APR 3466 WEEK 4 ASSESSMENT
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ What is the role of validation in the assessment process?.
Answer: To ensure the accuracy and completeness of collected data.
◍ What are some nonsurgical management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?.
Answer: -Change of sleep position-Weight Loss-Positive-pressure
ventilation
◍ What are the intellectual standards in assessment?.
Answer: Guidelines that influence how a nurse conducts an assessment.
◍ What is the chief concern in the nursing health history?.
Answer: The primary reason the patient is seeking health care.
◍ What is the normal pressure of PETCO2?.
Answer: 20-40mm Hg
◍ Facial Trauma Interventions.
Answer: -Airway assessment -Anticipate need for emergency
intubation-Tracheotomy-Cricothyroidotomy-Fixed
Occlusion-DebridementNURSING PRIORITY: promote oxygenation by
ensuring patient airway
◍ Exercising testing is for.
Answer: assessing:-patients ability to work and perform
ADLs-Differentiates reasons for exercise limitation-determines whether
supplemental oxygen is needed during exercise
◍ What is concept mapping in the assessment process?.
Answer: A method to organize and visualize patient data.
, ◍ What is hemoptysis?.
Answer: Coughing up blood
◍ what are adventitious sounds?.
Answer: crackleswheezesrhonchipleural friction rubs
◍ What is the importance of cultural considerations in nursing health history?.
Answer: To ensure professionalism and sensitivity in history taking.
◍ What types of assessments are conducted during nursing history?.
Answer: Patient-centered interviews and periodic assessments.
◍ When performing exercise testing, what is the patient doing?.
Answer: exercise on a treadmill/bicycleself-paced 12-minute walking test
◍ When assessing for the Lungs and Thorax, what else are you assessing?.
Answer: AP diameter with lateral diameter distance between ribs (intercostal
space)palpate to assess respiratory movement, symmetry crepitus
◍ Cerebral Spinal Fluid may indicate.
Answer: Skull fracture
◍ What is the termination phase of the assessment interview?.
Answer: The phase where the nurse concludes the interview and summarizes
findings.
◍ Lung sounds.
Answer: BronchialBronchovesicularVesicular
◍ What components are included in the nursing health history?.
Answer: Biographical information, chief concern, patient expectations,
present illness, past health history, family history, psychosocial history,
spiritual health, and review of systems.
◍ When assessing for the Lungs and Thorax, what are you observing?.
Answer: the chest, compare one side with the other
◍ What are the four components of physical assessment?.
Answer: Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ What is the role of validation in the assessment process?.
Answer: To ensure the accuracy and completeness of collected data.
◍ What are some nonsurgical management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?.
Answer: -Change of sleep position-Weight Loss-Positive-pressure
ventilation
◍ What are the intellectual standards in assessment?.
Answer: Guidelines that influence how a nurse conducts an assessment.
◍ What is the chief concern in the nursing health history?.
Answer: The primary reason the patient is seeking health care.
◍ What is the normal pressure of PETCO2?.
Answer: 20-40mm Hg
◍ Facial Trauma Interventions.
Answer: -Airway assessment -Anticipate need for emergency
intubation-Tracheotomy-Cricothyroidotomy-Fixed
Occlusion-DebridementNURSING PRIORITY: promote oxygenation by
ensuring patient airway
◍ Exercising testing is for.
Answer: assessing:-patients ability to work and perform
ADLs-Differentiates reasons for exercise limitation-determines whether
supplemental oxygen is needed during exercise
◍ What is concept mapping in the assessment process?.
Answer: A method to organize and visualize patient data.
, ◍ What is hemoptysis?.
Answer: Coughing up blood
◍ what are adventitious sounds?.
Answer: crackleswheezesrhonchipleural friction rubs
◍ What is the importance of cultural considerations in nursing health history?.
Answer: To ensure professionalism and sensitivity in history taking.
◍ What types of assessments are conducted during nursing history?.
Answer: Patient-centered interviews and periodic assessments.
◍ When performing exercise testing, what is the patient doing?.
Answer: exercise on a treadmill/bicycleself-paced 12-minute walking test
◍ When assessing for the Lungs and Thorax, what else are you assessing?.
Answer: AP diameter with lateral diameter distance between ribs (intercostal
space)palpate to assess respiratory movement, symmetry crepitus
◍ Cerebral Spinal Fluid may indicate.
Answer: Skull fracture
◍ What is the termination phase of the assessment interview?.
Answer: The phase where the nurse concludes the interview and summarizes
findings.
◍ Lung sounds.
Answer: BronchialBronchovesicularVesicular
◍ What components are included in the nursing health history?.
Answer: Biographical information, chief concern, patient expectations,
present illness, past health history, family history, psychosocial history,
spiritual health, and review of systems.
◍ When assessing for the Lungs and Thorax, what are you observing?.
Answer: the chest, compare one side with the other
◍ What are the four components of physical assessment?.
Answer: Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
