NUR2092 HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL STUDY
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ The nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses,
which of these statements would be correct? The patient: Answer:
Provided consistent information and therefore is reliable
◉ A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the
past week. What would be the nurse's best response? Answer: "Can
you point to where it hurts?"
◉ A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has "excruciating
pain" in her back. Which would be the nurse's appropriate response
to the woman's statement? Answer: "How would you say the pain
affects your ability to do your daily activities?"
◉ A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What
would be the nurse's best response to this information? Answer:
"Describe what happens (or the reaction) to you when you take
Penicillin."
,◉ The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or
problems about which the patient should be specifically asked
include: Answer: Mental illness.
◉ The review of systems provides the nurse with... Answer:
Information regarding health promotion practices, the information
helps to evaluate the past and present health state of each body
system, to obtain any data that may have been omitted in the section
about present illness, and to evaluate health promotion and teaching
opportunities.
◉ Which of these statements represents subjective data the nurse
obtained from the patient regarding the patient's skin? Answer:
Patient denies any color change.
◉ The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year old male patient
and is concerned about health promotion activities. Which of these
questions would be appropriate to use to assess health promotion
activities for this patient? Answer: "Do you perform testicular self-
examinations?"
◉ Functional Assessment-- What information would you ask if the
patient's leg was in a cast? Answer: A functional assessment includes
the activities of daily living and the person's ability to take care of
their needs. This area will help to formulate a nursing diagnosis.
This could be present to the patient in a standardized form and will
include data on the lifestyle and type of living environment. (Page
,57) self-esteem, activity/exercise, sleep/rest, nutrition/elimination,
interpersonal relationships/resources, spiritual resources, coping
and stress management, personal habits, environmental hazards,
violence questions, and occupational health questions. If a patient
had a cast on their leg, appropriate questions would include how
they transfer to bed, another chair, bathing technique, coping with
the situation, support during the situation.
◉ Regarding the use of alcohol, a patient asks the nurse why the
nurse needs to know. What is the reason why? Answer: Alcohol can
interact with all medications and make some diseases worse.
◉ Describe a genogram. Answer: Graphic family tree that uses
symbols to depict the gender, relationship, and age of immediate
family. Usually 3 generations- parents, grandparents, siblings. Also
highlight the health of close family members and more details such
as communicable disease, environmental hazards (smoke), tobacco
use, and alcohol use. Any additional information includes the family
history.
◉ The nurse is obtaining health history on an 87-year-old woman.
Which of the following areas of questioning would be most useful at
this time? Answer: Current health promotion activities.
◉ A 90-year-old patient tells the nurse that he cannot remember the
names of the medication he is taking or why he is taking them. An
, appropriate response from the nurse would be.. Answer: Would you
have a family member bring in your medications please?
◉ The nurse is performing a functional assessment on an 82-year-
old patient who recently had a stroke. Which of these questions
would be most important to ask? Answer: "Are you able to dress
yourself?"
◉ A patient is describing his symptoms to the nurse. Which of these
statements reflects a description of the setting of his symptoms?
Answer: "This pain happens every time I sit down to use the
computer."
◉ In performing a breast examination, the nurse knows that
examining the upper outer quadrant of the breast is especially
important. The reason why is... Answer: This is the location for most
breast tumors.
◉ In performing an assessment of a woman's elixir lymph system,
the nurse should assess which of these nodes? Answer: Central,
lateral, pectoral, and subscapular.
The breast has extensive lymphatic drainage, 75% of the drainage
drains into the axillary nodes. There are groups of axillary nodes
central, pectoral and subscapular.
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ The nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses,
which of these statements would be correct? The patient: Answer:
Provided consistent information and therefore is reliable
◉ A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the
past week. What would be the nurse's best response? Answer: "Can
you point to where it hurts?"
◉ A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has "excruciating
pain" in her back. Which would be the nurse's appropriate response
to the woman's statement? Answer: "How would you say the pain
affects your ability to do your daily activities?"
◉ A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What
would be the nurse's best response to this information? Answer:
"Describe what happens (or the reaction) to you when you take
Penicillin."
,◉ The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or
problems about which the patient should be specifically asked
include: Answer: Mental illness.
◉ The review of systems provides the nurse with... Answer:
Information regarding health promotion practices, the information
helps to evaluate the past and present health state of each body
system, to obtain any data that may have been omitted in the section
about present illness, and to evaluate health promotion and teaching
opportunities.
◉ Which of these statements represents subjective data the nurse
obtained from the patient regarding the patient's skin? Answer:
Patient denies any color change.
◉ The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year old male patient
and is concerned about health promotion activities. Which of these
questions would be appropriate to use to assess health promotion
activities for this patient? Answer: "Do you perform testicular self-
examinations?"
◉ Functional Assessment-- What information would you ask if the
patient's leg was in a cast? Answer: A functional assessment includes
the activities of daily living and the person's ability to take care of
their needs. This area will help to formulate a nursing diagnosis.
This could be present to the patient in a standardized form and will
include data on the lifestyle and type of living environment. (Page
,57) self-esteem, activity/exercise, sleep/rest, nutrition/elimination,
interpersonal relationships/resources, spiritual resources, coping
and stress management, personal habits, environmental hazards,
violence questions, and occupational health questions. If a patient
had a cast on their leg, appropriate questions would include how
they transfer to bed, another chair, bathing technique, coping with
the situation, support during the situation.
◉ Regarding the use of alcohol, a patient asks the nurse why the
nurse needs to know. What is the reason why? Answer: Alcohol can
interact with all medications and make some diseases worse.
◉ Describe a genogram. Answer: Graphic family tree that uses
symbols to depict the gender, relationship, and age of immediate
family. Usually 3 generations- parents, grandparents, siblings. Also
highlight the health of close family members and more details such
as communicable disease, environmental hazards (smoke), tobacco
use, and alcohol use. Any additional information includes the family
history.
◉ The nurse is obtaining health history on an 87-year-old woman.
Which of the following areas of questioning would be most useful at
this time? Answer: Current health promotion activities.
◉ A 90-year-old patient tells the nurse that he cannot remember the
names of the medication he is taking or why he is taking them. An
, appropriate response from the nurse would be.. Answer: Would you
have a family member bring in your medications please?
◉ The nurse is performing a functional assessment on an 82-year-
old patient who recently had a stroke. Which of these questions
would be most important to ask? Answer: "Are you able to dress
yourself?"
◉ A patient is describing his symptoms to the nurse. Which of these
statements reflects a description of the setting of his symptoms?
Answer: "This pain happens every time I sit down to use the
computer."
◉ In performing a breast examination, the nurse knows that
examining the upper outer quadrant of the breast is especially
important. The reason why is... Answer: This is the location for most
breast tumors.
◉ In performing an assessment of a woman's elixir lymph system,
the nurse should assess which of these nodes? Answer: Central,
lateral, pectoral, and subscapular.
The breast has extensive lymphatic drainage, 75% of the drainage
drains into the axillary nodes. There are groups of axillary nodes
central, pectoral and subscapular.
