NU 518 Exam 1 | 100% Verified Questions and
Answers | Updated 2025 Edition
1. Who is credited with enhancing care of wounded soldiers by improving their
care environment? - ANSWER Florence Nightingale
2. A lead screening program in a high risk area of the county is considered: -
ANSWER Secondary prevention
3. Organizing a task force to look at the problem of lead poisoning within the
county is an example of which public health intervention? - ANSWER
coalition building
4. Which of the public health interventions involves communicating
knowledge/information to influence attitudes, practices and health
behaviors? - ANSWER Health teaching
5. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be
appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper
respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" -
ANSWER C
6. The components of the health history include all of the following except
which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - ANSWER B
7. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is
worse with activity and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - ANSWER A
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,8. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - ANSWER B
9. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has
had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it
comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is
accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the midepigastric
area." Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWER B
10.The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient
completed 8th grade. He currently lives with his wife and two children. He
works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass factory during the
week."Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWER C
11.The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really
tired."Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWER A
12.The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies
chest pain, palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal
dyspnea."Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWER D
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,13.The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient
has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWER B
14.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) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWER A
15.The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient
was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient
has never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWER A
16.After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that
his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types
of data would be:
A Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - ANSWER A
17.A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot.
These types of data would be:
a Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - ANSWER C
18.The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data
combine to form the:
a Data base.
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, B Admitting data.
C Financial statement.
D Discharge summary. - ANSWER A
19.When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound
that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
a Immediately notify the patients physician.
B Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
D Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. -
ANSWER C
20.The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching
session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to
make their decisions using:
a Intuition.
B A set of rules.
C Articles in journals.
D Advice from supervisors. - ANSWER B
21.Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
B The nursing process.
C Clinical knowledge.
D Diagnostic reasoning. - ANSWER A
22.The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP).
Which statement best reflects EBP?
A EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
B EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of
patients.
C EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
D The patients own preferences are not important with EBP. - ANSWER C
23.The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
A Patient with postoperative pain
B Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
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Answers | Updated 2025 Edition
1. Who is credited with enhancing care of wounded soldiers by improving their
care environment? - ANSWER Florence Nightingale
2. A lead screening program in a high risk area of the county is considered: -
ANSWER Secondary prevention
3. Organizing a task force to look at the problem of lead poisoning within the
county is an example of which public health intervention? - ANSWER
coalition building
4. Which of the public health interventions involves communicating
knowledge/information to influence attitudes, practices and health
behaviors? - ANSWER Health teaching
5. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be
appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper
respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" -
ANSWER C
6. The components of the health history include all of the following except
which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - ANSWER B
7. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is
worse with activity and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - ANSWER A
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,8. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - ANSWER B
9. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has
had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it
comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is
accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the midepigastric
area." Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWER B
10.The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient
completed 8th grade. He currently lives with his wife and two children. He
works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass factory during the
week."Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWER C
11.The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really
tired."Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWER A
12.The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies
chest pain, palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal
dyspnea."Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWER D
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,13.The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient
has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWER B
14.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) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWER A
15.The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient
was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient
has never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWER A
16.After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that
his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types
of data would be:
A Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - ANSWER A
17.A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot.
These types of data would be:
a Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - ANSWER C
18.The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data
combine to form the:
a Data base.
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, B Admitting data.
C Financial statement.
D Discharge summary. - ANSWER A
19.When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound
that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
a Immediately notify the patients physician.
B Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
D Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. -
ANSWER C
20.The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching
session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to
make their decisions using:
a Intuition.
B A set of rules.
C Articles in journals.
D Advice from supervisors. - ANSWER B
21.Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
B The nursing process.
C Clinical knowledge.
D Diagnostic reasoning. - ANSWER A
22.The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP).
Which statement best reflects EBP?
A EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
B EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of
patients.
C EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
D The patients own preferences are not important with EBP. - ANSWER C
23.The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
A Patient with postoperative pain
B Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
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