HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 1 PRACTICE
ACTUAL 2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
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After completing an initial a. objective
assessment of a patient, the nurse
has charted that his respirations are
eugenic and his pulse is 58 beats
per minute. These types of data
would be:
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
A patient tells the nurse that he is c. subjective
very nervous, is nauseated, and
feels hot. These types of data would
be:
a. objective
b. reflective
c. subjective
d. Introspective
,The patients record, laboratory a. data base
studies, objective data, and
subjective data combine to form
the:
a. data base
b. Admitting data
c. Financial statement
d. discharge summary
When listening to a patients breath c. validate the data by asking a coworker to listen
sounds, the nurse is unsure of a to the breath sounds
sound that is heard. The nurses next
action should be to:
a. immediately notify the patients
physician
b. document the sound exactly as it
was heard
c. Validate the data by asking a
coworker to listen to the breath
sounds
d. assess again in 20 minutes to
note whether the sound is still
present
,The nurse is conducting a class for b. a set of rules
a new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should
keep in mind that novice nurses,
without a background of skills and
experience from which to draw, are
more likely to make their decisions
using:
a. Intuition
b. a set of rules
c. articles in journals
d. Advice from supervisors
Expert nurses learn to attend to a a. intuition
pattern of assessment data and act
without consciously labeling it.
These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition
b. the nursing process
c. clinical knowledge
d. diagnostic reasoning
The nurse is reviewing information c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with
about EBP. Which statement best the clinicians experience
reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for
support of best practices
b. EBP is simply the use of best
practice techniques for the
treatment of patients
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best
evidence with the clinicians
experience
d. the patients own preferences are
not important with EBP
, The nurse is conducting a class on d. individual with shortness of breath and
priority setting for a group of new respiratory distress
graduate nurses. Which is an
example of a first-level priority
problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. newly diagnosed patient with
diabetes who needs diabetic
teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration
on the sole of the foot
d. individual with shortness of
breath and respiratory distress
When considering priority setting c. abnormal laboratory values
of problems, the nurse keeps in
mind that second level priority
problems include which of these
aspects?
a. low self-esteem
b. lack of knowledge
c. Abnormal laboratory values
d. severely abnormal vital signs
Which critical thinking skill helps the b. clustering related cues
nurse see relationships among the
data?
a. Validation
b. Clustering related cues
c. Identifying gaps in data
d. Distinguishing relevant from
irrelevant
ACTUAL 2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Save
Terms in this set (382)
After completing an initial a. objective
assessment of a patient, the nurse
has charted that his respirations are
eugenic and his pulse is 58 beats
per minute. These types of data
would be:
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
A patient tells the nurse that he is c. subjective
very nervous, is nauseated, and
feels hot. These types of data would
be:
a. objective
b. reflective
c. subjective
d. Introspective
,The patients record, laboratory a. data base
studies, objective data, and
subjective data combine to form
the:
a. data base
b. Admitting data
c. Financial statement
d. discharge summary
When listening to a patients breath c. validate the data by asking a coworker to listen
sounds, the nurse is unsure of a to the breath sounds
sound that is heard. The nurses next
action should be to:
a. immediately notify the patients
physician
b. document the sound exactly as it
was heard
c. Validate the data by asking a
coworker to listen to the breath
sounds
d. assess again in 20 minutes to
note whether the sound is still
present
,The nurse is conducting a class for b. a set of rules
a new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should
keep in mind that novice nurses,
without a background of skills and
experience from which to draw, are
more likely to make their decisions
using:
a. Intuition
b. a set of rules
c. articles in journals
d. Advice from supervisors
Expert nurses learn to attend to a a. intuition
pattern of assessment data and act
without consciously labeling it.
These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition
b. the nursing process
c. clinical knowledge
d. diagnostic reasoning
The nurse is reviewing information c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with
about EBP. Which statement best the clinicians experience
reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for
support of best practices
b. EBP is simply the use of best
practice techniques for the
treatment of patients
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best
evidence with the clinicians
experience
d. the patients own preferences are
not important with EBP
, The nurse is conducting a class on d. individual with shortness of breath and
priority setting for a group of new respiratory distress
graduate nurses. Which is an
example of a first-level priority
problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. newly diagnosed patient with
diabetes who needs diabetic
teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration
on the sole of the foot
d. individual with shortness of
breath and respiratory distress
When considering priority setting c. abnormal laboratory values
of problems, the nurse keeps in
mind that second level priority
problems include which of these
aspects?
a. low self-esteem
b. lack of knowledge
c. Abnormal laboratory values
d. severely abnormal vital signs
Which critical thinking skill helps the b. clustering related cues
nurse see relationships among the
data?
a. Validation
b. Clustering related cues
c. Identifying gaps in data
d. Distinguishing relevant from
irrelevant
