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NURS 303 Questions and Correct
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The primary source of the patient data is the patient. What are 2 other
sources?
Ans: 1. Patient support people
2. Patient record
the type of nursing assessment that is performed during the nurse's
initial contact with the pt and involves collecting data about all aspects
of the pt's health is called?
Ans: initial assessment
When a nurse confirms or verifies the data collected upon assessment
to keep it free of error, bias, or misinterpretation, he/she is performing
the act of .
Ans: Validation
What is the health care tool practitioners can use to assess patient
complexity using the social determinants of health, which affect the
person's ability to manage his/her health?
Ans: PCAM (patient centered assessment method)
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A nurse who gathers data about a newly diagnosed case of HTN in a 52
year old patient is performing what type of assessment?
Ans: Focused
When the nurse compares the current status of a patient to the initial
assessment performed during the admitting process, what type of
assessment is being performed?
Ans: Time-lapsed
Most schools of nursing and health care institutions establish the
specific information that must be collected from every patient in a
structured assessment form. What is this information known as?
Ans: Minimum data set
What are observable and measurable information that can be seen,
heard, or felt by someone other than the person experiencing it?
Ans: Objective data
What is the conscious and deliberate use of the five physical senses to
gather information?
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Ans: Focused assessment
What clearly identifies patient strengths and weaknesses, health risks,
and potential and existing health problems?
Ans: Nursing history
What is a planned communication to obtain patient data?
Ans: Interview
What is the examination of a patient for objective data that may better
define the patient's condition and help the nurse in planning care?
Ans: Physical Assessment
What is the act of confirming or verifying data?
Ans: Validation
What type of assessment compares a patient's current status to
baseline data obtained earlier?
Ans: Time-lapsed
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What includes all the pertinent patient information collected by the
nurse and other health care professionals, enabling a comprehensive
and effective plan of care to be designed and implemented for the
patient?
Ans: Database
What type of assessment gathers data about a specific problem that
has already been identified?
Ans: Forcused
What type of assessment may be used by nurses to help patients
identify potential and actual health risks and to explore the habits,
behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, and values that influence their health?
Ans: Health assessment
Examples of objective data
Ans: 1. redness/swelling at site of incision
2. a pt has a violent coughing spell
3. a pt recovering from knee surgery favors his impaired leg
when walking
Examples of subjective data
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NURS 303 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
The primary source of the patient data is the patient. What are 2 other
sources?
Ans: 1. Patient support people
2. Patient record
the type of nursing assessment that is performed during the nurse's
initial contact with the pt and involves collecting data about all aspects
of the pt's health is called?
Ans: initial assessment
When a nurse confirms or verifies the data collected upon assessment
to keep it free of error, bias, or misinterpretation, he/she is performing
the act of .
Ans: Validation
What is the health care tool practitioners can use to assess patient
complexity using the social determinants of health, which affect the
person's ability to manage his/her health?
Ans: PCAM (patient centered assessment method)
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A nurse who gathers data about a newly diagnosed case of HTN in a 52
year old patient is performing what type of assessment?
Ans: Focused
When the nurse compares the current status of a patient to the initial
assessment performed during the admitting process, what type of
assessment is being performed?
Ans: Time-lapsed
Most schools of nursing and health care institutions establish the
specific information that must be collected from every patient in a
structured assessment form. What is this information known as?
Ans: Minimum data set
What are observable and measurable information that can be seen,
heard, or felt by someone other than the person experiencing it?
Ans: Objective data
What is the conscious and deliberate use of the five physical senses to
gather information?
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Ans: Focused assessment
What clearly identifies patient strengths and weaknesses, health risks,
and potential and existing health problems?
Ans: Nursing history
What is a planned communication to obtain patient data?
Ans: Interview
What is the examination of a patient for objective data that may better
define the patient's condition and help the nurse in planning care?
Ans: Physical Assessment
What is the act of confirming or verifying data?
Ans: Validation
What type of assessment compares a patient's current status to
baseline data obtained earlier?
Ans: Time-lapsed
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What includes all the pertinent patient information collected by the
nurse and other health care professionals, enabling a comprehensive
and effective plan of care to be designed and implemented for the
patient?
Ans: Database
What type of assessment gathers data about a specific problem that
has already been identified?
Ans: Forcused
What type of assessment may be used by nurses to help patients
identify potential and actual health risks and to explore the habits,
behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, and values that influence their health?
Ans: Health assessment
Examples of objective data
Ans: 1. redness/swelling at site of incision
2. a pt has a violent coughing spell
3. a pt recovering from knee surgery favors his impaired leg
when walking
Examples of subjective data
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