NUR 2830 Final Exam 1 Questions and
Already Passed Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
Components of a health assessment - Answer - health history (subjective data)
- physical examination (objective data)
- documentation of data
These are all components of a ____________
Primary source data - Answer subjective data collected directly from the patient
Secondary source data - Answer data acquired from another individual (family member)
Signs - Answer objective data observed, felt, heard, or measured (ex. rash, enlarged lymph
nodes, swelling of extremities)
Symptoms - Answer subjective data perceived and reported by patient (ex. pain, itching,
nausea)
Comprehensive health assessment - Answer detailed history and physical examination at
onset of care in primary care setting or on admission to hospital or long-term care facility;
encompasses health problems, health promotion, disease prevention, and assessment for
problems associated with known risk factors
Problem-based/focused health assessment - Answer history and examination that are
limited to a specific problem or complaint; most commonly used in a walk-in clinic or
emergency department
Episodic/follow-up health assessment - Answer usually done when patient is following up
with a health care provider for previously identified problem; patient with ongoing condition
makes regular visits for episodic assessment
Shift assessment - Answer nurses conduct assessment at beginning of each shift to identify
changes in patient's condition
Screening health assessment - Answer examination focused on disease detection (ex. blood
pressure screenings, glucose screenings, cholesterol screenings)
,Health promotion - Answer behavior motivated by the desire to increase well-being and
actualize human health potential
Primary prevention - Answer prevent a disease from developing through the promotion of
healthy lifestyles
Secondary prevention - Answer screening efforts to promote early detection of disease
Tertiary prevention - Answer minimizing the disability from acute or chronic disease or injury
and helping the patient to maximize his or her health
Symptom; subjective - Answer A ___ is what the client experiences and reports associated
with a problem. This is considered ___ data.
Assessment; signs - Answer An ___ involves collection of objective data, also referred to as
___.
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation - Answer What is the nursing process?
1. comprehensive
2. episodic/follow up
3. problem based/focused
4. shift
5. screening - Answer 5 types of assessment
c. tertiary prevention - Answer hypertension management
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
, a. primary prevention - Answer immunization
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
b. secondary prevention - Answer blood pressure screening
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
a. primary prevention - Answer nutrition
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
c. tertiary prevention - Answer cardiac rehabilitation
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
c. tertiary prevention - Answer DM management
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
a. primary prevention - Answer exercise
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
Already Passed Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
Components of a health assessment - Answer - health history (subjective data)
- physical examination (objective data)
- documentation of data
These are all components of a ____________
Primary source data - Answer subjective data collected directly from the patient
Secondary source data - Answer data acquired from another individual (family member)
Signs - Answer objective data observed, felt, heard, or measured (ex. rash, enlarged lymph
nodes, swelling of extremities)
Symptoms - Answer subjective data perceived and reported by patient (ex. pain, itching,
nausea)
Comprehensive health assessment - Answer detailed history and physical examination at
onset of care in primary care setting or on admission to hospital or long-term care facility;
encompasses health problems, health promotion, disease prevention, and assessment for
problems associated with known risk factors
Problem-based/focused health assessment - Answer history and examination that are
limited to a specific problem or complaint; most commonly used in a walk-in clinic or
emergency department
Episodic/follow-up health assessment - Answer usually done when patient is following up
with a health care provider for previously identified problem; patient with ongoing condition
makes regular visits for episodic assessment
Shift assessment - Answer nurses conduct assessment at beginning of each shift to identify
changes in patient's condition
Screening health assessment - Answer examination focused on disease detection (ex. blood
pressure screenings, glucose screenings, cholesterol screenings)
,Health promotion - Answer behavior motivated by the desire to increase well-being and
actualize human health potential
Primary prevention - Answer prevent a disease from developing through the promotion of
healthy lifestyles
Secondary prevention - Answer screening efforts to promote early detection of disease
Tertiary prevention - Answer minimizing the disability from acute or chronic disease or injury
and helping the patient to maximize his or her health
Symptom; subjective - Answer A ___ is what the client experiences and reports associated
with a problem. This is considered ___ data.
Assessment; signs - Answer An ___ involves collection of objective data, also referred to as
___.
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation - Answer What is the nursing process?
1. comprehensive
2. episodic/follow up
3. problem based/focused
4. shift
5. screening - Answer 5 types of assessment
c. tertiary prevention - Answer hypertension management
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
, a. primary prevention - Answer immunization
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
b. secondary prevention - Answer blood pressure screening
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
a. primary prevention - Answer nutrition
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
c. tertiary prevention - Answer cardiac rehabilitation
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
c. tertiary prevention - Answer DM management
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
a. primary prevention - Answer exercise
a. primary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. tertiary prevention
