Health Assessment Chapters 1,2,3, Weber Kelley Book
1. What is the assessment role of the nurse in acute care?: Nurse performs
more focused assessment.
Then the nurse incorporates assessment findings with a multidisciplinary team to
develop a comprehensive plan of care.
2. What is the assessment role of the nurse in critical care?: They have
enhanced assessment skills to safely assess the critically ill clients who are
outside the structured intensive care environment.
3. What is the assessment role of the nurse in ambulatory care?: They assess
and screen patients to determine the need for physician referrals
4. What is the assessment role of the nurse in home health?: They make
independent nursing diagnosis and referrals for collaborative problems as
needed
5. What are the phases of the nursing process?: 1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
6. What Happens in Assessment?: Collecting subjective and objective data
7. What Happens During Diagnosis?: Analyzing subjective and objective data
to make a professional nursing judgement (nursing diagnosis, collaborative
problem, or referral)
8. What Happens During Planning?: Determining outcome criteria and
developing a plan
9. What Happens During Implementation?: Carrying out the plan
, Health Assessment Chapters 1,2,3, Weber Kelley Book
10. What Happens During Evaluation?: Assessing whether outcome criteria have
been met and revising the plan as necessary
11. A Comprehensive Health Assessment Consists of Both
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: A health history and physical examination
12. What Is The Purpose of A Holistic Nursing Assessment?: The goal is to
collect holistic subjective and objective data to determine a client's overall level
of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgement.
13. What Data Does The Nurse Collect ABout The Client In a Holistic Data
Collection?: 1. Physiologic
2. Psychological
3. Sociocultural
4. Developmental
5. Spiritual
14. What Are Considered to be Independent Factors That Affect a Person's
Level of Health?: 1. Mind
2. Body
3. Spirit
15. What Does The Nurse Focus on During the Physical Medical
Assessment?: The nurse focuses primarily on the client's physiologic
development status.
*The nurse in particular, focuses on how the client's health status affects Activities
of Daily Living (ADL) and how those ADL affect the client's health.
, Health Assessment Chapters 1,2,3, Weber Kelley Book
16. A Nursing Framework Helps to
__________________________________________________
and __________________________________________________________.:
Organize information
Promotes the collection of holistic data
17. The Assessment Phase of the Nursing Process Has Four Major Steps: 1.
Collection of subjective data
2. Collection of objective data
3. Validation of data
4. Documentation of data
*These steps tend to overlap
18. Subjective Data Is:: Sensations of symptoms, feelings, perceptions, desires,
preferences, beliefs, ideas, values, and personal information that can be elicited
and certified ONLY by the client
19. Major Areas Of Subjective Data Include:: 1. Biographical information
(name,age,religion, occupation)
2. History of present health concern: Physical symptoms related to each body part
of system
3. Personal health history
4. Family history
5. Health and Lifestyle Practices (Practices that put the client at risk, nutrition,
activity, relationships, cultural beliefs or practices, family structure and function,
community environment)
6. Review of Systems
20. The Examiner Directly Observes Objective Data That Includes:: 1. Physical
characteristics (skin color, posture)
2. Body functions (heart rate, respiratory rate)
3. Appearance (dress and hygiene)
4. Behavior (mood, effect)
1. What is the assessment role of the nurse in acute care?: Nurse performs
more focused assessment.
Then the nurse incorporates assessment findings with a multidisciplinary team to
develop a comprehensive plan of care.
2. What is the assessment role of the nurse in critical care?: They have
enhanced assessment skills to safely assess the critically ill clients who are
outside the structured intensive care environment.
3. What is the assessment role of the nurse in ambulatory care?: They assess
and screen patients to determine the need for physician referrals
4. What is the assessment role of the nurse in home health?: They make
independent nursing diagnosis and referrals for collaborative problems as
needed
5. What are the phases of the nursing process?: 1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
6. What Happens in Assessment?: Collecting subjective and objective data
7. What Happens During Diagnosis?: Analyzing subjective and objective data
to make a professional nursing judgement (nursing diagnosis, collaborative
problem, or referral)
8. What Happens During Planning?: Determining outcome criteria and
developing a plan
9. What Happens During Implementation?: Carrying out the plan
, Health Assessment Chapters 1,2,3, Weber Kelley Book
10. What Happens During Evaluation?: Assessing whether outcome criteria have
been met and revising the plan as necessary
11. A Comprehensive Health Assessment Consists of Both
__________________________________________________________________
_
: A health history and physical examination
12. What Is The Purpose of A Holistic Nursing Assessment?: The goal is to
collect holistic subjective and objective data to determine a client's overall level
of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgement.
13. What Data Does The Nurse Collect ABout The Client In a Holistic Data
Collection?: 1. Physiologic
2. Psychological
3. Sociocultural
4. Developmental
5. Spiritual
14. What Are Considered to be Independent Factors That Affect a Person's
Level of Health?: 1. Mind
2. Body
3. Spirit
15. What Does The Nurse Focus on During the Physical Medical
Assessment?: The nurse focuses primarily on the client's physiologic
development status.
*The nurse in particular, focuses on how the client's health status affects Activities
of Daily Living (ADL) and how those ADL affect the client's health.
, Health Assessment Chapters 1,2,3, Weber Kelley Book
16. A Nursing Framework Helps to
__________________________________________________
and __________________________________________________________.:
Organize information
Promotes the collection of holistic data
17. The Assessment Phase of the Nursing Process Has Four Major Steps: 1.
Collection of subjective data
2. Collection of objective data
3. Validation of data
4. Documentation of data
*These steps tend to overlap
18. Subjective Data Is:: Sensations of symptoms, feelings, perceptions, desires,
preferences, beliefs, ideas, values, and personal information that can be elicited
and certified ONLY by the client
19. Major Areas Of Subjective Data Include:: 1. Biographical information
(name,age,religion, occupation)
2. History of present health concern: Physical symptoms related to each body part
of system
3. Personal health history
4. Family history
5. Health and Lifestyle Practices (Practices that put the client at risk, nutrition,
activity, relationships, cultural beliefs or practices, family structure and function,
community environment)
6. Review of Systems
20. The Examiner Directly Observes Objective Data That Includes:: 1. Physical
characteristics (skin color, posture)
2. Body functions (heart rate, respiratory rate)
3. Appearance (dress and hygiene)
4. Behavior (mood, effect)
