NURS 301 Health Assessment Exam 1 Focus Topics to Review VERY CORRECT

NURS 301 Health Assessment Exam 1 Focus Topics to Review Exam 1 will cover Chapters 1 to 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 23 Exam Items: 45 multiple-choice, True or False Questions Topics: Explain the purpose of a nursing health assessment.  Collect holistic subjective and objective data to determine a client’s overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgement Compare and contrast medical assessment from nursing health assessment.  Medical assessment o Focuses on the client’s physiologic status  Nursing health assessment o Collects holistic subjective and objective data to determine a client’s overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgement Describe the phases of the nursing process involved in health assessment by the nurse. 1. Assessment – collecting subj. & obj. data 2. Diagnosis – analyzing subj. & obj. data to make a professional nursing judgement (nursing diagnosis, collaborative problems, or referral) 3. Planning – determining outcome criteria & developing a plan 4. Implementation – carrying out the plan 5. Evaluation – assessing whether outcome criteria have been met and revising the plan as necessary Compare and contrast subjective from objective data