NURS 220 Health Assessment
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What is assessment? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the systematic gathering of
information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and
cultural status of an individual, group, or community
What does assessment include? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔collecting data
(observation, health history)
using a systematic and ongoing process (physical assessment)
,categorizing data
recording data
What does a physical assessment include? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inspection
palpation
percussion
auscultation
What are examples of subjective data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔experienced
symptoms
feelings
thoughts
beliefs
What are examples of objective data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔vital signs
lab results (x-ray)
skin color
bowel sounds
lung sounds
, urine color and output
information collected for the specific purpose at hand - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔primary data
data previously collected for any purpose other than the one at hand - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔secondary data
data is used to identify the client's actual or potential health problems and
strengths - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔diagnosis
data helps you formulate realistic goals and choose the interventions most
likely to be acceptable to and effective for the client - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔planning outcomes and interventions
gathering data by observing the client's responses as you perform
interventions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔implementation
assess client based on interventions
client responses are *data* - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔evaluation
Medical assessments focus on ___. Nursing assessments focus on ___
and will initiate ___. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disease and pathology
client's responses to care
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2026 Exam Questions with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest Update
What is assessment? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the systematic gathering of
information related to the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and
cultural status of an individual, group, or community
What does assessment include? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔collecting data
(observation, health history)
using a systematic and ongoing process (physical assessment)
,categorizing data
recording data
What does a physical assessment include? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inspection
palpation
percussion
auscultation
What are examples of subjective data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔experienced
symptoms
feelings
thoughts
beliefs
What are examples of objective data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔vital signs
lab results (x-ray)
skin color
bowel sounds
lung sounds
, urine color and output
information collected for the specific purpose at hand - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔primary data
data previously collected for any purpose other than the one at hand - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔secondary data
data is used to identify the client's actual or potential health problems and
strengths - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔diagnosis
data helps you formulate realistic goals and choose the interventions most
likely to be acceptable to and effective for the client - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔planning outcomes and interventions
gathering data by observing the client's responses as you perform
interventions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔implementation
assess client based on interventions
client responses are *data* - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔evaluation
Medical assessments focus on ___. Nursing assessments focus on ___
and will initiate ___. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disease and pathology
client's responses to care
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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