ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS CORRECT
ANSWERS AND DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
Master Head-to-Toe Assessment, Clinical Findings and
Diagnostic Reasoning for Exam Success
Which of the following statements represents subjective data
obtained from the patient regarding his skin?
A) Skin appears dry.
B) No obvious lesions
C) Denies color change
D) Lesion noted lateral aspect right arm - CORRECT
ANSWERS -C) Denies color change
Remember that the history (from the chief complaint through
review of systems) should be limited to patient statements or
subjective data—factors that the person says were or were not
present.
Subjective data is what the patient tells you.
,The following information is best placed in which category? "The
patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery
(LAD) in 1999."
A) Medical
B) Surgical
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - CORRECT ANSWERS -B) Surgical
Provide information relative to Adult Illnesses in each of four
areas: Medical, Surgical, Obstetric/Gynecologic, and Psychiatric.
During the aging process, the hair can look gray or white and
begin to feel thin and fine. The nurse practitioner knows that this
occurs because of a decrease in:
A) pigmentation
B) thyroid stimulating hormone
C) phagocytes
D) fungacytes - CORRECT ANSWERS -A) pigmentation
Hair undergoes a series of changes. Scalp hair loses its pigment
(functioning of melanocytes) so the hair looks gray or white and
feels thin and fine. The other options are not correct.
,You are speaking to an 8th grade class about health prevention
and are preparing to discuss the ABCDEs of melanoma. Which of
the following descriptions correctly defines the ABCDEs?
A) A = actinic; B = basal cell; C = color changes, especially blue; D
= diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes,
especially blue; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
C) A = actinic; B = irregular borders; C = keratoses; D =
dystrophic nails; E = evolution
D) A = asymmetry; B = regular borders; C = color changes,
especially orange; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution -
CORRECT ANSWERS -B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular
borders; C = color changes, especially blue; D = diameter >6 mm;
E = evolution
You are examining the skin on a 22 year old female when you
notice a circumscribed superficial lesion that is elevated
approximately 0.5cm in diameter, filled with serous fluid. What
type of lesion is this?
A) macule
B) papule
C) vesicle
D) spider angioma - CORRECT ANSWERS -C) vesicle
, Vesicle - up to 1.0 cm filled with serous fluid
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for
rehabilitation after being in the hospital for 6 weeks. She was
treated for sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on a
ventilator for 3 weeks. The nurse is completing an initial
assessment and evaluating the client's skin condition. On her
sacrum there is full-thickness skin loss that is 5 cm in diameter
with damage to the subcutaneous tissue. The underlying muscle is
not affected. What is the stage of this pressure ulcer?
A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4 - CORRECT ANSWERS -C) Stage 3
A crater appears in the skin, with full-thickness skin loss and
damage to or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue that may extend to,
but not through underlying muscle.
Mrs. Anderson presents with an itchy rash which is raised and
appears and disappears in various locations. Each lesion lasts for
many minutes. What most likely accounts for this rash?
A) Insect bites
B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
C) Psoriasis
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS CORRECT
ANSWERS AND DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
Master Head-to-Toe Assessment, Clinical Findings and
Diagnostic Reasoning for Exam Success
Which of the following statements represents subjective data
obtained from the patient regarding his skin?
A) Skin appears dry.
B) No obvious lesions
C) Denies color change
D) Lesion noted lateral aspect right arm - CORRECT
ANSWERS -C) Denies color change
Remember that the history (from the chief complaint through
review of systems) should be limited to patient statements or
subjective data—factors that the person says were or were not
present.
Subjective data is what the patient tells you.
,The following information is best placed in which category? "The
patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery
(LAD) in 1999."
A) Medical
B) Surgical
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - CORRECT ANSWERS -B) Surgical
Provide information relative to Adult Illnesses in each of four
areas: Medical, Surgical, Obstetric/Gynecologic, and Psychiatric.
During the aging process, the hair can look gray or white and
begin to feel thin and fine. The nurse practitioner knows that this
occurs because of a decrease in:
A) pigmentation
B) thyroid stimulating hormone
C) phagocytes
D) fungacytes - CORRECT ANSWERS -A) pigmentation
Hair undergoes a series of changes. Scalp hair loses its pigment
(functioning of melanocytes) so the hair looks gray or white and
feels thin and fine. The other options are not correct.
,You are speaking to an 8th grade class about health prevention
and are preparing to discuss the ABCDEs of melanoma. Which of
the following descriptions correctly defines the ABCDEs?
A) A = actinic; B = basal cell; C = color changes, especially blue; D
= diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular borders; C = color changes,
especially blue; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution
C) A = actinic; B = irregular borders; C = keratoses; D =
dystrophic nails; E = evolution
D) A = asymmetry; B = regular borders; C = color changes,
especially orange; D = diameter >6 mm; E = evolution -
CORRECT ANSWERS -B) A = asymmetry; B = irregular
borders; C = color changes, especially blue; D = diameter >6 mm;
E = evolution
You are examining the skin on a 22 year old female when you
notice a circumscribed superficial lesion that is elevated
approximately 0.5cm in diameter, filled with serous fluid. What
type of lesion is this?
A) macule
B) papule
C) vesicle
D) spider angioma - CORRECT ANSWERS -C) vesicle
, Vesicle - up to 1.0 cm filled with serous fluid
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for
rehabilitation after being in the hospital for 6 weeks. She was
treated for sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on a
ventilator for 3 weeks. The nurse is completing an initial
assessment and evaluating the client's skin condition. On her
sacrum there is full-thickness skin loss that is 5 cm in diameter
with damage to the subcutaneous tissue. The underlying muscle is
not affected. What is the stage of this pressure ulcer?
A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4 - CORRECT ANSWERS -C) Stage 3
A crater appears in the skin, with full-thickness skin loss and
damage to or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue that may extend to,
but not through underlying muscle.
Mrs. Anderson presents with an itchy rash which is raised and
appears and disappears in various locations. Each lesion lasts for
many minutes. What most likely accounts for this rash?
A) Insect bites
B) Wheals, urticaria, or hives
C) Psoriasis
