ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT
NURS 6001 — EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
2026 Edition • Complete Questions & Verified Answers
📋 Nursing Process (ADPIE) 🔬 Infection Control & Asepsis 🏥 Patient Safety & Care
Models
SECTION 1 — Types of Health Assessment
📌 Key Concept: Know the three main assessment types and when each is used. Emergency uses ABCDE; the
full nursing process uses ADPIE.
QUESTION / TERM ANSWER / EXPLANATION
Types of Assessment Three main types: comprehensive, episodic/problem-focused,
and emergency.
Comprehensive Assessment Performed on initial contact. Creates a full baseline of the
patient's health status — covers all body systems, preventive
health, and disease history. Time-consuming but thorough.
Episodic / Problem-Focused Focused on a specific complaint or health issue. Covers only
Assessment one or two body systems. Smaller in scope but more in-depth
than a full assessment.
Emergency Assessment Used when the patient's condition is life-threatening or unstable
(e.g., traumatic injury). Follows the ABCDE framework.
ABCDE (Emergency) Airway → Breathing → Circulation → Disability → Exposure
What is the Nursing Process? A systematic, patient-centered problem-solving approach for
identifying and treating human responses to actual or potential
health difficulties. Uses ADPIE.
ADPIE Assessment → Nursing Diagnosis → Planning →
Implementation → Evaluation. Each phase affects the others.
Assessment (ADPIE Step) Establish a baseline, review the patient's history, and perform a
physical assessment.
Nursing Diagnosis (ADPIE Step) Cluster collected data to form a judgement or statement about
the patient's condition or difficulties.
NANDA Nursing Diagnosis A clinical judgement about an individual's, family's, or
community's response to actual or potential health difficulties or
life processes. It guides selection of nursing interventions and
outcomes the nurse is accountable for.
, QUESTION / TERM ANSWER / EXPLANATION
Nursing Diagnosis vs. Medical Medical diagnosis focuses on identifying and treating disease.
Diagnosis Nursing diagnosis focuses on the human response to actual or
potential health problems.
Implementation (ADPIE Step) Carrying out the care plan — collaborating with the team,
involving the patient and family, and actually doing the work.
Evaluation (ADPIE Step) Determining how effective the nursing care was and how each
phase of ADPIE influenced the others.
SECTION 2 — Vital Signs & Physical Assessment
📌 Quick Recall: Normal BP = 120/80 | Pulse = 60–100 bpm | Respirations = 12–20 | O ₂ Sat = 95–100% | Oral
Temp = 97.7–99.5°F
QUESTION / TERM ANSWER / EXPLANATION
Normal Blood Pressure 120/80 mmHg
Normal Pulse Rate 60–100 beats per minute (bpm)
Pulse Strength Scale Graded on a 0–4+ scale
0 (Pulse Scale) Non-palpable or absent
1+ (Pulse Scale) Weak, diminished, barely palpable
2+ (Pulse Scale) Normal — expected finding
3+ (Pulse Scale) Full, increased
4+ (Pulse Scale) Bounding
Normal Oral Temperature 97.7–99.5°F
Normal Temporal Temperature 98.7–100.5°F
Five Methods to Take Oral, axillary, rectal, tympanic, and temporal
Temperature
Normal Respirations 12–20 breaths per minute
Normal O₂ Saturation 95–100%
Pain Scale Rated 1–10 by the patient (subjective)
COLDERR (Pain History) Characteristic · Onset · Location · Duration · Exacerbation ·
Relief · Radiation
SECTION 3 — Infection Control & Chain of Infection
NURS 6001 — EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
2026 Edition • Complete Questions & Verified Answers
📋 Nursing Process (ADPIE) 🔬 Infection Control & Asepsis 🏥 Patient Safety & Care
Models
SECTION 1 — Types of Health Assessment
📌 Key Concept: Know the three main assessment types and when each is used. Emergency uses ABCDE; the
full nursing process uses ADPIE.
QUESTION / TERM ANSWER / EXPLANATION
Types of Assessment Three main types: comprehensive, episodic/problem-focused,
and emergency.
Comprehensive Assessment Performed on initial contact. Creates a full baseline of the
patient's health status — covers all body systems, preventive
health, and disease history. Time-consuming but thorough.
Episodic / Problem-Focused Focused on a specific complaint or health issue. Covers only
Assessment one or two body systems. Smaller in scope but more in-depth
than a full assessment.
Emergency Assessment Used when the patient's condition is life-threatening or unstable
(e.g., traumatic injury). Follows the ABCDE framework.
ABCDE (Emergency) Airway → Breathing → Circulation → Disability → Exposure
What is the Nursing Process? A systematic, patient-centered problem-solving approach for
identifying and treating human responses to actual or potential
health difficulties. Uses ADPIE.
ADPIE Assessment → Nursing Diagnosis → Planning →
Implementation → Evaluation. Each phase affects the others.
Assessment (ADPIE Step) Establish a baseline, review the patient's history, and perform a
physical assessment.
Nursing Diagnosis (ADPIE Step) Cluster collected data to form a judgement or statement about
the patient's condition or difficulties.
NANDA Nursing Diagnosis A clinical judgement about an individual's, family's, or
community's response to actual or potential health difficulties or
life processes. It guides selection of nursing interventions and
outcomes the nurse is accountable for.
, QUESTION / TERM ANSWER / EXPLANATION
Nursing Diagnosis vs. Medical Medical diagnosis focuses on identifying and treating disease.
Diagnosis Nursing diagnosis focuses on the human response to actual or
potential health problems.
Implementation (ADPIE Step) Carrying out the care plan — collaborating with the team,
involving the patient and family, and actually doing the work.
Evaluation (ADPIE Step) Determining how effective the nursing care was and how each
phase of ADPIE influenced the others.
SECTION 2 — Vital Signs & Physical Assessment
📌 Quick Recall: Normal BP = 120/80 | Pulse = 60–100 bpm | Respirations = 12–20 | O ₂ Sat = 95–100% | Oral
Temp = 97.7–99.5°F
QUESTION / TERM ANSWER / EXPLANATION
Normal Blood Pressure 120/80 mmHg
Normal Pulse Rate 60–100 beats per minute (bpm)
Pulse Strength Scale Graded on a 0–4+ scale
0 (Pulse Scale) Non-palpable or absent
1+ (Pulse Scale) Weak, diminished, barely palpable
2+ (Pulse Scale) Normal — expected finding
3+ (Pulse Scale) Full, increased
4+ (Pulse Scale) Bounding
Normal Oral Temperature 97.7–99.5°F
Normal Temporal Temperature 98.7–100.5°F
Five Methods to Take Oral, axillary, rectal, tympanic, and temporal
Temperature
Normal Respirations 12–20 breaths per minute
Normal O₂ Saturation 95–100%
Pain Scale Rated 1–10 by the patient (subjective)
COLDERR (Pain History) Characteristic · Onset · Location · Duration · Exacerbation ·
Relief · Radiation
SECTION 3 — Infection Control & Chain of Infection
