NSG 121 Exam 1 HESI (Latest Update 2026 /
2027) Health Assessment Questions &
Answers {Grade A} 100% Correct – Herzing
university
Types of assessment - Correct answer Emergency (center on immediate and highest
priority problem)
Comprehensive
General Survey
Focused
Emergency assessment - Correct answer involves a life-threatening or unstable
situation
A—Airway (with cervical spine protection if an injury is suspected)
B—Breathing—rate and depth, use of accessory muscles
C—Circulation—pulse rate and rhythm, skin color
D—Disability—level of consciousness, pupils, movement
E—Exposure
,Comprehensive assessment - Correct answer broad and complete; includes a
complete health history and physical assessment and all body systems and areas; a
patient's perception of health, strengths to build upon, risk factors for illness,
functional abilities, methods of coping, and support systems
General survey assessment - Correct answer begins immediately upon meeting client
and continues throughout assessment; no measurements are done
-overall appearance, hygiene and dress, skin color, body structure and development,
behavior, facial expressions, posture, ROM, gait, speech, LOC
Focused assesssment - Correct answer based on the patient's health issues; usually
involves one or two body systems and is smaller in scope than the comprehensive
assessment, but more in-depth on the specific issue or issues
Example is a patient who presents to the clinic with a cough.
Levels of intervention to promote healthy change - Correct answer Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
,Primary prevention - Correct answer involves strategies aimed at preventing
problems and focuses on people and groups. Examples: Immunizations, health
teaching, safety precautions, and nutrition counseling, family planning services,
providing poison-control information, and accident-prevention education
Secondary prevention - Correct answer focus on screening for early detection of
disease with prompt diagnosis and treatment
Examples: Vision screening, Pap smears, BP screening, hearing testing, scoliosis
screening, and tuberculin skin testing
Tertiary prevention - Correct answer focuses on preventing complications of an
existing disease and promoting health to the highest level
Examples: Diet teaching, exercise programs, physical therapy, medication, surgical
treatment
, What is health assessment? - Correct answer gathering information about the health
status of the patient, analyzing and synthesizing those data, making judgments about
nursing interventions based on the findings, and evaluating patient care outcomes
Health assessment includes - Correct answer healthy history and physical
assessment
Critical thinking in nursing - Correct answer -Purposeful, outcome-directed (result-
oriented) thinking
-Is driven by patient, family, and community needs
-Is based on the nursing process, evidence-based thinking, and the scientific method
-Requires specific knowledge, skills, and experience
-New nurses must question
-Guided by professional standards and ethic codes
-Is constantly reevaluating, self-correcting, and striving to improve
Health promotion - Correct answer the behavior of a person who is motivated by a
personal desire to increase well-being and health potential
2027) Health Assessment Questions &
Answers {Grade A} 100% Correct – Herzing
university
Types of assessment - Correct answer Emergency (center on immediate and highest
priority problem)
Comprehensive
General Survey
Focused
Emergency assessment - Correct answer involves a life-threatening or unstable
situation
A—Airway (with cervical spine protection if an injury is suspected)
B—Breathing—rate and depth, use of accessory muscles
C—Circulation—pulse rate and rhythm, skin color
D—Disability—level of consciousness, pupils, movement
E—Exposure
,Comprehensive assessment - Correct answer broad and complete; includes a
complete health history and physical assessment and all body systems and areas; a
patient's perception of health, strengths to build upon, risk factors for illness,
functional abilities, methods of coping, and support systems
General survey assessment - Correct answer begins immediately upon meeting client
and continues throughout assessment; no measurements are done
-overall appearance, hygiene and dress, skin color, body structure and development,
behavior, facial expressions, posture, ROM, gait, speech, LOC
Focused assesssment - Correct answer based on the patient's health issues; usually
involves one or two body systems and is smaller in scope than the comprehensive
assessment, but more in-depth on the specific issue or issues
Example is a patient who presents to the clinic with a cough.
Levels of intervention to promote healthy change - Correct answer Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
,Primary prevention - Correct answer involves strategies aimed at preventing
problems and focuses on people and groups. Examples: Immunizations, health
teaching, safety precautions, and nutrition counseling, family planning services,
providing poison-control information, and accident-prevention education
Secondary prevention - Correct answer focus on screening for early detection of
disease with prompt diagnosis and treatment
Examples: Vision screening, Pap smears, BP screening, hearing testing, scoliosis
screening, and tuberculin skin testing
Tertiary prevention - Correct answer focuses on preventing complications of an
existing disease and promoting health to the highest level
Examples: Diet teaching, exercise programs, physical therapy, medication, surgical
treatment
, What is health assessment? - Correct answer gathering information about the health
status of the patient, analyzing and synthesizing those data, making judgments about
nursing interventions based on the findings, and evaluating patient care outcomes
Health assessment includes - Correct answer healthy history and physical
assessment
Critical thinking in nursing - Correct answer -Purposeful, outcome-directed (result-
oriented) thinking
-Is driven by patient, family, and community needs
-Is based on the nursing process, evidence-based thinking, and the scientific method
-Requires specific knowledge, skills, and experience
-New nurses must question
-Guided by professional standards and ethic codes
-Is constantly reevaluating, self-correcting, and striving to improve
Health promotion - Correct answer the behavior of a person who is motivated by a
personal desire to increase well-being and health potential
