Test Bank For Essential Health Assessment 1st Edition By
Janice M Thompson
Health assessment - ANSWER: A process involving gathering and analyzing health-
related information about a patient, which could be subjective or objective data.
Components of health assessment - ANSWER: Assessment (data collection),
Diagnosis (identifying the problem and developing a plan of care), Planning (setting
outcomes and goals, developing interventions), Implementation (performing
interventions), Evaluation (assessing effectiveness).
Subjective data - ANSWER: Information based on what the patient feels or
communicates.
Objective data - ANSWER: Information based on what is observed during an
examination.
Types of health assessment - ANSWER: Comprehensive assessment, Problem-
based/focused assessment, Episodic/follow-up assessment, Shift assessment,
Screening assessment/examination.
Three levels of health promotion - ANSWER: Primary Prevention (preventing disease
occurrence), Secondary prevention (early disease identification), Tertiary prevention
(minimizing disease severity and disability).
Phases of an interview - ANSWER: Introduction phase (introducing self and purpose),
Discussion phase (facilitating patient-centered discussion), Summary phase
(summarizing data and clarifying patient understanding).
Components of health history - ANSWER: Biographical data, Reason for seeking care,
History of present illness, Past health history, Family history, Personal and
psychosocial history, Review of systems.
Open-ended questions - ANSWER: Questions that require more than a yes or no
answer.
Closed-ended questions - ANSWER: Questions that elicit a 'yes or no' response.
Hand hygiene - ANSWER: Performed before entering a patient room, when hands
are soiled, and when leaving a patient room.
Data for physical assessment - ANSWER: Collected using four basic techniques:
Inspection (looking), Palpation (feeling), Percussion (tapping), Auscultation
(listening).
Janice M Thompson
Health assessment - ANSWER: A process involving gathering and analyzing health-
related information about a patient, which could be subjective or objective data.
Components of health assessment - ANSWER: Assessment (data collection),
Diagnosis (identifying the problem and developing a plan of care), Planning (setting
outcomes and goals, developing interventions), Implementation (performing
interventions), Evaluation (assessing effectiveness).
Subjective data - ANSWER: Information based on what the patient feels or
communicates.
Objective data - ANSWER: Information based on what is observed during an
examination.
Types of health assessment - ANSWER: Comprehensive assessment, Problem-
based/focused assessment, Episodic/follow-up assessment, Shift assessment,
Screening assessment/examination.
Three levels of health promotion - ANSWER: Primary Prevention (preventing disease
occurrence), Secondary prevention (early disease identification), Tertiary prevention
(minimizing disease severity and disability).
Phases of an interview - ANSWER: Introduction phase (introducing self and purpose),
Discussion phase (facilitating patient-centered discussion), Summary phase
(summarizing data and clarifying patient understanding).
Components of health history - ANSWER: Biographical data, Reason for seeking care,
History of present illness, Past health history, Family history, Personal and
psychosocial history, Review of systems.
Open-ended questions - ANSWER: Questions that require more than a yes or no
answer.
Closed-ended questions - ANSWER: Questions that elicit a 'yes or no' response.
Hand hygiene - ANSWER: Performed before entering a patient room, when hands
are soiled, and when leaving a patient room.
Data for physical assessment - ANSWER: Collected using four basic techniques:
Inspection (looking), Palpation (feeling), Percussion (tapping), Auscultation
(listening).
