NURS 301 Health Assessment Exam 1 Focus Topics to Review

NURS 301 Health Assessment Exam 1 Focus Topics to Review – Nevada State College Exam 1 will cover Chapters 1 to 5, Chapters 8, 9, 13, 14, 19, 23 Exam Items: 50 multiple choice, True or False Explain the purpose of a nursing health assessment Compare and contrast medical assessment from nursing health assessment. Describe the phases of the nursing process involved in health assessment by the nurse. Compare and contrast the four basic types of nursing assessment: (a) initial comprehensive, (b) ongoing or partial, (c)focused/problem oriented, (d) emergency. Compare and contrast subjective from objective data Describe the three phases of a client interview process. Give examples on what occurs in each phase. Describe effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques to collect subjective client data. Identify verbal communication to avoid during a client interview Describe ways to adapt the interview for the olderclient. Describe the purpose of performing genogram.