HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 1WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. *Assessment*: *Assessment* is the collection of subjective and objective data about a patient's
health.
2. *Subjective data*: *Subjective data* consist of information provided by the attected individual
3.*Objective data*: *Objective data* include information obtained by the health care
provider through physical assessment, the patient's record, and laboratory studies.
4.*The database*: The *database* is the totality of information available about the patient. The
purpose of assessment is to make a judgment or diagnosis.
5.*Diagnostic reasoning*: *Diagnostic reasoning* is the process of analyzing health data
and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses.
6.Diagnostic reasoning has which four major components?: *Diagnostic
reasoning* has which four major components?
(1) *Attending to* initially available *cues*, which are pieces of information, signs, symptoms, or laborator
data;
(2) *Formulating diagnostic hypotheses*, which are tentative explanations for a cue or a set of cues and
can serve as a basis for further investigation;
(3) *Gathering data* relative to the tentative hypotheses;
(4) *evaluating each hypothesis* with the new data collected, which leads to a final diagnosis.
7.The *nursing process* includes which six phases?: The *nursing process*
includes which six phases?
,(1) *assessment*,
(2) *diagnosis*,
(3) *outcome identification*,
(4) *planning*,
(5) *implementation*, and
(6) *evaluation*.
It is a dynamic, interactive process in which practitioners move back and forth within the steps.
8.The *novice nurse*: The *novice nurse* has no experience with specific patient populations
and uses rules to guide performance.
9.The *experienced nurse*: The *experienced nurse* understands a patient situation as a
whole rather than as a list of tasks, attends to an assessment data pattern, and acts without consciously
labeling it.
10.*Critical thinking*: *Critical thinking* is the multidimensional thinking process needed
for sound di- agnostic reasoning and clinical judgment. Seventeen critical thinking skills have been
identified, including *setting priorities.*
,11.*First-level priority problems*: *First-level priority problems* are emergent, life-
threatening, and immediate, such as establishing an airway or supporting breathing.
12. *Second-level priority problems*: *Second-level priority problems* are next in
urgency. They require prompt intervention to prevent deterioration, and may include a mental
status change or acute pain.
13.*Third-level priority problems*: *Third-level priority problems* are important to
the patient's health, but can be addressed after more urgent problems. Examples include lack of
knowledge or family coping.
14. Evidence-based practice: Evidence-based practice is a systematic approach to practice that
uses the
*best evidence,* the *clinician's experience,* and the *patient's preferences and values* to make
decisions about care and treatment.
15. Every examiner needs to collect *four kinds of databases* based on
the
Situation. What are the four kinds of databases?: Every examiner needs to collect
*four kinds of databases* based on the situation. What are the four kinds of databases?
(1) A *complete (or total health) database* includes a complete health history and a full physical examinatio
(2) A *focused (or problem-centered) database* is used for a limited or short-term problem. It is smaller
in scope and more targeted than the complete database.
(3) A *follow-up database* evaluates the status of any identified problem at regular intervals to follow up
on short-term or chronic health problems.
, (4) An *emergency database* calls for rapid collection of data, which commonly occurs while
performing lifesaving measures.
16. The *biomedical model*: The *biomedical model* of Western medicine views health as
the absence
Of disease. It focuses on collecting data on biophysical signs and symptoms and on curing disease.
17.The *holistic health model*: The *holistic health model* assesses the whole person
because it views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent and functioning as a whole within the
environment. Health depends on all these factors working together.
18. The concept of health also includes health promotion and disea
preven-
Tion.: ...
Health assessment also should consider what two other factors?:
19.
Health assess- ment also should consider what two other factors?
(1) The usual and expected *developmental tasks* for each age group
(2) The *cultural beliefs and practices* of ditterent people. Obtaining a heritage assessment helps gather
data that are accurate and meaningful and can guide culturally sensitive and appropriate care.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. *Assessment*: *Assessment* is the collection of subjective and objective data about a patient's
health.
2. *Subjective data*: *Subjective data* consist of information provided by the attected individual
3.*Objective data*: *Objective data* include information obtained by the health care
provider through physical assessment, the patient's record, and laboratory studies.
4.*The database*: The *database* is the totality of information available about the patient. The
purpose of assessment is to make a judgment or diagnosis.
5.*Diagnostic reasoning*: *Diagnostic reasoning* is the process of analyzing health data
and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses.
6.Diagnostic reasoning has which four major components?: *Diagnostic
reasoning* has which four major components?
(1) *Attending to* initially available *cues*, which are pieces of information, signs, symptoms, or laborator
data;
(2) *Formulating diagnostic hypotheses*, which are tentative explanations for a cue or a set of cues and
can serve as a basis for further investigation;
(3) *Gathering data* relative to the tentative hypotheses;
(4) *evaluating each hypothesis* with the new data collected, which leads to a final diagnosis.
7.The *nursing process* includes which six phases?: The *nursing process*
includes which six phases?
,(1) *assessment*,
(2) *diagnosis*,
(3) *outcome identification*,
(4) *planning*,
(5) *implementation*, and
(6) *evaluation*.
It is a dynamic, interactive process in which practitioners move back and forth within the steps.
8.The *novice nurse*: The *novice nurse* has no experience with specific patient populations
and uses rules to guide performance.
9.The *experienced nurse*: The *experienced nurse* understands a patient situation as a
whole rather than as a list of tasks, attends to an assessment data pattern, and acts without consciously
labeling it.
10.*Critical thinking*: *Critical thinking* is the multidimensional thinking process needed
for sound di- agnostic reasoning and clinical judgment. Seventeen critical thinking skills have been
identified, including *setting priorities.*
,11.*First-level priority problems*: *First-level priority problems* are emergent, life-
threatening, and immediate, such as establishing an airway or supporting breathing.
12. *Second-level priority problems*: *Second-level priority problems* are next in
urgency. They require prompt intervention to prevent deterioration, and may include a mental
status change or acute pain.
13.*Third-level priority problems*: *Third-level priority problems* are important to
the patient's health, but can be addressed after more urgent problems. Examples include lack of
knowledge or family coping.
14. Evidence-based practice: Evidence-based practice is a systematic approach to practice that
uses the
*best evidence,* the *clinician's experience,* and the *patient's preferences and values* to make
decisions about care and treatment.
15. Every examiner needs to collect *four kinds of databases* based on
the
Situation. What are the four kinds of databases?: Every examiner needs to collect
*four kinds of databases* based on the situation. What are the four kinds of databases?
(1) A *complete (or total health) database* includes a complete health history and a full physical examinatio
(2) A *focused (or problem-centered) database* is used for a limited or short-term problem. It is smaller
in scope and more targeted than the complete database.
(3) A *follow-up database* evaluates the status of any identified problem at regular intervals to follow up
on short-term or chronic health problems.
, (4) An *emergency database* calls for rapid collection of data, which commonly occurs while
performing lifesaving measures.
16. The *biomedical model*: The *biomedical model* of Western medicine views health as
the absence
Of disease. It focuses on collecting data on biophysical signs and symptoms and on curing disease.
17.The *holistic health model*: The *holistic health model* assesses the whole person
because it views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent and functioning as a whole within the
environment. Health depends on all these factors working together.
18. The concept of health also includes health promotion and disea
preven-
Tion.: ...
Health assessment also should consider what two other factors?:
19.
Health assess- ment also should consider what two other factors?
(1) The usual and expected *developmental tasks* for each age group
(2) The *cultural beliefs and practices* of ditterent people. Obtaining a heritage assessment helps gather
data that are accurate and meaningful and can guide culturally sensitive and appropriate care.
