: b. Assessment
Rationale: Gathering data through health assessment is the foundation of the nursing
process.
5. Which assessment is most appropriate for a patient arriving at the ER with chest
pain?
a. Comprehensive assessment
b. Ongoing assessment
c. Emergency assessment
d. Focused assessment
Answer: c. Emergency assessment
,Rationale: Emergency assessments quickly identify life-threatening conditions.
6. Objective data includes:
a. Pain rating 8/10
b. Nausea
c. Sweating observed by nurse
d. Headache
Answer: c. Sweating observed by nurse
Rationale: Objective data is measurable and observed by the nurse.
7. Which of the following is NOT a role of the nurse in health assessment?
a. Collecting health data
b. Diagnosing disease
c. Evaluating care
d. Collaborating with other professionals
Answer: b. Diagnosing disease
Rationale: Nurses do not make medical diagnoses; they focus on nursing diagnoses
and care planning.
8. What type of assessment is completed during the first encounter with a patient?
a. Comprehensive assessment
b. Ongoing assessment
c. Focused assessment
, d. Emergency assessment
Answer: a. Comprehensive assessment
Rationale: Comprehensive assessments establish a baseline and full health history.
9. A nurse collects vital signs every 4 hours on a hospitalized patient. This is an
example of:
a. Focused assessment
b. Ongoing assessment
c. Comprehensive assessment
d. Emergency assessment
Answer: b. Ongoing assessment
Rationale: Repeated assessments monitor progress and changes in condition.
10. Which best defines health assessment?
a. Identifying disease process
b. Collecting and analyzing data to plan care
c. Prescribing medical treatment
d. Documenting medical history only
Based on: Weber, Health Assessment in Nursing, 7th Edition
Chapter 1: The Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment
Knowledge Questions
1. The primary purpose of a health assessment is to:
a. Diagnose disease
b. Identify patient needs and plan care
c. Prescribe treatment
d. Order diagnostic tests
Answer: b. Identify patient needs and plan care
Rationale: Nursing assessments focus on identifying patient responses and needs to
guide care planning.
2. Which is an example of subjective data?
a. Blood pressure 130/80 mmHg
b. Patient reports dizziness
c. Rash on left arm
d. Oxygen saturation 98%
Answer: b. Patient reports dizziness
Rationale: Subjective data comes from the patient’s perspective (symptoms).
3. Which type of nursing assessment is performed at every patient encounter?
,a. Emergency assessment
b. Comprehensive assessment
c. Ongoing/partial assessment
d. Focused assessment
Answer: c. Ongoing/partial assessment
Rationale: This type monitors previously identified problems and evaluates
interventions.
4. What is the first step of the nursing process?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Implementation
d. Diagnosis
Answer: b. Assessment
Rationale: Gathering data through health assessment is the foundation of the nursing
process.
5. Which assessment is most appropriate for a patient arriving at the ER with chest
pain?
a. Comprehensive assessment
b. Ongoing assessment
c. Emergency assessment
d. Focused assessment
Answer: c. Emergency assessment
,Rationale: Emergency assessments quickly identify life-threatening conditions.
6. Objective data includes:
a. Pain rating 8/10
b. Nausea
c. Sweating observed by nurse
d. Headache
Answer: c. Sweating observed by nurse
Rationale: Objective data is measurable and observed by the nurse.
7. Which of the following is NOT a role of the nurse in health assessment?
a. Collecting health data
b. Diagnosing disease
c. Evaluating care
d. Collaborating with other professionals
Answer: b. Diagnosing disease
Rationale: Nurses do not make medical diagnoses; they focus on nursing diagnoses
and care planning.
8. What type of assessment is completed during the first encounter with a patient?
a. Comprehensive assessment
b. Ongoing assessment
c. Focused assessment
, d. Emergency assessment
Answer: a. Comprehensive assessment
Rationale: Comprehensive assessments establish a baseline and full health history.
9. A nurse collects vital signs every 4 hours on a hospitalized patient. This is an
example of:
a. Focused assessment
b. Ongoing assessment
c. Comprehensive assessment
d. Emergency assessment
Answer: b. Ongoing assessment
Rationale: Repeated assessments monitor progress and changes in condition.
10. Which best defines health assessment?
a. Identifying disease process
b. Collecting and analyzing data to plan care
c. Prescribing medical treatment
d. Documenting medical history only
