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Exam 1 7470 NP Assessment (2025/2026
Edition) – Real Exam Questions & Correctly
Solved Answers (100% Pass) – Chamberlain
College of Nursing
Introduction:
This study resource provides a thorough, well-organized, and exam-focused review designed to
help learners master essential concepts with confidence.
It includes clear explanations, structured summaries, topic reviews, and practice-style questions
aligned with the key learning objectives for the course/exam.
Updated for 2025/2026/2027, this guide supports students who want deeper understanding, faster
revision, and stronger exam preparation across all major topics.
A survey of mobility and activities of daily living is part of a/an:
a. Review of systems
b. Functional assessment
c. History of present illness
d. Social history
b. Functional assessment
Collecting History and Interviewing Techniques, slide 14
Functional assessment is an evaluation of mobility, ADL's and an overall risk assessment.
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Which of the following statements are acceptable under the HIPPA Privacy Rule?
a. Discussing the care of a patient with another NP over lunch in the break room.
b. Discussing a patient's assessment, diagnosis, plan of care and prognosis with the Human
Resources Director of the patient's employer.
c. The Nurse Practitioner communicating with their supervising primary care physician about a
patient's assessment, diagnosis and plan of care.
d. Discussing the care of a patient with a student and the student's instructor lunch in the hall
prior to going into room.
c. The Nurse Practitioner communicating with their supervising primary care physician about a
patient's assessment, diagnosis and plan of care.
Though this physician may not know the patient, the NP and through NP the supervising
physician has a relationship with the patient. Consequently, this is not a violation of privacy
When collecting the history of present illness, it is important to get information about the quality
and character of the symptoms. A useful way to do this is to use:
a. OLDCARTS
b. OPQRST
c. COLDSPA
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Some pneumonic to help you remember what to ask...COLDSPA is one in Dains book, OPQRST
is mentioned in your Bates' book. I use OLDCARTS: Onset, location, duration, characteristics,
aggravating factors, relieving factors, timing, severity
Assessment: Collecting the History and Interveiwing Techniques lecutre, slide 8
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What is the purpose of the review of systems (ROS)?
a. To document more information in the physical exam portion of the medical record.
b. To make the patient talk more cause in order to reveal the environmental and social context of
the patient's problems.
c. To evaluate the patient's social and personal history.
d. To do a detailed review of possible complaints in each of the body systems, looking for other
information that may not have come out in the HPI.
d. To do a detailed review of possible complaints in each of the body systems, looking for other
information that may not have come out in the HPI.
Purpose is to uncover symptoms that may have not been discussed in the HPI that could
influence your decisions.
Assessment: Collecting the History and Interviewing Techniques, slide 13
What is true of the Snellen Chart?
a. The patient should be positioned 20 feet from the Snellen chart.
b. There are different types of Snellen charts based on literacy and age.
c. Snellen charts are used to assess visual acuity.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
Examination Techniques and Equipment lecture
Snellen charts come in letters, animal shapes, and hand held. The patient should be placed 20 feet
away from the chart. It is used to test visual acuity.
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A comprehensive health history is an essential guide for the rest of the examination, but not if the
patient cannot communicate it clearly. There are any number of reasons for this lack of clear
communication: age, trauma, language difficulties, or simply that the patient is uncooperative.
If the data is apparently unclear or may be inaccurate, what is the best approach to documenting
the history?
a. Document the history in the patient's own words, but note that the information may be
unreliable and document specific concerns.
b. If the patient's history is not clear or inaccurate, do not document it.
c. Document the history in the patient's own words and interpret the meaning whenever it is
unclear.
d. After gathering information on the symptoms, the practitioner should interpret and document
the history in his/her own interpretation.
a. Document the history in the patient's own words, but note that the information may be
unreliable and document specific concerns.
Documenting and Recording lecture, slide 4
Document what the patient says, not what the practitioner interprets.
What is TRUE regarding examination techniques?
a. If your patient is especially modest, performing the respiratory examination over clothing may
assist to alleviate anxiety.
b. Inspection can be done throughout the history taking process and during the physical
examination.
c. Direct percussion involves using the fingers of one hand to strike the finger of the opposite
hand to elicit a sound.
d. The diaphragm of the stethoscope is most useful in the assessment of low-pitched sounds.
b. Inspection can be done throughout the history taking process and during the physical
examination.
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Exam 1 7470 NP Assessment (2025/2026
Edition) – Real Exam Questions & Correctly
Solved Answers (100% Pass) – Chamberlain
College of Nursing
Introduction:
This study resource provides a thorough, well-organized, and exam-focused review designed to
help learners master essential concepts with confidence.
It includes clear explanations, structured summaries, topic reviews, and practice-style questions
aligned with the key learning objectives for the course/exam.
Updated for 2025/2026/2027, this guide supports students who want deeper understanding, faster
revision, and stronger exam preparation across all major topics.
A survey of mobility and activities of daily living is part of a/an:
a. Review of systems
b. Functional assessment
c. History of present illness
d. Social history
b. Functional assessment
Collecting History and Interviewing Techniques, slide 14
Functional assessment is an evaluation of mobility, ADL's and an overall risk assessment.
1
, https://www.stuvia.com/user/profgoodluck
Which of the following statements are acceptable under the HIPPA Privacy Rule?
a. Discussing the care of a patient with another NP over lunch in the break room.
b. Discussing a patient's assessment, diagnosis, plan of care and prognosis with the Human
Resources Director of the patient's employer.
c. The Nurse Practitioner communicating with their supervising primary care physician about a
patient's assessment, diagnosis and plan of care.
d. Discussing the care of a patient with a student and the student's instructor lunch in the hall
prior to going into room.
c. The Nurse Practitioner communicating with their supervising primary care physician about a
patient's assessment, diagnosis and plan of care.
Though this physician may not know the patient, the NP and through NP the supervising
physician has a relationship with the patient. Consequently, this is not a violation of privacy
When collecting the history of present illness, it is important to get information about the quality
and character of the symptoms. A useful way to do this is to use:
a. OLDCARTS
b. OPQRST
c. COLDSPA
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Some pneumonic to help you remember what to ask...COLDSPA is one in Dains book, OPQRST
is mentioned in your Bates' book. I use OLDCARTS: Onset, location, duration, characteristics,
aggravating factors, relieving factors, timing, severity
Assessment: Collecting the History and Interveiwing Techniques lecutre, slide 8
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What is the purpose of the review of systems (ROS)?
a. To document more information in the physical exam portion of the medical record.
b. To make the patient talk more cause in order to reveal the environmental and social context of
the patient's problems.
c. To evaluate the patient's social and personal history.
d. To do a detailed review of possible complaints in each of the body systems, looking for other
information that may not have come out in the HPI.
d. To do a detailed review of possible complaints in each of the body systems, looking for other
information that may not have come out in the HPI.
Purpose is to uncover symptoms that may have not been discussed in the HPI that could
influence your decisions.
Assessment: Collecting the History and Interviewing Techniques, slide 13
What is true of the Snellen Chart?
a. The patient should be positioned 20 feet from the Snellen chart.
b. There are different types of Snellen charts based on literacy and age.
c. Snellen charts are used to assess visual acuity.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
Examination Techniques and Equipment lecture
Snellen charts come in letters, animal shapes, and hand held. The patient should be placed 20 feet
away from the chart. It is used to test visual acuity.
3
, https://www.stuvia.com/user/profgoodluck
A comprehensive health history is an essential guide for the rest of the examination, but not if the
patient cannot communicate it clearly. There are any number of reasons for this lack of clear
communication: age, trauma, language difficulties, or simply that the patient is uncooperative.
If the data is apparently unclear or may be inaccurate, what is the best approach to documenting
the history?
a. Document the history in the patient's own words, but note that the information may be
unreliable and document specific concerns.
b. If the patient's history is not clear or inaccurate, do not document it.
c. Document the history in the patient's own words and interpret the meaning whenever it is
unclear.
d. After gathering information on the symptoms, the practitioner should interpret and document
the history in his/her own interpretation.
a. Document the history in the patient's own words, but note that the information may be
unreliable and document specific concerns.
Documenting and Recording lecture, slide 4
Document what the patient says, not what the practitioner interprets.
What is TRUE regarding examination techniques?
a. If your patient is especially modest, performing the respiratory examination over clothing may
assist to alleviate anxiety.
b. Inspection can be done throughout the history taking process and during the physical
examination.
c. Direct percussion involves using the fingers of one hand to strike the finger of the opposite
hand to elicit a sound.
d. The diaphragm of the stethoscope is most useful in the assessment of low-pitched sounds.
b. Inspection can be done throughout the history taking process and during the physical
examination.
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