Health Assessment – Nursing Program
2025/2026 – Comprehensive Practice
Questions with Answers for Exam
Preparation
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive set of health
assessment practice questions with correct answers for
nursing students, covering core topics such as patient
interviewing, vital signs, pain assessment, mental health
assessment, cultural competence, and physical examination
techniques. It is designed to support exam preparation and
revision by reinforcing clinical reasoning and foundational
nursing concepts aligned with health assessment learning
objectives. The material is suitable for both initial study and
last-minute review.
Exam Questions and Answers:
3. During an interview, an elderly patient tells the nurse she
has periodic problems keeping her balance. The nurse asks her
what she is doing when the episodes occur. Which area of the
symptom analysis is the nurse practicing with this question?
,1. Severity
2. Frequency
3. Aggravating factors
4. Location ---Correct Answer---3
4. Which communication technique conveys genuine interest in
what the patient has to say?
1. Active listening
2. Sitting close to the patient
3. Maintaing professional dress and conduct
4. Holding the patient's hand during the interview ---Correct
Answer---1
5. A 62 year old patient tells the nurse that he is in excellent
health and does not take any medications. What is the most
appropriate response by the nurse to follow up on the patients
statement?
1. Do you avoid taking drugs because of bad experiences?
2. Which medications have you taken in the past?
3. That is hard to believe. Most men your age take medications
4. Do you use over the counter medications or herbal
preperations? ---Correct Answer---4
1. A school nurse notices a boy with a bandage on his arm and
black fluid under the edge of the bandage. She asks the teen
, what happened to his arm. He replies his mother applied axel
grease to a boil. What is the nurse's most appropriate
response?
1. Tell the teen to remove the bandage and wash his arm
2. Ask the teen what the boil looks like and feels like and if the
axel grease is healing the boil
3. Advise the teen to tell his mother to use antibiotic cream
insted of Axel grease
4. Suggest that the teen see a doctor because the axel grease
will infect the boil. ---Correct Answer---2
2. A nurse is caring for a woman who has just been pronounced
dead. Her adult children are in the room. Which statement by
the nurse indicates culturlly competent care?
1. Which funeral home would you like notified of your mother's
death?
2. We will be moving her to the mourge in about 30 minutes
3. Would you like time alone with your mother for any specific
ceremonies?
4. Here are some of her personal belongings that were in the
drawer ---Correct Answer---1
3. A nurse is assessing a woman whose religous beliefs do not
allow blood transfusions. She has severe anemia, is very weak
and has altered state of councious. What should the nurse do
to provide culturally competent care to this woman.
2025/2026 – Comprehensive Practice
Questions with Answers for Exam
Preparation
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive set of health
assessment practice questions with correct answers for
nursing students, covering core topics such as patient
interviewing, vital signs, pain assessment, mental health
assessment, cultural competence, and physical examination
techniques. It is designed to support exam preparation and
revision by reinforcing clinical reasoning and foundational
nursing concepts aligned with health assessment learning
objectives. The material is suitable for both initial study and
last-minute review.
Exam Questions and Answers:
3. During an interview, an elderly patient tells the nurse she
has periodic problems keeping her balance. The nurse asks her
what she is doing when the episodes occur. Which area of the
symptom analysis is the nurse practicing with this question?
,1. Severity
2. Frequency
3. Aggravating factors
4. Location ---Correct Answer---3
4. Which communication technique conveys genuine interest in
what the patient has to say?
1. Active listening
2. Sitting close to the patient
3. Maintaing professional dress and conduct
4. Holding the patient's hand during the interview ---Correct
Answer---1
5. A 62 year old patient tells the nurse that he is in excellent
health and does not take any medications. What is the most
appropriate response by the nurse to follow up on the patients
statement?
1. Do you avoid taking drugs because of bad experiences?
2. Which medications have you taken in the past?
3. That is hard to believe. Most men your age take medications
4. Do you use over the counter medications or herbal
preperations? ---Correct Answer---4
1. A school nurse notices a boy with a bandage on his arm and
black fluid under the edge of the bandage. She asks the teen
, what happened to his arm. He replies his mother applied axel
grease to a boil. What is the nurse's most appropriate
response?
1. Tell the teen to remove the bandage and wash his arm
2. Ask the teen what the boil looks like and feels like and if the
axel grease is healing the boil
3. Advise the teen to tell his mother to use antibiotic cream
insted of Axel grease
4. Suggest that the teen see a doctor because the axel grease
will infect the boil. ---Correct Answer---2
2. A nurse is caring for a woman who has just been pronounced
dead. Her adult children are in the room. Which statement by
the nurse indicates culturlly competent care?
1. Which funeral home would you like notified of your mother's
death?
2. We will be moving her to the mourge in about 30 minutes
3. Would you like time alone with your mother for any specific
ceremonies?
4. Here are some of her personal belongings that were in the
drawer ---Correct Answer---1
3. A nurse is assessing a woman whose religous beliefs do not
allow blood transfusions. She has severe anemia, is very weak
and has altered state of councious. What should the nurse do
to provide culturally competent care to this woman.
