A young Hispanic woman brings her baby into the clinic for
immunizations. What type of disease-prevention strategy is this?
a) Primary prevention
b) Secondary prevention
c) Tertiary prevention
d) Nursing prevention
Primary prevention
Four broad goals describe the role of a professional nurse. What is
one of these goals?
a) To advocate for individuals, families, communities, and
populations
b) To counsel about human responses to health or illness
c) To prescribe medication
d) To diagnose illness
To advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations
*(1) to promote health (state of optimal functioning or well-being
with physical, social, and mental components); (2) to prevent illness;
(3) to treat human responses to health or illness; and (4) to
advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations.
Nursing goals do not include diagnosing illness, counseling about
human responses to health or illness, or prescribing medications
What are nurses able to detect through the health assessment?
a) Areas in need of health adjustments
b) Areas that need in-hospital care
c) Areas that need referral to a specialist
d) Areas that need continuous care
Areas in need of health adjustments
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
The nurse is reviewing a client's health history and physical
examination. Which of the following would the nurse identify as
,subjective data? Select all that apply.
a) Client complains of a headache
b) Lungs clear to auscultation
c) "I feel so tired sometimes"
d) Pupils equal, round, and reactive to light
e) Weight—145 lb
f) "My father died of a heart attack"
• Client complains of a headache
• "I feel so tired sometimes"
• "My father died of a heart attack"
Nurses provide both direct and indirect care. What is an example of
indirect care?
a) Participating in a client care conference
b) Adjusting an IV rate
c) Calculating a medication dosage
d) Completing a nursing assessment
Participating in a client care conference
After teaching a group of students about the phases of the nursing
process, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful
when the students identify which phase as most important?
a) Evaluation
b) Implementation
c) Assessment
d) Planning
Assessment
What is a required component of a health assessment?
a) Critical judgment
b) Critical thinking
c) Critical decision making
d) Critical analysis
Critical thinking
Why is the nurse always reassessing the patient for changes?
a) To achieve the best results
b) To always have the best nursing care plan
c) To never make a mistake when providing care
d) To update the nursing diagnosis
To achieve the best results
An assessment that concentrates on patterns of role performance that
all humans share is called what?
, a) Head-to-toe
b) Body systems
c) Focused
d) Functional
Functional
*A functional assessment focuses on the functional patterns that all
humans share: health perception and health management, activity and
exercise, nutrition and metabolism, elimination, sleep and rest,
cognition and perception, self-perception and self-concept, roles and
relationships, coping and stress tolerance, sexuality and
reproduction, and values and beliefs.
As part of the nursing profession, nurses function as client
advocates. What is one way in which a nurse advocates for a client?
a) Providing client teaching about the family history of disease
b) Keeping the client disease free
c) Identifying the side effects of treatment
d) Assisting families to optimal states of client interaction
Identifying the side effects of treatment
*Nurses advocate for clients in many ways: keeping them safe,
communicating their needs, identifying the side effects of treatment
and finding better options, and helping clients to understand their
diseases and treatments so that they can optimize self-care. Advocacy
does not include teaching about a family's history of disease,
assisting the family to optimal states of client interaction, or
keeping the client disease free.
A community health nurse is assessing an older adult client in the
client's home. When the nurse is gathering subjective data, which of
the following would the nurse identify?
a) The client's feelings of happiness
b) The client's affect
c) The client's posture
d) The client's behavior
The client's feelings of happiness
Which of the following is the best example of holistic data
collection by a nurse?
a) Performing an x-ray, ECG, exercise stress test, and complete blood
count
b) Measuring blood glucose level, cholesterol level, blood pressure,
immunizations. What type of disease-prevention strategy is this?
a) Primary prevention
b) Secondary prevention
c) Tertiary prevention
d) Nursing prevention
Primary prevention
Four broad goals describe the role of a professional nurse. What is
one of these goals?
a) To advocate for individuals, families, communities, and
populations
b) To counsel about human responses to health or illness
c) To prescribe medication
d) To diagnose illness
To advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations
*(1) to promote health (state of optimal functioning or well-being
with physical, social, and mental components); (2) to prevent illness;
(3) to treat human responses to health or illness; and (4) to
advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations.
Nursing goals do not include diagnosing illness, counseling about
human responses to health or illness, or prescribing medications
What are nurses able to detect through the health assessment?
a) Areas in need of health adjustments
b) Areas that need in-hospital care
c) Areas that need referral to a specialist
d) Areas that need continuous care
Areas in need of health adjustments
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
The nurse is reviewing a client's health history and physical
examination. Which of the following would the nurse identify as
,subjective data? Select all that apply.
a) Client complains of a headache
b) Lungs clear to auscultation
c) "I feel so tired sometimes"
d) Pupils equal, round, and reactive to light
e) Weight—145 lb
f) "My father died of a heart attack"
• Client complains of a headache
• "I feel so tired sometimes"
• "My father died of a heart attack"
Nurses provide both direct and indirect care. What is an example of
indirect care?
a) Participating in a client care conference
b) Adjusting an IV rate
c) Calculating a medication dosage
d) Completing a nursing assessment
Participating in a client care conference
After teaching a group of students about the phases of the nursing
process, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful
when the students identify which phase as most important?
a) Evaluation
b) Implementation
c) Assessment
d) Planning
Assessment
What is a required component of a health assessment?
a) Critical judgment
b) Critical thinking
c) Critical decision making
d) Critical analysis
Critical thinking
Why is the nurse always reassessing the patient for changes?
a) To achieve the best results
b) To always have the best nursing care plan
c) To never make a mistake when providing care
d) To update the nursing diagnosis
To achieve the best results
An assessment that concentrates on patterns of role performance that
all humans share is called what?
, a) Head-to-toe
b) Body systems
c) Focused
d) Functional
Functional
*A functional assessment focuses on the functional patterns that all
humans share: health perception and health management, activity and
exercise, nutrition and metabolism, elimination, sleep and rest,
cognition and perception, self-perception and self-concept, roles and
relationships, coping and stress tolerance, sexuality and
reproduction, and values and beliefs.
As part of the nursing profession, nurses function as client
advocates. What is one way in which a nurse advocates for a client?
a) Providing client teaching about the family history of disease
b) Keeping the client disease free
c) Identifying the side effects of treatment
d) Assisting families to optimal states of client interaction
Identifying the side effects of treatment
*Nurses advocate for clients in many ways: keeping them safe,
communicating their needs, identifying the side effects of treatment
and finding better options, and helping clients to understand their
diseases and treatments so that they can optimize self-care. Advocacy
does not include teaching about a family's history of disease,
assisting the family to optimal states of client interaction, or
keeping the client disease free.
A community health nurse is assessing an older adult client in the
client's home. When the nurse is gathering subjective data, which of
the following would the nurse identify?
a) The client's feelings of happiness
b) The client's affect
c) The client's posture
d) The client's behavior
The client's feelings of happiness
Which of the following is the best example of holistic data
collection by a nurse?
a) Performing an x-ray, ECG, exercise stress test, and complete blood
count
b) Measuring blood glucose level, cholesterol level, blood pressure,
