Health Assessment Nursing 247 Patient Assessment & Physical Examination Review
HEALTH ASSESSMENT FLASHCARDS: NURSING…
assessing health
# Term Definition
1 Problems that are urgent or life first priority
threatening.
2 Problems that require your second level priority
prompt intervention to forestall
further deterioration.
3 What is the mnuemonic for first A airway B breathing C circulation S vital Signs
level priority problems and their
meanings?
4 What is the mnuemonic for M mental status change A acute pain A acute
second level priorities and their urinary elim probs U untreated med problems
meanings? immed attention A abnormal lab values R risk of
infection, safety, security
5 What is the nursing process? ADOPIE assessment diagnosis outcome
identification planning implementation
evaluation
6 What is a clinical judgement nursing diagnosis
about a person's response to an
actual or potential health state?
7 existing problem that is actual diagnosis
amenable to independent
nursing interventions
8 potential problems that an risk diagnosis
indiviual is vulnerable to
developing
9 focuses on strengths and reflects wellness diagnosis
an individual's transition to
higher level of wellness
10 used to evaluate etiology of a medical diagnosis
disease
11 database that makes sure follow up database
complications are not developing
with chronic illness
, Health Assessment Nursing 247 Patient Assessment & Physical Examination Review
HEALTH ASSESSMENT FLASHCARDS: NURSING 247
# Term Definition
12 what are you allergic to and get emergency database
to work database
13 What are the leading causes of 1. conditions originating in perinatal period 2.
death among birth to 10 years? congenital anomalies 3. sids 4. unintentional
injury 5. motor vehicle injury
14 What are the leading causes of 1. motor vehicle or unintentional injuries 2.
death in ages 11-24 years? homicide 3. suicide 4. malignant neoplasms 5.
heart disease
15 What are the leading causes of 1. malignant neoplasm 2. heart disease 3. motor
death in ages 25-64 years? vehicle unintent accidents 4. hiv 5. suicide and
homicide
16 Leading causes of death 65 and 1. heart disease 2. malignant neoplasm (lung
older? colorectal and breast) 3. cerebrovasc disease 4.
copd 5. pnuemonia and the flu
17 Percent of population considered 50%
minorities.
18 Percent of blacks in us 13.2
19 Percent of hispanics 24.3
20 percent of asian 8.9
21 percent of native americans .8
22 How does the biomedical model abscense of disease
of Western tradition view health?
23 What does a complete or total complete health history and full physical exam
health data base consist of?
24 What does a episodic or problem one problem short time period
centered database consist of?
25 What are some abnormal looks older that states age maybe from
findings for age? alcholism or illness
HEALTH ASSESSMENT FLASHCARDS: NURSING…
assessing health
# Term Definition
1 Problems that are urgent or life first priority
threatening.
2 Problems that require your second level priority
prompt intervention to forestall
further deterioration.
3 What is the mnuemonic for first A airway B breathing C circulation S vital Signs
level priority problems and their
meanings?
4 What is the mnuemonic for M mental status change A acute pain A acute
second level priorities and their urinary elim probs U untreated med problems
meanings? immed attention A abnormal lab values R risk of
infection, safety, security
5 What is the nursing process? ADOPIE assessment diagnosis outcome
identification planning implementation
evaluation
6 What is a clinical judgement nursing diagnosis
about a person's response to an
actual or potential health state?
7 existing problem that is actual diagnosis
amenable to independent
nursing interventions
8 potential problems that an risk diagnosis
indiviual is vulnerable to
developing
9 focuses on strengths and reflects wellness diagnosis
an individual's transition to
higher level of wellness
10 used to evaluate etiology of a medical diagnosis
disease
11 database that makes sure follow up database
complications are not developing
with chronic illness
, Health Assessment Nursing 247 Patient Assessment & Physical Examination Review
HEALTH ASSESSMENT FLASHCARDS: NURSING 247
# Term Definition
12 what are you allergic to and get emergency database
to work database
13 What are the leading causes of 1. conditions originating in perinatal period 2.
death among birth to 10 years? congenital anomalies 3. sids 4. unintentional
injury 5. motor vehicle injury
14 What are the leading causes of 1. motor vehicle or unintentional injuries 2.
death in ages 11-24 years? homicide 3. suicide 4. malignant neoplasms 5.
heart disease
15 What are the leading causes of 1. malignant neoplasm 2. heart disease 3. motor
death in ages 25-64 years? vehicle unintent accidents 4. hiv 5. suicide and
homicide
16 Leading causes of death 65 and 1. heart disease 2. malignant neoplasm (lung
older? colorectal and breast) 3. cerebrovasc disease 4.
copd 5. pnuemonia and the flu
17 Percent of population considered 50%
minorities.
18 Percent of blacks in us 13.2
19 Percent of hispanics 24.3
20 percent of asian 8.9
21 percent of native americans .8
22 How does the biomedical model abscense of disease
of Western tradition view health?
23 What does a complete or total complete health history and full physical exam
health data base consist of?
24 What does a episodic or problem one problem short time period
centered database consist of?
25 What are some abnormal looks older that states age maybe from
findings for age? alcholism or illness
