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NSG 3160/ NSG3160 Exam 1 – Health Assessment Guide| Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION SBAR Communication Standardized method for communicating patient information: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation. QUESTION Critical Thinking in Nursing Answer: Purposeful, goal-directed, evidence-based reasoning used to interpret data, identify problems, and plan care. QUESTION Documentation Importance Answer: Provides a legal record of care, facilitates communication among team members, supports reimbursement, and contributes to research. QUESTION Legal & Ethical Documentation Principles Answer: Chart accurately, objectively, promptly, and confidentially; avoid judgmental statements or unapproved abbreviations. QUESTION Health Belief Model Answer: Describes how personal beliefs about health influence behavior change and health practices. QUESTION Cultural Competence (USLO Integration) Answer: Delivering respectful, individualized care that acknowledges cultural, spiritual, and ethnic influences on health behaviors and values. QUESTION Holistic and Culturally Competent Care (USLO Integration) Answer: Involves addressing the patient's physical, emotional, spiritual, and cultural needs throughout the assessment and care process. QUESTION Outcome Identification in Health History (USLO Integration) Answer: Recognizing patient goals and expected outcomes while collecting subjective and objective health history data. QUESTION Health History Purpose Answer: To collect a complete picture of a patient's past and present health so patterns, risk factors, and health goals can be identified for diagnosis and planning. QUESTION Components of a Complete Health History Answer: Biographic data, source of history, reason for seeking care, present illness, past health, family history, review of systems, functional assessment, and perception of health. QUESTION Biographic Data Answer: Includes name, address, phone number, age, birth date, birthplace, gender identity, relationship status, occupation, race, and ethnic origin. QUESTION Source of History Answer: Identifies who provides the information (patient, family, interpreter) and assesses reliability and willingness to communicate. QUESTION Reason for Seeking Care Answer: The patient's own words describing the symptom, sign, or concern that prompted the visit—recorded as a brief statement or 'chief complaint.' QUESTION Symptom vs. Sign Answer: Symptom = subjective sensation reported by patient; Sign = objective abnormality detected by examiner or diagnostic testing. QUESTION Present Health or History of Present Illness (HPI) Answer: Detailed chronological account of the current problem, analyzed with the PQRSTU mnemonic. QUESTION P (Provocative/Palliative) Answer: What brings on or relieves the symptom? What were you doing when it started? QUESTION Q (Quality/Quantity) Answer: Describes the character of the symptom—burning, stabbing, dull, sharp, throbbing, etc. QUESTION R (Region/Radiation) Where is it located? Does it spread anywhere?

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NSGl 3160/l NSG3160l Examl 1l –l Healthl
Assessmentl Guide|l Galenl (Latestl 2026/l
2027l Update)l 100%l Verifiedl Questionsl &l
Answersl |l Gradel A

Q:l SBARl Communication
Answer:
Standardizedl methodl forl communicatingl patientl information:l Situation,l Background,l
Assessment,l Recommendation.



Q:l Criticall Thinkingl inl Nursing
Answer:
Purposeful,l goal-directed,l evidence-basedl reasoningl usedl tol interpretl data,l identifyl
problems,l andl planl care.



Q:l Documentationl Importance
Answer:
Providesl al legall recordl ofl care,l facilitatesl communicationl amongl teaml members,l
supportsl reimbursement,l andl contributesl tol research.



Q:l Legall &l Ethicall Documentationl Principles
Answer:
Chartl accurately,l objectively,l promptly,l andl confidentially;l avoidl judgmentall statementsl
orl unapprovedl abbreviations.

,Q:l Healthl Beliefl Model
Answer:
Describesl howl personall beliefsl aboutl healthl influencel behaviorl changel andl healthl
practices.



Q:l Culturall Competencel (USLOl Integration)
Answer:
Deliveringl respectful,l individualizedl carel thatl acknowledgesl cultural,l spiritual,l andl ethnicl
influencesl onl healthl behaviorsl andl values.



Q:l Holisticl andl Culturallyl Competentl Carel (USLOl Integration)
Answer:
Involvesl addressingl thel patient'sl physical,l emotional,l spiritual,l andl culturall needsl
throughoutl thel assessmentl andl carel process.



Q:l Outcomel Identificationl inl Healthl Historyl (USLOl Integration)
Answer:
Recognizingl patientl goalsl andl expectedl outcomesl whilel collectingl subjectivel andl
objectivel healthl historyl data.



Q:l Healthl Historyl Purpose
Answer:
Tol collectl al completel picturel ofl al patient'sl pastl andl presentl healthl sol patterns,l riskl
factors,l andl healthl goalsl canl bel identifiedl forl diagnosisl andl planning.



Q:l Componentsl ofl al Completel Healthl History

,Answer:
Biographicl data,l sourcel ofl history,l reasonl forl seekingl care,l presentl illness,l pastl health,l
familyl history,l reviewl ofl systems,l functionall assessment,l andl perceptionl ofl health.



Q:l Biographicl Data
Answer:
Includesl name,l address,l phonel number,l age,l birthl date,l birthplace,l genderl identity,l
relationshipl status,l occupation,l race,l andl ethnicl origin.



Q:l Sourcel ofl History
Answer:
Identifiesl whol providesl thel informationl (patient,l family,l interpreter)l andl assessesl
reliabilityl andl willingnessl tol communicate.



Q:l Reasonl forl Seekingl Care
Answer:
Thel patient'sl ownl wordsl describingl thel symptom,l sign,l orl concernl thatl promptedl thel
visit—recordedl asl al briefl statementl orl 'chiefl complaint.'



Q:l Symptoml vs.l Sign
Answer:
Symptoml =l subjectivel sensationl reportedl byl patient;l Signl =l objectivel abnormalityl
detectedl byl examinerl orl diagnosticl testing.



Q:l Presentl Healthl orl Historyl ofl Presentl Illnessl (HPI)
Answer:
Detailedl chronologicall accountl ofl thel currentl problem,l analyzedl withl thel PQRSTUl
mnemonic.

, Q:l Pl (Provocative/Palliative)
Answer:
Whatl bringsl onl orl relievesl thel symptom?l Whatl werel youl doingl whenl itl started?



Q:l Ql (Quality/Quantity)
Answer:
Describesl thel characterl ofl thel symptom—burning,l stabbing,l dull,l sharp,l throbbing,l etc.



Q:l Rl (Region/Radiation)
Answer:
Wherel isl itl located?l Doesl itl spreadl anywhere?



Q:l Sl (Severityl Scale)
Answer:
Askl patientl tol ratel symptoml intensity,l usuallyl 0-10;l notel ifl improving,l worsening,l orl
unchanged.



Q:l Tl (Timing)
Answer:
Onset,l duration,l andl frequency—whenl didl itl begin,l howl longl doesl itl last,l andl howl
oftenl doesl itl occur?



Q:l Ul (Understanding/Meaningl tol Patient)
Answer:

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