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by Janice M Thompson, Chapter 1 - 24
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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
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Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
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Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
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Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
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Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
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Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
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Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
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Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
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Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System 451
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Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
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Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
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Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health forAll.‖ The goal
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for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get thesame 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. Resourcesforhealth care to be evenly distributed andaccessible.
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4. Health-careproviders can never deny patients health care. x x x x x x x




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1. This is incorrect. ―Health for All‖doesnot mean that all individuals get thesame health
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care throughout their life spans.
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2. This isincorrect. ―Health forAll‖doesnot mean the government will supply money to care
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for all the people in the world.
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3. This is correct. ―Health for All‖ means that resources for health care are evenly
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2. Health assessmentis a foundational and priority nursing skill. Thisessential skill requires registered
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nurses (RNs) to:
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2. Identifynormal and abnormal findings. x x x x




3. Referpatientswithabnormalfindings.x x x x




4. Counselpatientswithpsychosocial needs. x x x x




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1. This is incorrect. The role of the RN is not to diagnose and treat patients.
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2. This is correct.Assessing patients and beingableto identify normal from abnormal
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xfindings is an essential role of the RN. x x x x x x x




3. Thisisincorrect.RNsin collaborationwiththe health-careproviders dorefer
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xpatients. This is not the essential and foundational role in health assessment.
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4. This is incorrect. RNs do counsel patients, but it isnot the essential and foundational role in
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health assessment.
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3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presenceoutside
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his door becausethe patient is aknown drug dealer inthe community. You know that nurses must treat all
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patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
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4. Standardsof care. x x




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1. This is incorrect. Caring is displaying a concern for patients.
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2. This isincorrect. The holistic caring processis arelational process; the nurse
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collaborates with the individual to pursue goals for health and well-being.
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3. Thisiscorrect.Thenew movementin healthcare is person-centered care(PCC), which
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emphasizes the intrinsic value of treating all patients as persons.
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4. Thisisincorrect.Standardsofcareidentify standardsofprofessional nursing
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4. The science-based framework updated every 10 yearsby the U.S.Department of Healthand Human
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Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease preventionis:
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1. Thisis incorrect. Healthy People is the general title for the nation’s federal initiative.
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2. This is correct. Healthy People 2020 specifically identifies science-based, national goalsand
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objectiveswith10-yeartargetsdesigned toguidenationalhealthpromotion and disease
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prevention efforts to improvethe health of all people in the United States.
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3. This isincorrect. The U.S. PreventiveServicesTask Force’s goal isto use evidence- based
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medicine to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based
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4. This is incorrect. The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United
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Nations working to improve the healthof the world’s people.
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