NR 302 Health Assessment Final Newest Questions
and Answers (2026) | Comprehensive Updated
Review and Rationales | Grade A+
• Subjective Data . Answer: what the person says about himself or herself during patient
interview/review or systems
• Objective Data . Answer: what the health professional observes by inspecting,
palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
• Modifiable Risk Factors . Answer: Factors that can be altered or taught.
Smoking
Alcohol
exercise
diet
diabetes control
vaccinations
medication compliance
etc.
• Non-Modifiable Risk Factors . Answer: Factors that cannot be changed
Gender
Age
Race
Family History
Congenital defects
• Health History . Answer: A collection of subjective data about a patient regarding
-Last seen PCP
-current medications, vitamins, herbals
-Allergies, type of reaction
-childhood illnesses
-chronic illness
-previous hospitalizations, for what?
-surgeries
-immunizations
• Interview trap . Answer: providing false assurance or reassurance
• Interview trap . Answer: Giving unwanted advice
• Interview Trap . Answer: Using Authority
• Interview Trap . Answer: Using avoidance Language
, • Interview Trap . Answer: Distancing
• Interview Trap . Answer: Using professional jargon
• Interview Trap . Answer: Using leading questions when not appropriate
• Interview trap . Answer: Talking too much
• Interview Trap . Answer: interrupting
• Interview Trap . Answer: Why questions
• HIPPA . Answer: Federally regulated Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
• HIPPA VIOLATION . Answer: failure to protect any and all confidential patient
information. Including unintentional violations of privacy.
• SBAR . Answer: Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
• How format does a nurse use when communicating with other healthcare providers
regarding a patient? . Answer: SBAR
• Using SBAR, the assessment portion is subjective or objective data . Answer:
Objective data
• Standard Universal Precautions . Answer: Hand Hygiene
Foam in/ Foam out
Gloves
• Physical Exam Techniques . Answer: Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
• Inspection . Answer: general survey; observation of the patient as a whole,
progressing to specific body areas
• Palpatation . Answer: feeling organs with your hands
• Percussion . Answer: tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of
the underlying structure
• Auscultation . Answer: Listening with a stethoscope
and Answers (2026) | Comprehensive Updated
Review and Rationales | Grade A+
• Subjective Data . Answer: what the person says about himself or herself during patient
interview/review or systems
• Objective Data . Answer: what the health professional observes by inspecting,
palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
• Modifiable Risk Factors . Answer: Factors that can be altered or taught.
Smoking
Alcohol
exercise
diet
diabetes control
vaccinations
medication compliance
etc.
• Non-Modifiable Risk Factors . Answer: Factors that cannot be changed
Gender
Age
Race
Family History
Congenital defects
• Health History . Answer: A collection of subjective data about a patient regarding
-Last seen PCP
-current medications, vitamins, herbals
-Allergies, type of reaction
-childhood illnesses
-chronic illness
-previous hospitalizations, for what?
-surgeries
-immunizations
• Interview trap . Answer: providing false assurance or reassurance
• Interview trap . Answer: Giving unwanted advice
• Interview Trap . Answer: Using Authority
• Interview Trap . Answer: Using avoidance Language
, • Interview Trap . Answer: Distancing
• Interview Trap . Answer: Using professional jargon
• Interview Trap . Answer: Using leading questions when not appropriate
• Interview trap . Answer: Talking too much
• Interview Trap . Answer: interrupting
• Interview Trap . Answer: Why questions
• HIPPA . Answer: Federally regulated Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
• HIPPA VIOLATION . Answer: failure to protect any and all confidential patient
information. Including unintentional violations of privacy.
• SBAR . Answer: Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
• How format does a nurse use when communicating with other healthcare providers
regarding a patient? . Answer: SBAR
• Using SBAR, the assessment portion is subjective or objective data . Answer:
Objective data
• Standard Universal Precautions . Answer: Hand Hygiene
Foam in/ Foam out
Gloves
• Physical Exam Techniques . Answer: Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
• Inspection . Answer: general survey; observation of the patient as a whole,
progressing to specific body areas
• Palpatation . Answer: feeling organs with your hands
• Percussion . Answer: tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of
the underlying structure
• Auscultation . Answer: Listening with a stethoscope
