HEALTH ASSESSMENT TEST ONE CHAPTERS
THROUGH FOUR 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION
SET VERIFIED PERFORMANCE A+
◉ Nursing diagnostic phase. Answer: Analysis of subjective and
objective data to make a professional nursing judgment
◉ Planning. Answer: Developing a plan of nursing care and outcome
criteria
◉ Implementation. Answer: Carrying out the plan of care
◉ Evaluation. Answer: Assessing whether outcome criteria have been
met and revising the plan of care if necessary
◉ Nursing diagnosis. Answer: Clinical judgment about individual,
family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems
and life processes
◉ Subjective data. Answer: Sensations or symptoms that can be verified
only by the client (e.g. pain)
◉ Objective data. Answer: Findings directly observed or indirectly
observed through measurements (e.g. body temp)
,◉ Collaborative problem. Answer: Physiologic complications that
nurses monitor to detect their onset or changes in status
◉ Referral problem. Answer: Problem that requires the attention or
assistance of other health care professionals
◉ A medical examination differs from a comprehensive nursing
examination in that the medical examination focuses primarily on the
client's
a. physiologic status.
b. holistic wellness status.
c. developmental history.
d. level of functioning.. Answer: physiologic status.
◉ The result of a nursing assessment is
a. prescription of treatment.
, b. documentation of the need for a referral.
c. client's physiologic status.
d. formulation of nursing diagnoses.. Answer: formulation of nursing
diagnoses.
◉ Although the assessment phase of the nursing process precedes the
other phases, the assessment phase is
a. continuous.
b. completed on admission.
c. linear.
d. performed only by nurses.. Answer: continuous.
◉ When a client first enters the hospital for an elective surgical
procedure, the nurse should perform an assessment termed
a. entry.
THROUGH FOUR 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION
SET VERIFIED PERFORMANCE A+
◉ Nursing diagnostic phase. Answer: Analysis of subjective and
objective data to make a professional nursing judgment
◉ Planning. Answer: Developing a plan of nursing care and outcome
criteria
◉ Implementation. Answer: Carrying out the plan of care
◉ Evaluation. Answer: Assessing whether outcome criteria have been
met and revising the plan of care if necessary
◉ Nursing diagnosis. Answer: Clinical judgment about individual,
family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems
and life processes
◉ Subjective data. Answer: Sensations or symptoms that can be verified
only by the client (e.g. pain)
◉ Objective data. Answer: Findings directly observed or indirectly
observed through measurements (e.g. body temp)
,◉ Collaborative problem. Answer: Physiologic complications that
nurses monitor to detect their onset or changes in status
◉ Referral problem. Answer: Problem that requires the attention or
assistance of other health care professionals
◉ A medical examination differs from a comprehensive nursing
examination in that the medical examination focuses primarily on the
client's
a. physiologic status.
b. holistic wellness status.
c. developmental history.
d. level of functioning.. Answer: physiologic status.
◉ The result of a nursing assessment is
a. prescription of treatment.
, b. documentation of the need for a referral.
c. client's physiologic status.
d. formulation of nursing diagnoses.. Answer: formulation of nursing
diagnoses.
◉ Although the assessment phase of the nursing process precedes the
other phases, the assessment phase is
a. continuous.
b. completed on admission.
c. linear.
d. performed only by nurses.. Answer: continuous.
◉ When a client first enters the hospital for an elective surgical
procedure, the nurse should perform an assessment termed
a. entry.
