TEST BANK Essential Health Assessment 2nd Edition by Janice M Thompson, Chapter 1 - 24

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n Thompson Test Bank
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Chapter 1: UnderstandingHealth Assessment
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Chapter 2: Interviewing the Patient for the Health History Chap
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ter 3: Taking the Health History
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Chapter 4: AssessingNutrition and Anthropometric Measurements Chapter
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5: Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 6: General Surveyand Assessing Vital Signs Chapter 7
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: Assessing Pain
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Chapter 8: Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 9: Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck Chapter
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10: Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11: Assessing the Eyes l l l l



Chapter 12: Assessing the Respiratory System Chapt
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er 13: Assessingthe Cardiovascular System Chapter 1
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4: Assessing the Abdomen
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Chapter 15: Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System Chapt
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er 16: Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 17: Assessing the Neurological System
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Chapter 18: Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System Chapter 19
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: Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20: Assessing the Anus and Rectum Chapter
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21: Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22: Assessingthe Child and Adolescent Chap
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ter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman Chapter 24: As
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sessing the Older Adult l l l

,Chapter1:Understanding Health Assessment l l l l




1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.‖ The
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goal for this strategy is:
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1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
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2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
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3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible. l l l l l l l l l


4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care. l l l l l l l




2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires regis
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tered nurses (RNs) to:
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1. Diagnose and treat patients. l l l


2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. l l l l


3. Refer patients with abnormal findings. l l l l


4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs. l l l l




3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presen
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ce outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nu
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rses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
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3. Person-centered care (PCC). l l


4. Standards of care. l l




4. The science- l


based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that
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has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
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1. Healthy People. l


2. Healthy People 2020. l l


3. U.S. Preventive Task Force. l l l


4. World Health Organization. l l




5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
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48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:
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1. Primary health prevention. l l

, 2. Secondary health prevention. l l


3. Tertiary health prevention. l l




6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks he is runni
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ng a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge. What should you do?
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1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
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2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
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3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
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4. Go to the patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
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7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a chal
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lenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem solved a
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nd new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are you using?
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1. Critical thinking l


2. Clinical decision making l l


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8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. l l


2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice. l l l


4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health
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identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology l l


2. Gender and occupation l l


3. Individual behavior l


4. Social environment l


5. Physical environment l


6. Health services l