NSG 121 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 180 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
The nurse's role in health assessment to perform - (answer) nursing process.
What type of patient would you do a focus assessment on? - (answer) Patient that has a specific
problem.
Primary prevention - (answer) involves strategies aimed at preventing problems Examples:
Immunizations, health teaching, safety precautions, and nutrition counseling.
Secondary prevention - (answer) includes the early diagnosis of health problems and prompts
treatment to prevent complications. Examples: Vision screening, Pap smears, B/P screening, hearing test,
scoliosis screening, and tuberculin skin testing.
Tertiary prevention - (answer) focuses on preventing complications of an existing disease and
promoting health to the highest level. Examples: Diet teaching and exercise programs.
What are the assessment frameworks? - (answer) functional assessment, head-to-toe assessment, and
body systems assessment.
functional assessment (specific region) - (answer) focuses on the functional patterns that all humans
share: health perception and health management, activity and exercise, nutrition and metabolism,
elimination, sleep and rest, cognition and perception, self-perception and self-concept, roles, and
relationships, coping and stress tolerance, sexuality and reproduction, and values and beliefs.
head-to-toe assessment (Over all body) - (answer) is the most organized system for gathering
comprehensive physical data. Because data in one functional area are collected from different parts of
the body, it is very inefficient to collect physical data by functional status. For example, peripheral
circulation is assessed in both the arms and the legs.
body systems assessment approach - (answer) is a logical tool for organizing data when documenting
and communicating findings. This method promotes critical thinking and allows you to analyze findings
as you cluster similar data.
Communication Process forms: - (answer) verbal, nonverbal, electronic
, NSG 121 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 180 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Electronic Communication - (answer) The Internet and a variety of social websites provide new and
challenging opportunities for nurses to communicate and collaborate with other health care providers.
The challenges of using social media include protecting patient privacy and confidentiality and
preventing unintended consequences for the employer or the nurse. Example: DAR
Verbal communication - (answer) is an exchange of information using words. Example: spoken and
written word.
Nonverbal Communication - (answer) The transmission of information without the use of words is
termed nonverbal communication, also known as body language. It often helps nurses to understand
subtle and hidden meanings in what the patient is saying verbally. For example, a nurse asks the patient,
"How do you feel today?" The patient responds, "I feel all right."
Components of Communication - (answer) Sender, Receiver, Understanding, Perception, & Culture
Components of Communication: Sender, Receiver, Understanding, Perception, & Culture
If you are the nurse giving presentation on the communication process, what should you include? -
(answer) Sender and the Receiver
Sender - (answer) Person of group who initiates or begins the communication
Receiver - (answer) A. Must translate and interpret the message sent
Understanding - (answer) Was the message understood
What is therapeutic communication? - (answer) Caring and Empathy
Your client has a high blood glucose, headache, and pain in arm. What type of assessment would it be? -
(answer) Body Systems Approach
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
The nurse's role in health assessment to perform - (answer) nursing process.
What type of patient would you do a focus assessment on? - (answer) Patient that has a specific
problem.
Primary prevention - (answer) involves strategies aimed at preventing problems Examples:
Immunizations, health teaching, safety precautions, and nutrition counseling.
Secondary prevention - (answer) includes the early diagnosis of health problems and prompts
treatment to prevent complications. Examples: Vision screening, Pap smears, B/P screening, hearing test,
scoliosis screening, and tuberculin skin testing.
Tertiary prevention - (answer) focuses on preventing complications of an existing disease and
promoting health to the highest level. Examples: Diet teaching and exercise programs.
What are the assessment frameworks? - (answer) functional assessment, head-to-toe assessment, and
body systems assessment.
functional assessment (specific region) - (answer) focuses on the functional patterns that all humans
share: health perception and health management, activity and exercise, nutrition and metabolism,
elimination, sleep and rest, cognition and perception, self-perception and self-concept, roles, and
relationships, coping and stress tolerance, sexuality and reproduction, and values and beliefs.
head-to-toe assessment (Over all body) - (answer) is the most organized system for gathering
comprehensive physical data. Because data in one functional area are collected from different parts of
the body, it is very inefficient to collect physical data by functional status. For example, peripheral
circulation is assessed in both the arms and the legs.
body systems assessment approach - (answer) is a logical tool for organizing data when documenting
and communicating findings. This method promotes critical thinking and allows you to analyze findings
as you cluster similar data.
Communication Process forms: - (answer) verbal, nonverbal, electronic
, NSG 121 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 180 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Electronic Communication - (answer) The Internet and a variety of social websites provide new and
challenging opportunities for nurses to communicate and collaborate with other health care providers.
The challenges of using social media include protecting patient privacy and confidentiality and
preventing unintended consequences for the employer or the nurse. Example: DAR
Verbal communication - (answer) is an exchange of information using words. Example: spoken and
written word.
Nonverbal Communication - (answer) The transmission of information without the use of words is
termed nonverbal communication, also known as body language. It often helps nurses to understand
subtle and hidden meanings in what the patient is saying verbally. For example, a nurse asks the patient,
"How do you feel today?" The patient responds, "I feel all right."
Components of Communication - (answer) Sender, Receiver, Understanding, Perception, & Culture
Components of Communication: Sender, Receiver, Understanding, Perception, & Culture
If you are the nurse giving presentation on the communication process, what should you include? -
(answer) Sender and the Receiver
Sender - (answer) Person of group who initiates or begins the communication
Receiver - (answer) A. Must translate and interpret the message sent
Understanding - (answer) Was the message understood
What is therapeutic communication? - (answer) Caring and Empathy
Your client has a high blood glucose, headache, and pain in arm. What type of assessment would it be? -
(answer) Body Systems Approach
