TEST BANK for Essential Health
Assessment, 2nd Edition by Janice
Thompson
VERIFIED EXAM Q&As FOR EXAM
PREPARATIONS| ALL CHAPTERS 1-24
ALL ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF EACH
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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, Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.‖ The goal for
this strategy is:
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires registered nurses
(RNs) to:
1. Diagnose and treat patients.
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presence outside
his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses must treat all
patients as persons. This is called:
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process.
3. Person-centered care (PCC).
4. Standards of care.
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
1. Healthy People.
2. Healthy People 2020.
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4. World Health Organization.
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, 5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age 48. The
doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
1. Primary health prevention.
2. Secondary health prevention.
3. Tertiary health prevention.
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks he is running a
fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge. What should you do?
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
4. Go to the patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a challenging
patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem solved and new ideas
formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are you using?
1. Critical thinking
2. Clinical decision making
3. Intuitive thinking
4. Clinical reasoning
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
1. American Nurses Association.
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
3. Research and evidence-based practice.
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Assessment, 2nd Edition by Janice
Thompson
VERIFIED EXAM Q&As FOR EXAM
PREPARATIONS| ALL CHAPTERS 1-24
ALL ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF EACH
CHAPTER
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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, Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.‖ The goal for
this strategy is:
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires registered nurses
(RNs) to:
1. Diagnose and treat patients.
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presence outside
his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses must treat all
patients as persons. This is called:
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process.
3. Person-centered care (PCC).
4. Standards of care.
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
1. Healthy People.
2. Healthy People 2020.
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3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
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4. World Health Organization.
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, 5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age 48. The
doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
1. Primary health prevention.
2. Secondary health prevention.
3. Tertiary health prevention.
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks he is running a
fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge. What should you do?
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
4. Go to the patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a challenging
patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem solved and new ideas
formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are you using?
1. Critical thinking
2. Clinical decision making
3. Intuitive thinking
4. Clinical reasoning
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
1. American Nurses Association.
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
3. Research and evidence-based practice.
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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