CARE OF PATIENTS UPDATED EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
▶ Comprehensive Assessment? Answer:health history and complete
physical examination, usually conducted when a patient first enters a health
care setting; provides a baseline for comparing later assessment
▶ Focused Assessment? Answer:A type of physical assessment that is
typically performed on patients who have sustained nonsignificant
mechanisms of injury or on responsive medical patients. This type of
examination is based on the chief complaint and focuses on one body
system or part.
▶ Emergency Assessment? Answer:rapid focused assessment conducted
to determine potentially fatal situations
▶ Primary Data? Answer:Comes directly from the patient.
▶ Secondary Data? Answer:Spoken information or symptoms that are
typically difficult to validate.
▶ Objective Data? Answer:aka Signs. Can be measured or observed.
▶ Actual Nursing Diagnosis? Answer:actual problem or dysfunctional state
three part statement
▶ Risk Nursing Diagnosis? Answer:Describes human responses to health
conditions/life processes that may develop
▶ Health-promotion Nursing Diagnosis? Answer:a clinical judgement of
motivation, desire, and readiness to enhance well-being and actualize
human health potential
2025/2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
▶ Comprehensive Assessment? Answer:health history and complete
physical examination, usually conducted when a patient first enters a health
care setting; provides a baseline for comparing later assessment
▶ Focused Assessment? Answer:A type of physical assessment that is
typically performed on patients who have sustained nonsignificant
mechanisms of injury or on responsive medical patients. This type of
examination is based on the chief complaint and focuses on one body
system or part.
▶ Emergency Assessment? Answer:rapid focused assessment conducted
to determine potentially fatal situations
▶ Primary Data? Answer:Comes directly from the patient.
▶ Secondary Data? Answer:Spoken information or symptoms that are
typically difficult to validate.
▶ Objective Data? Answer:aka Signs. Can be measured or observed.
▶ Actual Nursing Diagnosis? Answer:actual problem or dysfunctional state
three part statement
▶ Risk Nursing Diagnosis? Answer:Describes human responses to health
conditions/life processes that may develop
▶ Health-promotion Nursing Diagnosis? Answer:a clinical judgement of
motivation, desire, and readiness to enhance well-being and actualize
human health potential
