NURSING 245 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
subjective data - Answers what the patient says about himself/herself during history taking
objective data - Answers what you as the health professional observe by inspecting, percussing,
palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination
Nursing process - Answers assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation,
evaluation
First-level priority problems - Answers those that are emergent, life threatening, and
immediate(establishing and airway, breathing)
Second-level priority problems - Answers those requiring your prompt intervention to forestall
further deterioration (mental status, acute pain)
Third-level priority problems - Answers those that are important to the patient's health but can be
addressed after more urgent health problems are addressed. (Knowledge deficit, altered family
processes, and low self esteem)
holistic health - Answers the view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and function as
a whole within the environment
wellness - Answers an integrated method of functioning which is oriented toward maximizing the
potential of which the individual is capable
health assessment - Answers Gathering information about the health status of the patient, analyzing
and synthesizing those data, making judgments about nursing interventions based on the findings and
evaluating patient care outcomes
comprehensive assessment - Answers complete health history and physical assessment performed
focused assessment - Answers occurs in all settings, smaller in scope but increased for specific issues,
short term
follow up assessment - Answers reguarly scheduled visits to manage and monitor health problems
emergency assessment - Answers life threatning or unstable situation
health - Answers balance of a person is a complex and interrelated phenomenon
illness - Answers Loss of a person's balance
inspection - Answers close, careful scrutiny, first of the individual as a whole and then of each body
system
palpation - Answers applies sense of touch to assess the following: texture, temperature, moisture,
organ location and size, swelling, and prescence of lumps or masses
Auscultation - Answers listening to sounds within the body
percussion - Answers tapping the person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess underlying
structures
goals of the health history - Answers provides complete picture of the individuals past and present
health state
ABCT - Answers appearance, behavior, cognition, thought process
mental status examination - Answers a check of emotional and cognitive functioning
pain - Answers a highly complex and subjective experience that originates from the central nervous
system, the peripheral nervous system, or both
nociceptive - Answers type of pain due to tissue damage
neuropathic - Answers pain coming from the nerves
visceral pain - Answers pain felt in your internal organs
somatic pain - Answers pain felt in your muscular-skeletal system
cutaneous pain - Answers pain felt on the skin and layers on skin
referred pain - Answers damage in one area, but feel the pain in a different area
acute pain - Answers short duration pain
chronic pain - Answers pain that can last for at least 6 months
breakthrough pain - Answers spikes in pain level
numeric rating scale - Answers ask the patient to choose a number that rates the level of pain with 0
being no pain and 10 indicating worst pain
verbal descriptor scale - Answers have the patient use words to describe pain
visual analog scales - Answers have the patient mark the intensity of the pain on a horizaontal line
from "no pain" to worst pain
facilitation - Answers encourages patients to say more and shows you are interested and will listen
further
subjective data - Answers what the patient says about himself/herself during history taking
objective data - Answers what you as the health professional observe by inspecting, percussing,
palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination
Nursing process - Answers assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation,
evaluation
First-level priority problems - Answers those that are emergent, life threatening, and
immediate(establishing and airway, breathing)
Second-level priority problems - Answers those requiring your prompt intervention to forestall
further deterioration (mental status, acute pain)
Third-level priority problems - Answers those that are important to the patient's health but can be
addressed after more urgent health problems are addressed. (Knowledge deficit, altered family
processes, and low self esteem)
holistic health - Answers the view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and function as
a whole within the environment
wellness - Answers an integrated method of functioning which is oriented toward maximizing the
potential of which the individual is capable
health assessment - Answers Gathering information about the health status of the patient, analyzing
and synthesizing those data, making judgments about nursing interventions based on the findings and
evaluating patient care outcomes
comprehensive assessment - Answers complete health history and physical assessment performed
focused assessment - Answers occurs in all settings, smaller in scope but increased for specific issues,
short term
follow up assessment - Answers reguarly scheduled visits to manage and monitor health problems
emergency assessment - Answers life threatning or unstable situation
health - Answers balance of a person is a complex and interrelated phenomenon
illness - Answers Loss of a person's balance
inspection - Answers close, careful scrutiny, first of the individual as a whole and then of each body
system
palpation - Answers applies sense of touch to assess the following: texture, temperature, moisture,
organ location and size, swelling, and prescence of lumps or masses
Auscultation - Answers listening to sounds within the body
percussion - Answers tapping the person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess underlying
structures
goals of the health history - Answers provides complete picture of the individuals past and present
health state
ABCT - Answers appearance, behavior, cognition, thought process
mental status examination - Answers a check of emotional and cognitive functioning
pain - Answers a highly complex and subjective experience that originates from the central nervous
system, the peripheral nervous system, or both
nociceptive - Answers type of pain due to tissue damage
neuropathic - Answers pain coming from the nerves
visceral pain - Answers pain felt in your internal organs
somatic pain - Answers pain felt in your muscular-skeletal system
cutaneous pain - Answers pain felt on the skin and layers on skin
referred pain - Answers damage in one area, but feel the pain in a different area
acute pain - Answers short duration pain
chronic pain - Answers pain that can last for at least 6 months
breakthrough pain - Answers spikes in pain level
numeric rating scale - Answers ask the patient to choose a number that rates the level of pain with 0
being no pain and 10 indicating worst pain
verbal descriptor scale - Answers have the patient use words to describe pain
visual analog scales - Answers have the patient mark the intensity of the pain on a horizaontal line
from "no pain" to worst pain
facilitation - Answers encourages patients to say more and shows you are interested and will listen
further
