HEALTH ASSESSMENT TEST 1 Evolve
Questions With Correct Answers
An example of subjective data is:
A) decreased range of motion.
B) crepitation in the left knee joint.
C) left knee has been swollen
and hot for the past 3 days.
D) arthritis. - ANSWER- C) left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days.
Subjective data is what the patient says about himself or herself during history taking.
Objective data is what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing,
palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. Range of motion is
assessed by inspection. Objective data is what the health professional observes by
inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination.
Crepitation is assessed by palpating. Arthritis is a medical diagnosis.
An example of objective data is:
A) complaints of left knee pain.
B) crepitation in the left knee joint.
C) left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days.
D) report of impaired mobility from left knee pain as evidenced by an inability to walk,
swelling, and pain on passive range of motion. - ANSWER- B) crepitation in the left
knee joint.
Objective data is what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing,
palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. Crepitation is assessed by
palpation. Subjective data is what the person says about himself or herself during
history taking.Subjective data is what the person says about himself or herself during
history taking.Subjective data is what the person says about himself or herself during
history taking.
A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
,A) a person's state of health.
B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems.
C) a person's culture.
D) the cause of disease. - ANSWER- D) the cause of disease.
Medical diagnoses are used to evaluate the cause or etiology of disease. Nursing
diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential
health state. Nursing diagnoses are used to evaluate the response of the whole person
to actual or potential health problems. The holistic model of health care is used in
nursing, and culture is an important factor to consider in a nursing assessment.
According to the holistic model, a narrow definition of holistic health includes:
A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
B) the absence of disease
C) the response of the whole person to actual or potential problems.
D) the internal and external environment. - ANSWER- B) the absence of disease.
From a biomedical perspective, health is defined as the absence of disease or
elimination of symptoms and signs of disease, whereas a holistic model approach
examines mind, body, and spirit working interdependently within the environment to
maintain health and well-being.Nursing has an expanded concept of health; holistic
health includes the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent and functioning as a whole
within the environment. Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's
response to an actual or potential health state. In a holistic model approach to health,
both the internal and the external environment affect a patient's health and well-being.
Which of the following is an example of objective data?
A) Alert and Oriented
B) Dizziness
C) an Earache
D) Sore Throat - ANSWER- A)Alert and oriented
, Objective data is what the health professional observes; level of consciousness and
orientation are observations. Subjective data is what the person says about himself or
herself during history taking.Subjective data is what the person says about himself or
herself during history taking.Subjective data is what the person says about himself or
herself during history taking.
A complete database is:
A. used to collect data rapidly and is often compiled concurrently with lifesaving
measures.
B. used for a limited or short-term problem usually consisting of one problem, one cue
complex, or one body system.
C. used to evaluate the cause or etiology of disease.
D. used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health history and physical
examination. - ANSWER- D)used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health
history and physical examination.
A complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination;
it describes the current and past health state and forms a baseline against which all
future changes can be measured. An emergency database is rapid collection of data
often obtained concurrently with lifesaving measures. An episodic database is for a
limited or short-term problem; this database concerns mainly one problem, one cue
complex, or one body system. Medical diagnoses are used to evaluate the cause or
etiology of disease.
What type of database is most appropriate when rapid collection of data is required and
often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures?
A) Episodic
B) Follow-up
C) Emergency
D) Complete - ANSWER- C) Emergency
An emergency database includes rapid collection of data often obtained concurrently
with lifesaving measures. An episodic database is for a limited or short-term problem;
this database concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system. A
follow-up database is used to follow up short-term or chronic health problems; the
statuses of identified problems are evaluated at regular and appropriate intervals. A
complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination; it
Questions With Correct Answers
An example of subjective data is:
A) decreased range of motion.
B) crepitation in the left knee joint.
C) left knee has been swollen
and hot for the past 3 days.
D) arthritis. - ANSWER- C) left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days.
Subjective data is what the patient says about himself or herself during history taking.
Objective data is what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing,
palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. Range of motion is
assessed by inspection. Objective data is what the health professional observes by
inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination.
Crepitation is assessed by palpating. Arthritis is a medical diagnosis.
An example of objective data is:
A) complaints of left knee pain.
B) crepitation in the left knee joint.
C) left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days.
D) report of impaired mobility from left knee pain as evidenced by an inability to walk,
swelling, and pain on passive range of motion. - ANSWER- B) crepitation in the left
knee joint.
Objective data is what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing,
palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. Crepitation is assessed by
palpation. Subjective data is what the person says about himself or herself during
history taking.Subjective data is what the person says about himself or herself during
history taking.Subjective data is what the person says about himself or herself during
history taking.
A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
,A) a person's state of health.
B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems.
C) a person's culture.
D) the cause of disease. - ANSWER- D) the cause of disease.
Medical diagnoses are used to evaluate the cause or etiology of disease. Nursing
diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential
health state. Nursing diagnoses are used to evaluate the response of the whole person
to actual or potential health problems. The holistic model of health care is used in
nursing, and culture is an important factor to consider in a nursing assessment.
According to the holistic model, a narrow definition of holistic health includes:
A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
B) the absence of disease
C) the response of the whole person to actual or potential problems.
D) the internal and external environment. - ANSWER- B) the absence of disease.
From a biomedical perspective, health is defined as the absence of disease or
elimination of symptoms and signs of disease, whereas a holistic model approach
examines mind, body, and spirit working interdependently within the environment to
maintain health and well-being.Nursing has an expanded concept of health; holistic
health includes the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent and functioning as a whole
within the environment. Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's
response to an actual or potential health state. In a holistic model approach to health,
both the internal and the external environment affect a patient's health and well-being.
Which of the following is an example of objective data?
A) Alert and Oriented
B) Dizziness
C) an Earache
D) Sore Throat - ANSWER- A)Alert and oriented
, Objective data is what the health professional observes; level of consciousness and
orientation are observations. Subjective data is what the person says about himself or
herself during history taking.Subjective data is what the person says about himself or
herself during history taking.Subjective data is what the person says about himself or
herself during history taking.
A complete database is:
A. used to collect data rapidly and is often compiled concurrently with lifesaving
measures.
B. used for a limited or short-term problem usually consisting of one problem, one cue
complex, or one body system.
C. used to evaluate the cause or etiology of disease.
D. used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health history and physical
examination. - ANSWER- D)used to perform a thorough or comprehensive health
history and physical examination.
A complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination;
it describes the current and past health state and forms a baseline against which all
future changes can be measured. An emergency database is rapid collection of data
often obtained concurrently with lifesaving measures. An episodic database is for a
limited or short-term problem; this database concerns mainly one problem, one cue
complex, or one body system. Medical diagnoses are used to evaluate the cause or
etiology of disease.
What type of database is most appropriate when rapid collection of data is required and
often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures?
A) Episodic
B) Follow-up
C) Emergency
D) Complete - ANSWER- C) Emergency
An emergency database includes rapid collection of data often obtained concurrently
with lifesaving measures. An episodic database is for a limited or short-term problem;
this database concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system. A
follow-up database is used to follow up short-term or chronic health problems; the
statuses of identified problems are evaluated at regular and appropriate intervals. A
complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination; it
