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Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
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Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
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Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
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Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
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Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
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Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
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Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
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Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
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Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
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Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
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Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
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Chapter 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
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Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
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Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
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Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
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Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
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Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.‖
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The 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. nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care. nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
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registered nurses (RNs) to: nt nt nt
1. Diagnose and treat patients. nt nt nt
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. nt nt nt nt
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
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4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs. nt nt nt nt
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police prese
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nce outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that n
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urses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
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1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. nt
3. Person-centered care (PCC). nt nt
4. Standards of care. nt nt
4. The science- nt
based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic
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es that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
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1. Healthy People. nt
2. Healthy People 2020. nt nt
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
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4. World Health Organization. nt nt
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. nt nt
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2. Secondary health prevention. nt nt
3. Tertiary health prevention. nt nt
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks he is
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running a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge. What should
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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
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challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem
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solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are you
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using?
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1. Critical thinking nt
2. Clinical decision making nt nt
3. Intuitive thinking nt
4. Clinical reasoning nt
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. nt nt
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
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3. Research and evidence-based practice. nt nt nt
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 identified
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by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology nt nt
2. Gender and occupation nt nt
3. Individual behavior nt
4. Social environment nt
5. Physical environment nt
6. Health services nt
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Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 Understanding Health Assessment
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Chapter 02 Interviewing the Patient for the Health History
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt 11
Chapter 03 Taking the Health History
nt nt nt nt nt 40
Chapter 04 Assessing Nutrition and Anthropometric Measurements
nt nt nt nt nt nt 61
Chapter 05 Assessment Techniques
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Chapter 06 General Survey and Assessing Vital Signs
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt 99
Chapter 07 Assessing Pain
nt nt nt 128
Chapter 08 Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt 149
Chapter 09 Assessing the Head, Face, Mouth, and Neck
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt 188
Chapter 10 Assessing the Ears
nt nt nt nt 229
Chapter 11 Assessing the Eyes
nt nt nt nt 250
Chapter 12 Assessing the Respiratory System
nt nt nt nt nt 281
Chapter 13 Assessing the Cardiovascular System
nt nt nt nt nt 308
Chapter 14 Assessing the Abdomen
nt nt nt nt 335
Chapter 15 Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System and Regional Lymphatic System
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt 363
Chapter 16 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
nt nt nt nt nt 391
Chapter 17 Assessing the Neurological System
nt nt nt nt nt 417
Chapter 18 Assessing the Female Breasts, Axillae, and Reproductive System
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt 451
Chapter 19 Assessing the Male Breasts and Reproductive System
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt 477
Chapter 20 Assessing the Anus and Rectum
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Chapter 21 Assessing the Newborn
nt nt nt nt 517
Chapter 22 Assessing the Child and Adolescent
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Chapter 23 Assessing the Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 24 Assessing the Older Adult
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Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment nt nt nt nt
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called ―Health for All.‖
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
The 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.
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible. nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care. nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
registered nurses (RNs) to: nt nt nt
1. Diagnose and treat patients. nt nt nt
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings. nt nt nt nt
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
nt nt nt nt
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs. nt nt nt nt
3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police prese
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
nce outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that n
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
urses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process. nt
3. Person-centered care (PCC). nt nt
4. Standards of care. nt nt
4. The science- nt
based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
es that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
1. Healthy People. nt
2. Healthy People 2020. nt nt
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
nt nt nt
4. World Health Organization. nt nt
5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
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. nt nt
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2. Secondary health prevention. nt nt
3. Tertiary health prevention. nt nt
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he ―thinks he is
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
running a fever and has stomach discomfort.‖ You are the registered nurse in charge. What should
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt n
you do?
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1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient‘s room and assess his complaints.
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
4. Go to the patient‘s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt n
challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem
t nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are you
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
using?
nt
1. Critical thinking nt
2. Clinical decision making nt nt
3. Intuitive thinking nt
4. Clinical reasoning nt
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
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1. American Nurses Association. nt nt
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
nt nt nt nt nt nt nt
3. Research and evidence-based practice. nt nt nt
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
nt nt nt nt nt
9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health identified
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by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
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1. Genetics and biology nt nt
2. Gender and occupation nt nt
3. Individual behavior nt
4. Social environment nt
5. Physical environment nt
6. Health services nt
2|Page
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