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NUR-210 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers
A client comes to the health care provider's office for a visit. The client has been seen in this office for
the past five years and arrives today complaining of a fever and sore throat. Which type of assessment
would the nurse most likely perform? - Ans:✔✔-focused assessment
Nurses provide both direct and indirect care. What is an example of indirect care? - Ans:✔✔-
Participating in a client care conference
A nurse is completing an assessment that will involve gathering subjective and objective data. Which of
the following assessment techniques will best allow the nurse to collect objective data? - Ans:✔✔-
Inspection
When doing an overall assessment of a patient, the nurse is able to utilize findings and do what? -
Ans:✔✔-Identify in what areas the patient needs the most care
The preceptor of the student nurse is explaining the assessment that is considered the most organized
for gathering comprehensive physical data. What assessment is the preceptor talking about? - Ans:✔✔-
head to toe
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A nurse provides care for a client with impaired respiratory function. The nurse frequently assesses the
client's skin color and the temperature of the extremities. What is the purpose of this ongoing or partial
assessment? - Ans:✔✔-Determine any changes from the baseline data
Mrs. Williams is an 89-year-old independent woman who lives alone and has severe arthritis in her
hands. Over the last few months the arthritis has gotten worse and she is concerned because she can no
longer clean her apartment. What question by the nurse would gain the most usable information to
assist with this concern? - Ans:✔✔-"Do you have family who visit you regularly?"
A group of nurses are reviewing information about the potential opportunities for nurses who have
advanced assessment skills. When discussing phenomena that have contributed to these increased
opportunities, what should the nurses identify? - Ans:✔✔-Expansion of health care networks
A nurse will complete an initial comprehensive assessment of a 60-year-old client who is new to the
clinic. What goal should the nurse identify for this type of assessment? - Ans:✔✔-Establish a baseline for
the comparison of future health changes.
The nurse is reviewing a client's health history and the results of the most recent physical examination.
Which of the following data would the nurse identify as being subjective? Select all that apply. - Ans:✔✔-
1. "I feel so tired sometimes."
2. Client complains of a headache
3. "My father died of a heart attack."
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subjective data - Ans:✔✔-things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses;
symptoms
objective data - Ans:✔✔-information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs
When discussing the nursing process with a group of students, which of the following statements best
describes it? - Ans:✔✔-It is ongoing and continuous.
A nurse provides care for a client with an elevated temperature. The client is given the prescribed
medication and the nurse checks the client's temperature at repeated intervals. What step of the nursing
process is the nurse using to determine if the client has achieved the outcome criteria of the treatment?
- Ans:✔✔-Evaluation
A nurse recognizes that a thorough and accurate assessment of a client is important to prevent what
error from occurring when utilizing the nursing process? - Ans:✔✔-Making incorrect nursing judgments
or diagnoses
The nurse discusses ear plugs for a patient with low tone deafness when working in a noisy environment.
The nurse is utilizing - Ans:✔✔-tertiary prevention
A nurse is distracted during her assessment of a client and does not take as thorough or as accurate
notes as usual. Her supervisor, who is familiar with the client, reads the patient's chart and questions the
nurse. The supervisor should point out to the nurse that which of the following errors is most likely to
occur due to the nurse's lapse? - Ans:✔✔-Making incorrect nursing judgments or diagnoses
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A client who is new to the facility has a recent history of chronic pain that is attributed to fibromyalgia.
The nurse has reviewed the available health records and suspects that pain management will be a major
focus of nursing care. How can the nurse best validate this assumption? - Ans:✔✔-Ask the client about
the most recent experiences of pain.
The nurse is exhibiting critical thinking in which client care situation? - Ans:✔✔-Performing a focused
assessemt on a client who is complaining of shortness of breath.
This type of assessment includes a health history and physical assessment. - Ans:✔✔-Comprehensive
A student nurse is learning to document an initial assessment. What would the instructor tell the student
that accurate documentation of this specific assessment best provides? - Ans:✔✔-A baseline for
comparison with future findings
After receiving morning report the nurse prepares to assess a client who was admitted the day before.
Which type of assessment will the nurse complete at this time? - Ans:✔✔-Ongoing
When performing the steps of the assessment phase of the nursing process, which of the following
would the nurse do first? - Ans:✔✔-Collect subjective data
A home health nurse is visiting a patient who recently was hospitalized for repair of a fractured hip. The
patient tells the nurse, "I have had a lot of pain in my abdomen." What type of assessment would the
nurse conduct? - Ans:✔✔-focused
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NUR-210 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers
A client comes to the health care provider's office for a visit. The client has been seen in this office for
the past five years and arrives today complaining of a fever and sore throat. Which type of assessment
would the nurse most likely perform? - Ans:✔✔-focused assessment
Nurses provide both direct and indirect care. What is an example of indirect care? - Ans:✔✔-
Participating in a client care conference
A nurse is completing an assessment that will involve gathering subjective and objective data. Which of
the following assessment techniques will best allow the nurse to collect objective data? - Ans:✔✔-
Inspection
When doing an overall assessment of a patient, the nurse is able to utilize findings and do what? -
Ans:✔✔-Identify in what areas the patient needs the most care
The preceptor of the student nurse is explaining the assessment that is considered the most organized
for gathering comprehensive physical data. What assessment is the preceptor talking about? - Ans:✔✔-
head to toe
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A nurse provides care for a client with impaired respiratory function. The nurse frequently assesses the
client's skin color and the temperature of the extremities. What is the purpose of this ongoing or partial
assessment? - Ans:✔✔-Determine any changes from the baseline data
Mrs. Williams is an 89-year-old independent woman who lives alone and has severe arthritis in her
hands. Over the last few months the arthritis has gotten worse and she is concerned because she can no
longer clean her apartment. What question by the nurse would gain the most usable information to
assist with this concern? - Ans:✔✔-"Do you have family who visit you regularly?"
A group of nurses are reviewing information about the potential opportunities for nurses who have
advanced assessment skills. When discussing phenomena that have contributed to these increased
opportunities, what should the nurses identify? - Ans:✔✔-Expansion of health care networks
A nurse will complete an initial comprehensive assessment of a 60-year-old client who is new to the
clinic. What goal should the nurse identify for this type of assessment? - Ans:✔✔-Establish a baseline for
the comparison of future health changes.
The nurse is reviewing a client's health history and the results of the most recent physical examination.
Which of the following data would the nurse identify as being subjective? Select all that apply. - Ans:✔✔-
1. "I feel so tired sometimes."
2. Client complains of a headache
3. "My father died of a heart attack."
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subjective data - Ans:✔✔-things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses;
symptoms
objective data - Ans:✔✔-information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs
When discussing the nursing process with a group of students, which of the following statements best
describes it? - Ans:✔✔-It is ongoing and continuous.
A nurse provides care for a client with an elevated temperature. The client is given the prescribed
medication and the nurse checks the client's temperature at repeated intervals. What step of the nursing
process is the nurse using to determine if the client has achieved the outcome criteria of the treatment?
- Ans:✔✔-Evaluation
A nurse recognizes that a thorough and accurate assessment of a client is important to prevent what
error from occurring when utilizing the nursing process? - Ans:✔✔-Making incorrect nursing judgments
or diagnoses
The nurse discusses ear plugs for a patient with low tone deafness when working in a noisy environment.
The nurse is utilizing - Ans:✔✔-tertiary prevention
A nurse is distracted during her assessment of a client and does not take as thorough or as accurate
notes as usual. Her supervisor, who is familiar with the client, reads the patient's chart and questions the
nurse. The supervisor should point out to the nurse that which of the following errors is most likely to
occur due to the nurse's lapse? - Ans:✔✔-Making incorrect nursing judgments or diagnoses
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A client who is new to the facility has a recent history of chronic pain that is attributed to fibromyalgia.
The nurse has reviewed the available health records and suspects that pain management will be a major
focus of nursing care. How can the nurse best validate this assumption? - Ans:✔✔-Ask the client about
the most recent experiences of pain.
The nurse is exhibiting critical thinking in which client care situation? - Ans:✔✔-Performing a focused
assessemt on a client who is complaining of shortness of breath.
This type of assessment includes a health history and physical assessment. - Ans:✔✔-Comprehensive
A student nurse is learning to document an initial assessment. What would the instructor tell the student
that accurate documentation of this specific assessment best provides? - Ans:✔✔-A baseline for
comparison with future findings
After receiving morning report the nurse prepares to assess a client who was admitted the day before.
Which type of assessment will the nurse complete at this time? - Ans:✔✔-Ongoing
When performing the steps of the assessment phase of the nursing process, which of the following
would the nurse do first? - Ans:✔✔-Collect subjective data
A home health nurse is visiting a patient who recently was hospitalized for repair of a fractured hip. The
patient tells the nurse, "I have had a lot of pain in my abdomen." What type of assessment would the
nurse conduct? - Ans:✔✔-focused
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