Health Assessment in Nursing Chapter 1
Review Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Nursing Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER Collection of subjective and objective
data
Nursing diagnostic phase - CORRECT ANSWER Analysis of subjective and objective
data to make a professional nursing judgment
Planning - CORRECT ANSWER Developing a plan of nursing care and outcome
criteria
Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER Carrying out the plan of care
Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER Assessing whether outcome criteria have been met
and revising the plan of care if necessary
Nursing diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER Clinical judgment about individual, family,
or community responses to actual or potential health problems and life processes
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER Sensations or symptoms that can be verified
only by the client (e.g. pain)
Objective data - CORRECT ANSWER Findings directly observed or indirectly
observed through measurements (e.g. body temp)
Collaborative problem - CORRECT ANSWER Physiologic complications that nurses
monitor to detect their onset or changes in status
, Referral problem - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT ANSWER formulation of nursing
diagnoses.
Although the assessment phase of the nursing process precedes the other phases, the
assessment phase is
a. continuous.
Review Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Nursing Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER Collection of subjective and objective
data
Nursing diagnostic phase - CORRECT ANSWER Analysis of subjective and objective
data to make a professional nursing judgment
Planning - CORRECT ANSWER Developing a plan of nursing care and outcome
criteria
Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER Carrying out the plan of care
Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER Assessing whether outcome criteria have been met
and revising the plan of care if necessary
Nursing diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER Clinical judgment about individual, family,
or community responses to actual or potential health problems and life processes
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWER Sensations or symptoms that can be verified
only by the client (e.g. pain)
Objective data - CORRECT ANSWER Findings directly observed or indirectly
observed through measurements (e.g. body temp)
Collaborative problem - CORRECT ANSWER Physiologic complications that nurses
monitor to detect their onset or changes in status
, Referral problem - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT ANSWER formulation of nursing
diagnoses.
Although the assessment phase of the nursing process precedes the other phases, the
assessment phase is
a. continuous.
