NURS 614 health assessment EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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NSG 316 Final Exam 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLE
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TE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (44B72)
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QUESTION 1 vc




Term
ANSWER

Definition



QUESTION 2 vc




What are the elements of a general survey and health assessment?
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ANSWER

Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, behavior, and measurement
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QUESTION 3 vc




What is the difference between subjective and objective data?
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ANSWER

Subjective data is what the patient say about themselves during the history taking. Objective data is obs
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erved when inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating the patient during the physical exam.
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QUESTION 4 vc




What is the difference between a comprehensive assessment and a focused assessment?
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ANSWER

A comprehensive assessment includes the patient's history, physical exam, and VS; yearly health exams.
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A focused assessment is a more detailed assessment that related to a current medical condition/patient
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complaint; ER situations or after a diagnosis
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,QUESTION 5 vc




What factors affect health promotion and disease prevention throughout the lifespan?
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ANSWER

Gender, genetics, education, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, lifestyle, chronic illness/disability, and race
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QUESTION 6 vc




Which of these are components of a functional assessment? (Select all that apply)
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a. vision and hearing
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b. mobility
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c. continence
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d. nutrition
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e. ADL-IADL
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ANSWER

Answer: all of them :) A functional assessment also includes mental status, affect, home environment, an
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d social support!
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QUESTION 7 vc




What is the key to understanding cultural diversity?
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ANSWER

Being self-aware and having knowledge of one's own culture
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QUESTION 8 vc




FICA is an assessment tool used to determine a patient's spiritual history. What does FIC
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A stand for?
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ANSWER

F = faith I = importance/influence C = community A = address/action
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QUESTION 9 vc




What components should be assessed and asked about when completing a cultural asses
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sment?
ANSWER

Heritage, health practices, communication, family roles & social orientation, nutrition, pregnancy, spiritu
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, QUESTION 10 vc




What are the four sources of pain? (Provide some examples for each)
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ANSWER

1. Visceral pain = large interior organs (e.g., appendicitis, gallstones) 2. Deep somatic pain = blood vesse
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ls, joints, tendons, muscles, and bone injury (e.g., sprain, broken bone) 3. Cutaneous pain = skin surface
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and subcutaneous tissues (e.g., paper cut) 4. Referred pain = felt at a particular site but originates from
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another location (e.g., left arm hurting during an MI although the issue is with the heart)
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QUESTION 11 vc




Pain is always ____? vc vc vc




ANSWER

Subjective!



QUESTION 12 vc




A patient with a severe muscle cramp tells the nurse, "The pain is a little better when I m
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assage the muscle or apply a cold pack." Which criterion of the PQRST method of pain as
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sessment is addressed in the patient's statement? vc vc vc vc vc vc



a. Severity Scale
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b. Quality/Quantity
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c. Region/Radiation
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d. Provocation/Palliation
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ANSWER

Answer: d PQRST is a pain assessment scale; it stands for Provocation/Palliation, Quality/Quantity, Regi
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on/Radiation, Severity Scale, and Timing. Because the patient is describing methods that provide comfor
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t and relieve the pain, it indicates that the patient is addressing Provocation/Palliation. If the patient rep
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orts about severity of pain on a scale of 0 to 10, then it indicates that the patient is addressing Severity.
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When addressing the Quality/Quantity of the pain, the patient describes the pain felt. If the patient repo
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rts about the site of pain, then the patient is addressing Region/Radiation.
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QUESTION 13 vc




Stages of Edema vc vc




ANSWER

1+ mild, slight indentation, no perceptible swelling 2+ moderate, indentation subsides rapidly (seconds)
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3+ deep, indentation remains for short time (minutes), appears swollen 4+ very deep, indentation lasts
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long time (hours), appears very swollen
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QUESTION 14 vc