NUR 2092 / NUR2092 Health Assessment
Final Exam Quiz Bank | Questions and
Answers with Rationale | Latest 2025 /
2026 | Rasmussen College
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted
that his respirations are 18 breaths per minute and his pulse is 58 beats
per minute. These types of data would be:
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective - ANSWER A
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and "feels
hot." These types of data would be:
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective - ANSWER C
The patient's record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data combine to form the:
a. Database
b. Admitting data
c. Financial statement
d. Discharge summary - ANSWER A
,When listening to a patient's breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
sound that is heard. The nurse's next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patient's physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. -
ANSWER C
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, with
less experience, are more likely to base their decisions on:
a. Intuition
b. Clear-cut rules
c. Articles in journals
d. Advice from supervisors - ANSWER B
Expert nurses assess and make decisions through the use of:
a. Critical thinking
b. The nursing process
c. Clinical knowledge
d. Diagnostic reasoning - ANSWER A
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-informed practice
(EIP). Which statement best reflects EIP?
a. EIP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
,b. EIP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of
patients.
c. EIP emphasizes the use of best and most appropriate evidence with
clinician expertise and patient preference.
d. The patient's own preferences are not important in EIP. - ANSWER
C
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. Patient newly diagnosed with diabetes needing diabetic teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress -
ANSWER D
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the
data?
a. Validation
b. Clustering related cues
c. Identifying gaps in data
d. Distinguishing relevant data from irrelevant data - ANSWER B
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a
patient relies on the appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a. Nursing
b. Medical
c. Admission
d. Collaborative - ANSWER A
, The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that
nurses use and includes which steps?
a. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
b. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
c. Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
d. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementation, and evaluation - ANSWER D
A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well
lately, and is having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize
these problems?
a. Breathing, pain, and sleep
b. Breathing, sleep, and pain
c. Sleep, breathing, and pain
d. Sleep, pain, and breathing - ANSWER
What step of the nursing process includes data collection through health
history, physical examination, and interview?
a. Planning
b. Diagnosis
c. Evaluation
d. Assessment - ANSWER D
What is an important concept when undertaking a life-cycle approach to
health assessment?
a. Consideration of the patient's cultural view of health
b. Being responsive to the patient's gestures to build a relationship
Final Exam Quiz Bank | Questions and
Answers with Rationale | Latest 2025 /
2026 | Rasmussen College
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted
that his respirations are 18 breaths per minute and his pulse is 58 beats
per minute. These types of data would be:
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective - ANSWER A
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and "feels
hot." These types of data would be:
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective - ANSWER C
The patient's record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data combine to form the:
a. Database
b. Admitting data
c. Financial statement
d. Discharge summary - ANSWER A
,When listening to a patient's breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
sound that is heard. The nurse's next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patient's physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. -
ANSWER C
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, with
less experience, are more likely to base their decisions on:
a. Intuition
b. Clear-cut rules
c. Articles in journals
d. Advice from supervisors - ANSWER B
Expert nurses assess and make decisions through the use of:
a. Critical thinking
b. The nursing process
c. Clinical knowledge
d. Diagnostic reasoning - ANSWER A
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-informed practice
(EIP). Which statement best reflects EIP?
a. EIP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
,b. EIP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of
patients.
c. EIP emphasizes the use of best and most appropriate evidence with
clinician expertise and patient preference.
d. The patient's own preferences are not important in EIP. - ANSWER
C
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. Patient newly diagnosed with diabetes needing diabetic teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress -
ANSWER D
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the
data?
a. Validation
b. Clustering related cues
c. Identifying gaps in data
d. Distinguishing relevant data from irrelevant data - ANSWER B
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a
patient relies on the appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a. Nursing
b. Medical
c. Admission
d. Collaborative - ANSWER A
, The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that
nurses use and includes which steps?
a. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
b. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
c. Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
d. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementation, and evaluation - ANSWER D
A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well
lately, and is having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize
these problems?
a. Breathing, pain, and sleep
b. Breathing, sleep, and pain
c. Sleep, breathing, and pain
d. Sleep, pain, and breathing - ANSWER
What step of the nursing process includes data collection through health
history, physical examination, and interview?
a. Planning
b. Diagnosis
c. Evaluation
d. Assessment - ANSWER D
What is an important concept when undertaking a life-cycle approach to
health assessment?
a. Consideration of the patient's cultural view of health
b. Being responsive to the patient's gestures to build a relationship
