Test Bank for
Nursing Health Assessment The Foundation of Clinical Practice,
3rd Edition, Patricia M. Dillon
,Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Assessment
2. Assessing the Integumentary System
3. Assessing the Head, Face and Neck
4. Assessing Eyes and the Ears
5. Assessing the Respiratory System
6. Assessing the Cardiovascular System
7. Assessing the Peripheral -Vascular and Lymphatic Systems
8. Assessing the Breasts
9. Assessing the Abdomen
10. Assessing the Female Genitourinary
11. Assessing the Male Genitourinary
12. Assessing the Motor Musculoskeletal System
13. Assessing the Sensory Neurological System
14. Assessing the Mother to Be
15. Assessing the Newborn and Infant
16. Assessing the Toddler and Preschooler
17. Assessing the School-Age Child and Adolescent
18. Assessing the Older Adult
19. Assessing the Homeless Person
20. Assessing Pain
,21. Approach to the Mental Health Assessment
22. Assessing Nutrition
23. Assessing Spirituality
24. Assessing Culture
25. Assessing the Patient’s Environment
26. Assessing Abuse
27. Assessing the Dying Patient—new
, Chapter 01: The Complete Health Assessment
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which pcritical pthinking pskill pallows pthe pnurse pto pthink poutside pof pthe pbox pwhen passessing pa ppatient?
1) Divergent pthinking
2) Reasoning
3) Creativity
4) Reflection
2. The pprimary plevel pof ppreventive phealth pcare pfocuses pon pwhich ptopic?
1) Health ppromotion
2) Early pdetection
3) Promotion pintervention
4) End-of-life pcare
3. The pnurse pis pprioritizing pdata pcollected pduring pthe phealth passessment. pWhich pdata pis pprimary?
1) Pain prating pof p4 pon pa p1 pto p10 pnumeric pscale
2) New pdiagnosis pof ptype p2 pdiabetes pmellitus p(DM)
3) Blood ppressure pof p130/90 pmmHg
4) Pulse poximetry preading pof p73%
4. Which ptype pof pskill pis pmost pimportant pwhen pperforming pa pphysical passessment?
1) Psychomotor
2) Interpersonal
3) Ethical
4) Affective
5. Which pactivity pis pan pexample pof psecondary pprevention?
1) Wound pdébridement
2) Immunization
3) Preoperative pteaching
4) Long-term pnasogastric pfeedings
6. Which passessment pdata pis pconsidered pa psymptom?
1) Rapid prespirations
2) Sweaty ppalms
3) Belching
4) Feelings pof panxiety
7. Who por pwhat pis pconsidered pthe pprimary pdata psource pfor pa ptoddler-age ppatient?
1) The ptoddler
2) A pparent
3) The pmedical precord
4) Other phealthcare pproviders
8. Which ppart pof pthe passessment pprovides pthe pmost psubjective pdata?
1) Health phistory
2) Physical passessment
3) Review pof pmedical precords
4) Medication precord
Nursing Health Assessment The Foundation of Clinical Practice,
3rd Edition, Patricia M. Dillon
,Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Assessment
2. Assessing the Integumentary System
3. Assessing the Head, Face and Neck
4. Assessing Eyes and the Ears
5. Assessing the Respiratory System
6. Assessing the Cardiovascular System
7. Assessing the Peripheral -Vascular and Lymphatic Systems
8. Assessing the Breasts
9. Assessing the Abdomen
10. Assessing the Female Genitourinary
11. Assessing the Male Genitourinary
12. Assessing the Motor Musculoskeletal System
13. Assessing the Sensory Neurological System
14. Assessing the Mother to Be
15. Assessing the Newborn and Infant
16. Assessing the Toddler and Preschooler
17. Assessing the School-Age Child and Adolescent
18. Assessing the Older Adult
19. Assessing the Homeless Person
20. Assessing Pain
,21. Approach to the Mental Health Assessment
22. Assessing Nutrition
23. Assessing Spirituality
24. Assessing Culture
25. Assessing the Patient’s Environment
26. Assessing Abuse
27. Assessing the Dying Patient—new
, Chapter 01: The Complete Health Assessment
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which pcritical pthinking pskill pallows pthe pnurse pto pthink poutside pof pthe pbox pwhen passessing pa ppatient?
1) Divergent pthinking
2) Reasoning
3) Creativity
4) Reflection
2. The pprimary plevel pof ppreventive phealth pcare pfocuses pon pwhich ptopic?
1) Health ppromotion
2) Early pdetection
3) Promotion pintervention
4) End-of-life pcare
3. The pnurse pis pprioritizing pdata pcollected pduring pthe phealth passessment. pWhich pdata pis pprimary?
1) Pain prating pof p4 pon pa p1 pto p10 pnumeric pscale
2) New pdiagnosis pof ptype p2 pdiabetes pmellitus p(DM)
3) Blood ppressure pof p130/90 pmmHg
4) Pulse poximetry preading pof p73%
4. Which ptype pof pskill pis pmost pimportant pwhen pperforming pa pphysical passessment?
1) Psychomotor
2) Interpersonal
3) Ethical
4) Affective
5. Which pactivity pis pan pexample pof psecondary pprevention?
1) Wound pdébridement
2) Immunization
3) Preoperative pteaching
4) Long-term pnasogastric pfeedings
6. Which passessment pdata pis pconsidered pa psymptom?
1) Rapid prespirations
2) Sweaty ppalms
3) Belching
4) Feelings pof panxiety
7. Who por pwhat pis pconsidered pthe pprimary pdata psource pfor pa ptoddler-age ppatient?
1) The ptoddler
2) A pparent
3) The pmedical precord
4) Other phealthcare pproviders
8. Which ppart pof pthe passessment pprovides pthe pmost psubjective pdata?
1) Health phistory
2) Physical passessment
3) Review pof pmedical precords
4) Medication precord
