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NURS 1543 Week 1 Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
Assessment - Ans:✔✔-Collection of data about an individual's health state
What is the purpose of an assessment? - Ans:✔✔-To give the HCP the information needed to make a
judgement or diagnosis on the basis of data from various sources
Subjective data - Ans:✔✔-What the person says about him/herself (data elicited or verified by the
patient) & health history
Objective data - Ans:✔✔-What is observed by the healthcare provider by inspecting, percussing (to
gentely , palpating and auscultating (listening to the internal sounds of the body) during the physical
exam
What is the role of the nurse in a health assessment? - Ans:✔✔-To collect information and make a
judgement
What are the six parts of the nursing process - Ans:✔✔-1. Assessment 2. Diagnosis 3. Outcome
identification 5. Planning 5. Implementation 6. Evaluation
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What some components of a patients health history? - Ans:✔✔-Biographical data, reason for seeking
care, present/past health or history of present illness, family history, functional assessment or ADLs
List the information that is collected in a persons biographical data. - Ans:✔✔-Age
DOB
Sex
Marital status
Address
Phone #
Name
Race
Ethnic Origin
Occupation
What are some reasons for a patient to seek care? - Ans:✔✔-They are experiencing signs and symptoms.
Signs - Something quantifiable through a lab test or something that is visually seen by the health care
provider
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