NSG 121 exam 1 COMPREHENSIVE questions
answered, 2025 verified graded A+ already passed
nurse's role in health assessment: 4 goals - (ANSWER)promote health
prevent illness
treat human responses to health or illness
advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations
types of assessment - (ANSWER)Emergency (center on immediate and highest
priority problem)
Comprehensive
General Survey
Focused
emergency assessment - (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 - (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 - (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 - (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 - (ANSWER)Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
primary prevention - (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 - (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 - (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? - (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 - (ANSWER)healthy history and physical assessment
critical thinking in nursing - (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
answered, 2025 verified graded A+ already passed
nurse's role in health assessment: 4 goals - (ANSWER)promote health
prevent illness
treat human responses to health or illness
advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations
types of assessment - (ANSWER)Emergency (center on immediate and highest
priority problem)
Comprehensive
General Survey
Focused
emergency assessment - (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 - (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 - (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 - (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 - (ANSWER)Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
primary prevention - (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 - (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 - (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? - (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 - (ANSWER)healthy history and physical assessment
critical thinking in nursing - (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
