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2026 ATI HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM TEST BANK ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK | NEW AND REVISED
A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well
lately, and is having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize
these problems?
a. Breathing, pain, and sleep
b. Breathing, sleep, and pain
c. Sleep, breathing, and pain
d. Sleep, pain, and breathing - ANSWER-
What step of the nursing process includes data collection through health
history, physical examination, and interview?
a. Planning
b. Diagnosis
c. Evaluation
d. Assessment - ANSWER- D
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What is an important concept when undertaking a life-cycle approach to
health assessment?
a. Consideration of the patient's cultural view of health
b. Being responsive to the patient's gestures to build a relationship
c. Acknowledgement of the effect of poverty on health
d. Awareness of age-specific developmental factors - ANSWER- D
The nurse identifies priorities and assesses risk factors with a generally
healthy individual to:
a. Identify patterns to discover missing information.
b. Determine areas for health promotion and disease prevention.
c. Distinguish normal from abnormal findings.
d. Determine treatment for a medical diagnosis. - ANSWER- B
The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a newly admitted
patient. An example of objective information obtained during the
physical assessment includes the:
a. Patient's history of allergies.
b. Patient's use of medications at home.
c. Last menstrual period 1 month ago.
d. 2 × 5 cm scar on the right lower forearm. - ANSWER- D
A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has
many chronic medical problems. Which type of database is most
appropriate to collect in this setting?
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a. A follow-up database to evaluate changes at appropriate intervals
b. An episodic database because of the continuing, complex medical
problems of this patient
c. A complete health database because of the nurse's primary
responsibility for
monitoring the patient's health
d. An emergency database because of the need to collect information
and make accurate diagnoses rapidly - ANSWER- C
Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse collects
episodic or problem-centred data?
a. Patient is admitted to a long-term care facility.
b. Patient has a sudden and severe shortness of breath.
c. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the next day.
d. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms. -
ANSWER- D
A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She has
been coming to the clinic weekly since she changed medications 2
months ago. The nurse should:
a. Collect a follow-up database and then check her blood pressure.
b. Ask her to read her health record and indicate any changes since her
last visit.
c. Check only her blood pressure because her complete health history
was documented 2 months ago.
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d. Obtain a complete health history before checking her blood pressure
because much of her history information may have changed. -
ANSWER- A
A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department with
multiple injuries received in an automobile accident. The patient is alert
and cooperative, but his injuries are quite severe. How would the nurse
proceed with data collection?
a. Collect history information first and then perform the physical
examination and institute life-saving measures.
b. Simultaneously ask history questions while performing the
examination and initiating life-saving measures.
c. Collect all information on the history form, including social support
patterns, strengths, and coping patterns.
d. Perform life-saving measures and delay asking any history questions
until the patient is transferred to the intensive care unit. - ANSWER- B
A 38-year-old patient who is a recent refugee from Syria is attending the
clinic for an initial examination. A potential intervention the nurse will
implement is:
a. Cognitive assessment.
b. Fall risk screening.
c. Fasting glucose test.
d. Tuberculin skin test. - ANSWER- D
During a clinical examination of a 68-year-old patient, the nurse will:
2026 ATI HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM TEST BANK ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK | NEW AND REVISED
A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well
lately, and is having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize
these problems?
a. Breathing, pain, and sleep
b. Breathing, sleep, and pain
c. Sleep, breathing, and pain
d. Sleep, pain, and breathing - ANSWER-
What step of the nursing process includes data collection through health
history, physical examination, and interview?
a. Planning
b. Diagnosis
c. Evaluation
d. Assessment - ANSWER- D
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What is an important concept when undertaking a life-cycle approach to
health assessment?
a. Consideration of the patient's cultural view of health
b. Being responsive to the patient's gestures to build a relationship
c. Acknowledgement of the effect of poverty on health
d. Awareness of age-specific developmental factors - ANSWER- D
The nurse identifies priorities and assesses risk factors with a generally
healthy individual to:
a. Identify patterns to discover missing information.
b. Determine areas for health promotion and disease prevention.
c. Distinguish normal from abnormal findings.
d. Determine treatment for a medical diagnosis. - ANSWER- B
The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a newly admitted
patient. An example of objective information obtained during the
physical assessment includes the:
a. Patient's history of allergies.
b. Patient's use of medications at home.
c. Last menstrual period 1 month ago.
d. 2 × 5 cm scar on the right lower forearm. - ANSWER- D
A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has
many chronic medical problems. Which type of database is most
appropriate to collect in this setting?
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a. A follow-up database to evaluate changes at appropriate intervals
b. An episodic database because of the continuing, complex medical
problems of this patient
c. A complete health database because of the nurse's primary
responsibility for
monitoring the patient's health
d. An emergency database because of the need to collect information
and make accurate diagnoses rapidly - ANSWER- C
Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse collects
episodic or problem-centred data?
a. Patient is admitted to a long-term care facility.
b. Patient has a sudden and severe shortness of breath.
c. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the next day.
d. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms. -
ANSWER- D
A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She has
been coming to the clinic weekly since she changed medications 2
months ago. The nurse should:
a. Collect a follow-up database and then check her blood pressure.
b. Ask her to read her health record and indicate any changes since her
last visit.
c. Check only her blood pressure because her complete health history
was documented 2 months ago.
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d. Obtain a complete health history before checking her blood pressure
because much of her history information may have changed. -
ANSWER- A
A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department with
multiple injuries received in an automobile accident. The patient is alert
and cooperative, but his injuries are quite severe. How would the nurse
proceed with data collection?
a. Collect history information first and then perform the physical
examination and institute life-saving measures.
b. Simultaneously ask history questions while performing the
examination and initiating life-saving measures.
c. Collect all information on the history form, including social support
patterns, strengths, and coping patterns.
d. Perform life-saving measures and delay asking any history questions
until the patient is transferred to the intensive care unit. - ANSWER- B
A 38-year-old patient who is a recent refugee from Syria is attending the
clinic for an initial examination. A potential intervention the nurse will
implement is:
a. Cognitive assessment.
b. Fall risk screening.
c. Fasting glucose test.
d. Tuberculin skin test. - ANSWER- D
During a clinical examination of a 68-year-old patient, the nurse will:
