Test Bank for Health Assessment for Nursing Practice 7th Edition By Susan Fickertt Wilson; Jean Foret Giddens Chapter 1-24 Complete Guide A+

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TablewofwContents

UnitwI.wFoundationswforwHealthwAssessment

1. IntroductionwtowHealthwAssessment

2. InterviewingwPatientswtowObtainwawHealthwHistory

3. TechniqueswandwEquipmentwforwPhysicalwAssessment

4. GeneralwInspectionwandwMeasurementwofwVitalwSigns

5. Ethnic,wCultural,wandwSpiritualwConsiderations

6. PainwAssessment

7. MentalwHealthwandwAbusivewBehaviorwAssessment

8. NutritionalwAssessment




UnitwII.wHealthwAssessmentwofwthewAdult

9. Skin,wHair,wandwNails

10. Head,wEyes,wEars,wNose,wandwThroat

11. LungswandwRespiratorywSystem

12. HeartwandwPeripheralwVascularwSystem

13. AbdomenwandwGastrointestinalwSystem

,14. MusculoskeletalwSystem

15. NeurologicwSystem

16. BreastswandwAxillae

17. ReproductivewSystemwandwthewPerineum




UnitwIII.wHealthwAssessmentwAcrosswthewLifewSpan

18. DevelopmentalwAssessmentwThroughoutwthewLifewSpan

19. AssessmentwofwthewInfant,wChild,wandwAdolescent

20. AssessmentwofwthewPregnantwPatient

21. AssessmentwofwthewOlderwAdult




UnitwIV.wSynthesiswandwApplicationwofwHealthwAssessment

22. ConductingwawHead-to-ToewExamination

23. DocumentingwthewHead-to-ToewHealthwAssessment

24. AdaptingwHealthwAssessmentwtowanwIllwPatient

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MULTIPLEwCHOICE

1. Awpatientwcomeswtowthewemergencywdepartmentwandwtellswthewtriagewnursewthatwhewisw“having
a heartwattack.”wWhatwiswthewnurse’swtopwprioritywatwthiswtime?
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a. Determinewthewpatient’swpersonalwdatawandwinsurancewcoverage.
b. Askwthewpatientwtowtakewawseatwinwthewwaitingwroomwuntilwhiswnamewiswcalled.
c. Requestwthatwawnursewcollectwdatawforwawcomprehensivewhistory.
d. Askwawnursewtowstartwawfocusedwassessmentwofwthiswpatientwnow.
ANS:w D
Thewnursewneedswtowbeginwanwassessmentwaswsoonwaswpossiblewthatwiswfocusedwonwthiswpatient’sw
cardiovascularwsystem.wThewtypewofwhealthwassessmentwperformedwbywthewnursewiswalsowdrivenwb
ywpatientwneed.wPersonalwdatawandwinsurancewinformationwwillwbewobtained,wbutwinwthiswsituatio
n,wthesewdatawcanwwaitwuntilwafterwthewpatientwiswassessed.wBasedwalsowonwMaslow’swhierarchywo
fwneeds,wphysiologicwneedswtakewprecedence.wRatherwthanwaskingwthewpatientwtowwait,wthewnurse
wneedswtowbegin wdatawcollection,wsuchwaswvital wsigns,wimmediatelywtowdeterminewthewpatient’swh

ealthwstatus.wComplicationswcanwbewpreventedwifwanwimmediatewassessmentwiswmadewtowanalyzew
thewpatient’swsymptoms.wAwcomprehensivewhistorywiswnotwindicatedwinwthiswsituationwatwthiswtim
e.wSomewsubjectivewdatawwillwbewcollected,wsuchwaswallergieswandwmedicalwhistorywrelatedwtowcar
diovascularwdisease.wEyes,wears,worwawcompletewmusculoskeletalworwmentalwhealthwassessmentwi
swnotwawprioritywatwthiswtime.

DIF: CognitivewLevel:wApply REF:wBoxw1-
3w|wp.w3wTOP:w NursingwProcess:wAssessment
MSC:w NCLEXwPatientwNeeds:wSafewandwEffectivewCarewEnvironment:wManagementwofwCare:wEstablis
hingwPriorities

2. Whichwsituationwillustrateswawscreeningwassessment?
a. Awpatientwvisitswanwobstetricwclinicwforwthewfirstwtimewandwthewnursewconducts
a detailedwhistorywandwphysicalwexamination.
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b. Awhospitalwsponsorswawhealthwfairwatwawlocalwmallwandwprovideswcholesterolwandwblo
odwpressurewcheckswtowmallwpatrons.
c. Thewnursewinwanwurgentwcarewcenterwcheckswthewvitalwsignswofwawpatientwwhowis
complainingwofwlegwpain.
d. Awpatientwnewlywdiagnosedwwithwdiabeteswmellituswcomeswtowtestwhiswfastingwbloo
dwglucosewlevel.
ANS:w B