NU 302 Health Assessment Exam I UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1.Health assessment is critical to which components of the nursing process?
A. Assessment and evaluation
B. Diagnosis and planning
C. Planning and intervention
D. All components - CORRECT ANSWER D. All components
2.A client returns to the clinic to determine whether or not treatment for an upper respiratory
infection has been effective. The most appropriate level of health history in this situation is:
A. complete
B. follow-up
C. emergency
D. Incidental - CORRECT ANSWER B. follow-up
3.A client is asked what concern brought her to the clinic today. She replies, "I've had
stomach pains for three days." This nurse documents this information in which section of the
health assessment?
A. History of present illness
B. Review of systems
C. Reason for seeking care
D. Functional assessment - CORRECT ANSWER C. Reason for seeking care
4.A genogram is one way of documenting which part of the health history?
A. Reason for seeking care
B. Past medical history
C. Family history
D. Functional assessment - CORRECT ANSWER C. Family history
, 5.After completing an initial assessment on a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58. This type of data would be:
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective - CORRECT ANSWER A. Objective
6.A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, that he is nauseated, and that he "feels hot."
This type of data would be
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective - CORRECT ANSWER C. Subjective
7.You are taking a health history on a client in a clinic. You ask the client about personal
habits such as alcohol consumption and tobacco use. This is part of which section of the
health history?
A. Reason for seeking care
B. Past medical history
C. Family history
D. Functional assessment - CORRECT ANSWER B. Past medical history
8.A 42-year-old Asian patient is being seen at the clinic for an initial examination. The nurse
knows that it is important to include cultural information in his health assessment to:
A. identify the cause of his illness.
B. make accurate disease diagnoses.
C. provide cultural health rights for the individual.
D. provide culturally sensitive and appropriate care. - CORRECT ANSWER D.
provide culturally sensitive and appropriate care.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1.Health assessment is critical to which components of the nursing process?
A. Assessment and evaluation
B. Diagnosis and planning
C. Planning and intervention
D. All components - CORRECT ANSWER D. All components
2.A client returns to the clinic to determine whether or not treatment for an upper respiratory
infection has been effective. The most appropriate level of health history in this situation is:
A. complete
B. follow-up
C. emergency
D. Incidental - CORRECT ANSWER B. follow-up
3.A client is asked what concern brought her to the clinic today. She replies, "I've had
stomach pains for three days." This nurse documents this information in which section of the
health assessment?
A. History of present illness
B. Review of systems
C. Reason for seeking care
D. Functional assessment - CORRECT ANSWER C. Reason for seeking care
4.A genogram is one way of documenting which part of the health history?
A. Reason for seeking care
B. Past medical history
C. Family history
D. Functional assessment - CORRECT ANSWER C. Family history
, 5.After completing an initial assessment on a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58. This type of data would be:
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective - CORRECT ANSWER A. Objective
6.A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, that he is nauseated, and that he "feels hot."
This type of data would be
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective - CORRECT ANSWER C. Subjective
7.You are taking a health history on a client in a clinic. You ask the client about personal
habits such as alcohol consumption and tobacco use. This is part of which section of the
health history?
A. Reason for seeking care
B. Past medical history
C. Family history
D. Functional assessment - CORRECT ANSWER B. Past medical history
8.A 42-year-old Asian patient is being seen at the clinic for an initial examination. The nurse
knows that it is important to include cultural information in his health assessment to:
A. identify the cause of his illness.
B. make accurate disease diagnoses.
C. provide cultural health rights for the individual.
D. provide culturally sensitive and appropriate care. - CORRECT ANSWER D.
provide culturally sensitive and appropriate care.
