Health Assessment Exam 1 Review
Questions (A+Verified Answers) 2024-
2025
1. What is the definition of Holistic Health?
A. Body, mind and spirit part of a whole within the environment.
B. Body, mind and spirit assessed as separate parts
C. Absence of Disease
D. Disease Prevention
- ANS A. Body, mind and spirit part of a whole within the environment
2. Which of the following does not define a health assessment?
A. Data collection using all of your senses
B. Last step of the nursing process
C. Requires careful observation including watching, listening, feeling, touching and
smelling
D. Collecting data related to a person's health
- ANS B. Last step of the nursing process
3. The purpose of health history is to collect subjective data, which is:
A. Verifiable by another person
B. What you observe through measurement, inspection, palpation, percussion, and
auscultation
C. The reason for seeking care
D. What the person says about himself or herself
- ANS D. What the person says about himself or herself
4. The interview is considered a contract between you and your client. The terms of
the contract include: (Select all that apply)
A. Time and place of the interview
B. Self introduction and explanation of role
C. Purpose of interview
D. Estimated time for the interview
E. Participation expectations
,- ANS A. Time and place of the interview
5. True or false: Open ended questions are used for specific information, short one
or two word answers, just the facts, neutral interaction, and have minimal rapport
building
A. True
B. False
- ANS B. False
6. All of the following are interviewing traps or non-therapeutic communication
except:
A. Using avoidance language
B. Leading/biased questions
C. Empathy
D. False reassurance
- ANS C. Empathy
7. When recording data during an interview, the nurse should:
A. Document everything post interview
B. Record their judgment about what the client said
C. Use the computer screen as a barrier between them and the client
D. Document as soon as possible
- ANS D. Document as soon as possible
8. Which of the following are components of the complete health history? (Select all
that apply)
A. Biographical Data
B. Reason for seeking care
C. Family history
D. Review of systems
E. Past history or history of present illness
F. Functional assessment or ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs)
- ANS A. Biographical Data
9. The 8 critical characteristics of a symptom includes:
A. Location, character, severity, and timing
, B. Setting, aggravating factors, and reliability of the informant
C. Associated factors, client perception, and gender
D. Location, setting, associated factors and family history
- ANS A. Location, character, severity, and timing
10. Promoting Client Safety is:
A. A key responsibility of the nurse
B. Eventually becomes a reflex
C. Not a concern of the nurse
D. Both A & B are correct
- ANS D. Both A & B are correct
11. The definition of critical thinking is the process of purposeful thinking and
reflective reasoning where practitioners examine ideas, assumptions, principles,
conclusions, beliefs, and actions in the context of nursing practice.
A. True
B. False
- ANS A. True
12. Under the requirements of HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act), client information may be shared among health care
providers:
A. If the team member is directly involved in the client's care
B. If the team member is a family member of the client
C. Without the client consent
D. If the team members work on the same unit
- ANS A. If the team member is directly involved in the client's care
13. A client database consists of all of the following except:
A. Subjective data
B. Objective data
C. Client Safety
D. Laboratory & other diagnostic test results
- ANS C. Client Safety
An emergency database is:
A. Concerns mainly one problem or body system
Questions (A+Verified Answers) 2024-
2025
1. What is the definition of Holistic Health?
A. Body, mind and spirit part of a whole within the environment.
B. Body, mind and spirit assessed as separate parts
C. Absence of Disease
D. Disease Prevention
- ANS A. Body, mind and spirit part of a whole within the environment
2. Which of the following does not define a health assessment?
A. Data collection using all of your senses
B. Last step of the nursing process
C. Requires careful observation including watching, listening, feeling, touching and
smelling
D. Collecting data related to a person's health
- ANS B. Last step of the nursing process
3. The purpose of health history is to collect subjective data, which is:
A. Verifiable by another person
B. What you observe through measurement, inspection, palpation, percussion, and
auscultation
C. The reason for seeking care
D. What the person says about himself or herself
- ANS D. What the person says about himself or herself
4. The interview is considered a contract between you and your client. The terms of
the contract include: (Select all that apply)
A. Time and place of the interview
B. Self introduction and explanation of role
C. Purpose of interview
D. Estimated time for the interview
E. Participation expectations
,- ANS A. Time and place of the interview
5. True or false: Open ended questions are used for specific information, short one
or two word answers, just the facts, neutral interaction, and have minimal rapport
building
A. True
B. False
- ANS B. False
6. All of the following are interviewing traps or non-therapeutic communication
except:
A. Using avoidance language
B. Leading/biased questions
C. Empathy
D. False reassurance
- ANS C. Empathy
7. When recording data during an interview, the nurse should:
A. Document everything post interview
B. Record their judgment about what the client said
C. Use the computer screen as a barrier between them and the client
D. Document as soon as possible
- ANS D. Document as soon as possible
8. Which of the following are components of the complete health history? (Select all
that apply)
A. Biographical Data
B. Reason for seeking care
C. Family history
D. Review of systems
E. Past history or history of present illness
F. Functional assessment or ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs)
- ANS A. Biographical Data
9. The 8 critical characteristics of a symptom includes:
A. Location, character, severity, and timing
, B. Setting, aggravating factors, and reliability of the informant
C. Associated factors, client perception, and gender
D. Location, setting, associated factors and family history
- ANS A. Location, character, severity, and timing
10. Promoting Client Safety is:
A. A key responsibility of the nurse
B. Eventually becomes a reflex
C. Not a concern of the nurse
D. Both A & B are correct
- ANS D. Both A & B are correct
11. The definition of critical thinking is the process of purposeful thinking and
reflective reasoning where practitioners examine ideas, assumptions, principles,
conclusions, beliefs, and actions in the context of nursing practice.
A. True
B. False
- ANS A. True
12. Under the requirements of HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act), client information may be shared among health care
providers:
A. If the team member is directly involved in the client's care
B. If the team member is a family member of the client
C. Without the client consent
D. If the team members work on the same unit
- ANS A. If the team member is directly involved in the client's care
13. A client database consists of all of the following except:
A. Subjective data
B. Objective data
C. Client Safety
D. Laboratory & other diagnostic test results
- ANS C. Client Safety
An emergency database is:
A. Concerns mainly one problem or body system
