NUR631 / NUR 631 Exam 1: Advanced
Health Assessment Expert Strategies,
Review of Key Quizzes, and Practice
Questions for Guaranteed Success –
D’Youville
Description
This NUR631 Advanced Health Assessment Test 1 at D'Youville University focuses
on foundational, advanced assessment skills, typically comprising 115 multiple-choice
questions & Answers.
Key topics include
comprehensive history taking, differentiating subjective/objective data, general survey,
skin assessment, eye/ear exams, and health promotion across the lifespan.
Key Study Areas for Test 1:
History Taking & Techniques: Interviewing techniques, identifying comprehensive vs.
focused assessments, and reviewing systems.
Physical Assessment: Techniques (inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation).
Skin & Head/Neck: Skin cancer types (BCC, SCC, Melanoma), skin lesions (eczema,
psoriasis, alopecia), and hair/nail assessment.
HEENT: Vision/hearing changes, cataracts, pterygium, corneal arcus, otitis
media/externa, and headache types (migraine, cluster, tension).
General Survey & Data Interpretation: BMI, pain types, vital signs, and distinguishing
subjective from objective data.
Clinical Reasoning: Analyzing symptoms to differentiate between single and multiple
disease processes.
1
, Quiz_________________?
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history
be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper
respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" -
Answer☑️
c) a new patient with the CC of "I am here to establish care"
the patient is new to the provider so a comprehensive health history is
needed
Quiz_________________?
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except
which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items -
Answer☑️
B) thorax and lungs
2
, these are part of the physical examination
Quiz_________________?
3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is
worse with activity and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective -
Answer☑️
A) subjective
this is information given by the patient
Quiz_________________?
4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective -
Answer☑️
B) objective
3
, this is information obtained by the examiner
Quiz_________________?
5. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient
has had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time;
it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is
accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric
area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems -
Answer☑️
B) Present illness
HPI
Quiz_________________?
6. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient
completed 8th grade. He currently lives with his wife and two children. He
works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass factory during the
week."
Which category does it belong to?
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Health Assessment Expert Strategies,
Review of Key Quizzes, and Practice
Questions for Guaranteed Success –
D’Youville
Description
This NUR631 Advanced Health Assessment Test 1 at D'Youville University focuses
on foundational, advanced assessment skills, typically comprising 115 multiple-choice
questions & Answers.
Key topics include
comprehensive history taking, differentiating subjective/objective data, general survey,
skin assessment, eye/ear exams, and health promotion across the lifespan.
Key Study Areas for Test 1:
History Taking & Techniques: Interviewing techniques, identifying comprehensive vs.
focused assessments, and reviewing systems.
Physical Assessment: Techniques (inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation).
Skin & Head/Neck: Skin cancer types (BCC, SCC, Melanoma), skin lesions (eczema,
psoriasis, alopecia), and hair/nail assessment.
HEENT: Vision/hearing changes, cataracts, pterygium, corneal arcus, otitis
media/externa, and headache types (migraine, cluster, tension).
General Survey & Data Interpretation: BMI, pain types, vital signs, and distinguishing
subjective from objective data.
Clinical Reasoning: Analyzing symptoms to differentiate between single and multiple
disease processes.
1
, Quiz_________________?
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history
be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper
respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" -
Answer☑️
c) a new patient with the CC of "I am here to establish care"
the patient is new to the provider so a comprehensive health history is
needed
Quiz_________________?
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except
which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items -
Answer☑️
B) thorax and lungs
2
, these are part of the physical examination
Quiz_________________?
3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is
worse with activity and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective -
Answer☑️
A) subjective
this is information given by the patient
Quiz_________________?
4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective -
Answer☑️
B) objective
3
, this is information obtained by the examiner
Quiz_________________?
5. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient
has had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time;
it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is
accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric
area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems -
Answer☑️
B) Present illness
HPI
Quiz_________________?
6. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient
completed 8th grade. He currently lives with his wife and two children. He
works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass factory during the
week."
Which category does it belong to?
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