NURS 098 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS PLS RATIONALE GRADED A+ SUCCESS
ASSUARED
Session # 1
When doing an overall assessment of a patient, the nurse is able to utilize findings and do what?
a. Identify what level of prevention the patient is at
b. Identify in what areas the patient needs the most care
c. Identify in what areas the patient can educate his or her family
d. Identify the patient’s diagnosis
RATIONALE: During the overall assessment of the patient, the nurse is able to utilize the findings and
decide which areas the patient is in need of the most care and which levels of prevention are necessary.
What are nurses able to detect through the health
assessment? a. Areas in need of health adjustments
b. Areas that need continuous care
c. Areas that need in-hospital care
d. Areas that need referral to a specialist
RATIONALE: Through the health assessment nurses are able to detect areas in need of health adjustments.
Using both verbal and nonverbal clues given by the patient, what is the nurse constantly doing?
a. Diagnosing
b. Intervening where necessary
c. Formulating a discharge plan
d. Assessing
RATIONALE: Focusing on both the answers (verbal) and the actions (nonverbal) of the patient, the
nurse is constantly assessing and formulating a plan of care to achieve the best possible health for the
individual.
Your patient complained about her painful right knee and rated as 8/10 using the Pain Scale. A pain scale
which is rated as 8/10 is what type of data?
a. Informative data
b. Objective data
c. Subjective data
d. Confidential data
, NURS 098 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS PLS RATIONALE GRADED A+ SUCCESS
ASSUARED
feelings, perceptions, and concerns obtained through interviews.
You are in the Emergency room and a victim of a trauma came-in with multiple injuries from a car crash.
What type of an assessment should you most likely to utilize at this point of time?
a. Focused assessment
b. Emergency assessment
c. Ongoing assessment
d. Comprehensive assessment
RATIONALE: During emergency procedures, a nurse is focused on rapidly identifying the root causes of
concern for the patient and assessing the airway, breathing and circulation (ABCs) of the patient. Once
the ABCs are stabilized, the emergency assessment may turn into an initial or focused assessment,
depending on the situation.
A patient tells you they got their finger cut with a razor about 20 minutes ago and then shows you the cut on
their finger, the cut is one inch long located on the left pinky finger about 1 centimetre deep. The patient states,
“My finger is bleeding, can you get me gauze for the blood?” What type of data is 1 inch cut on left the
patient’s pinky finger, 1 cm deep?
a. Focused data
b. Ongoing data
c. Subjective data
d. Objective data
RATIONALE: The focused assessment is the stage in which the problem is exposed and treated. Due to
the importance of vital signs and their ever-changing nature, they are continuously monitored during all
parts of the assessment.
You are a nurse in the surgical ward and taking care of an elderly client who had left knee replacement and
will be discharge directly to an Aged care facility today. It is a protocol in the hospital that nurses must assess
patients holistically before a discharge or transfer to any health care facility. What type of assessment is the
nurse employing?
a. Initial Comprehensive assessment
b. Ongoing assessment
c. Focused assessment
, NURS 098 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS PLS RATIONALE GRADED A+ SUCCESS
ASSUARED
enters a health care from a health care agency. The purposes are to evaluate the client’s health status,
to identify functional health patterns that are problematic, and to provide an in-depth, comprehensive
database, which is critical for evaluating changes in the client’s health status in subsequent
assessments.
You are a Neuro-ICU nurse and caring for an 18-year old female patient who had a bad car crash and
was admitted from the trauma bay. What type of assessment should the nurse most likely to apply?
a. Admission assessment
b. Time-lapsed assessment
c. Mini-assessment
, NURS 098 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS PLS RATIONALE GRADED A+ SUCCESS
ASSUARED
d. Problem-oriented assessment
RATIONALE: Time lapsed reassessment, another type of assessment, takes place after the initial
assessment to evaluate any changes in the clients functional health. Nurses perform time-lapsed
reassessment when substantial periods of time have elapsed between assessments (e.g., periodic output
patient clinic visits, home health visits, health and development screenings)
You are a nurse in a medical floor and taking care of a 34-year-old man who had an allergic reaction to
seafood. What the objective data expected for this client? Select all that apply.
a. “I cannot breath!”
b. Oxygen Saturation of 92%
c. Heart rate: 92 cycles per
minute d. BP: 110/70 mmHg
e. Usage of accessory muscles
RATIONALE: Objective data (signs or overt data): are detectable by an observer or can be measured or
tested against an accepted standard. They can be seen, heard, felt, or smelt, and they are obtained by
observation or physical examination.
You are a nurse in the Geriatric floor and caring for an 82-year-old male patient who was admitted due to
nutritional deficit. What type of assessment should the nurse utilize to keep check on the patient’s
improvement on a daily basis?
a. Initial comprehensive assessment
b. Focused assessment
c. Problem- oriented assessment
d. Emergency assessment
RATIONALE: An initial assessment, also called an admission assessment, is performed when the client
enters a health care from a health care agency. The purposes are to evaluate the client’s health status,
to identify functional health patterns that are problematic, and to provide an in-depth, comprehensive
database, which is critical for evaluating changes in the client’s health status in subsequent
assessments.
WITH ANSWERS PLS RATIONALE GRADED A+ SUCCESS
ASSUARED
Session # 1
When doing an overall assessment of a patient, the nurse is able to utilize findings and do what?
a. Identify what level of prevention the patient is at
b. Identify in what areas the patient needs the most care
c. Identify in what areas the patient can educate his or her family
d. Identify the patient’s diagnosis
RATIONALE: During the overall assessment of the patient, the nurse is able to utilize the findings and
decide which areas the patient is in need of the most care and which levels of prevention are necessary.
What are nurses able to detect through the health
assessment? a. Areas in need of health adjustments
b. Areas that need continuous care
c. Areas that need in-hospital care
d. Areas that need referral to a specialist
RATIONALE: Through the health assessment nurses are able to detect areas in need of health adjustments.
Using both verbal and nonverbal clues given by the patient, what is the nurse constantly doing?
a. Diagnosing
b. Intervening where necessary
c. Formulating a discharge plan
d. Assessing
RATIONALE: Focusing on both the answers (verbal) and the actions (nonverbal) of the patient, the
nurse is constantly assessing and formulating a plan of care to achieve the best possible health for the
individual.
Your patient complained about her painful right knee and rated as 8/10 using the Pain Scale. A pain scale
which is rated as 8/10 is what type of data?
a. Informative data
b. Objective data
c. Subjective data
d. Confidential data
, NURS 098 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS PLS RATIONALE GRADED A+ SUCCESS
ASSUARED
feelings, perceptions, and concerns obtained through interviews.
You are in the Emergency room and a victim of a trauma came-in with multiple injuries from a car crash.
What type of an assessment should you most likely to utilize at this point of time?
a. Focused assessment
b. Emergency assessment
c. Ongoing assessment
d. Comprehensive assessment
RATIONALE: During emergency procedures, a nurse is focused on rapidly identifying the root causes of
concern for the patient and assessing the airway, breathing and circulation (ABCs) of the patient. Once
the ABCs are stabilized, the emergency assessment may turn into an initial or focused assessment,
depending on the situation.
A patient tells you they got their finger cut with a razor about 20 minutes ago and then shows you the cut on
their finger, the cut is one inch long located on the left pinky finger about 1 centimetre deep. The patient states,
“My finger is bleeding, can you get me gauze for the blood?” What type of data is 1 inch cut on left the
patient’s pinky finger, 1 cm deep?
a. Focused data
b. Ongoing data
c. Subjective data
d. Objective data
RATIONALE: The focused assessment is the stage in which the problem is exposed and treated. Due to
the importance of vital signs and their ever-changing nature, they are continuously monitored during all
parts of the assessment.
You are a nurse in the surgical ward and taking care of an elderly client who had left knee replacement and
will be discharge directly to an Aged care facility today. It is a protocol in the hospital that nurses must assess
patients holistically before a discharge or transfer to any health care facility. What type of assessment is the
nurse employing?
a. Initial Comprehensive assessment
b. Ongoing assessment
c. Focused assessment
, NURS 098 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS PLS RATIONALE GRADED A+ SUCCESS
ASSUARED
enters a health care from a health care agency. The purposes are to evaluate the client’s health status,
to identify functional health patterns that are problematic, and to provide an in-depth, comprehensive
database, which is critical for evaluating changes in the client’s health status in subsequent
assessments.
You are a Neuro-ICU nurse and caring for an 18-year old female patient who had a bad car crash and
was admitted from the trauma bay. What type of assessment should the nurse most likely to apply?
a. Admission assessment
b. Time-lapsed assessment
c. Mini-assessment
, NURS 098 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS PLS RATIONALE GRADED A+ SUCCESS
ASSUARED
d. Problem-oriented assessment
RATIONALE: Time lapsed reassessment, another type of assessment, takes place after the initial
assessment to evaluate any changes in the clients functional health. Nurses perform time-lapsed
reassessment when substantial periods of time have elapsed between assessments (e.g., periodic output
patient clinic visits, home health visits, health and development screenings)
You are a nurse in a medical floor and taking care of a 34-year-old man who had an allergic reaction to
seafood. What the objective data expected for this client? Select all that apply.
a. “I cannot breath!”
b. Oxygen Saturation of 92%
c. Heart rate: 92 cycles per
minute d. BP: 110/70 mmHg
e. Usage of accessory muscles
RATIONALE: Objective data (signs or overt data): are detectable by an observer or can be measured or
tested against an accepted standard. They can be seen, heard, felt, or smelt, and they are obtained by
observation or physical examination.
You are a nurse in the Geriatric floor and caring for an 82-year-old male patient who was admitted due to
nutritional deficit. What type of assessment should the nurse utilize to keep check on the patient’s
improvement on a daily basis?
a. Initial comprehensive assessment
b. Focused assessment
c. Problem- oriented assessment
d. Emergency assessment
RATIONALE: An initial assessment, also called an admission assessment, is performed when the client
enters a health care from a health care agency. The purposes are to evaluate the client’s health status,
to identify functional health patterns that are problematic, and to provide an in-depth, comprehensive
database, which is critical for evaluating changes in the client’s health status in subsequent
assessments.
