GNRS 578 Health Assessment - Quiz 1-9 Exam Preparation
GNRS 578 HEALTH ASSESSMENT - QUIZ 1-9 EXAM PREPARATION FOR
2025/2026 COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
A nurse is taking complete health histories on all of your patients attending a
wellness workshop. On the history form, one of the written questions asks, "You
don't smoke, drink, or take drugs, do you?" This question is an example of:
a. Using a leading question
b. Interrupting
c. Talking too much
d. An open-ended question
a. Using a leading question
The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best
describes the primary purpose of a health history?
a. To document all abnormal objective data
b. To build a friendly relationship between the client and nurse
c. To provide a database of subjective data
d. To obtain a patient's complete family background
c. To provide a database of subjective data
When the nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses, which of
these statements would be correct? The patient:
a. provided consistent information throughout the interview
b. has a history of drug use and should not be trusted
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c. smiled throughout the interview
d. would not answer questions about stress, so should not be considered reliable
a. provided consistent information throughout the interview
When the nurse compares a list of current medications with a previous list, the
nurse is completing the medication _______________.
reconciliation
The nurse is providing discharge teaching to the mother of a newborn on how to
detect jaundice. Which of the following statements by the mother indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a. "Jaundice is a yellowish tint to the skin color"
b. "The best place to look for jaundice is over the calluses on the palms"
c. "Jaundice is caused by lack of oxygenated hemoglobin"
d. "Jaundice will look like fluid underneath the skin"
"Jaundice is a yellowish tint to the skin color"
Which of the following is described as a flat discoloration of the skin that is less
than 1 cm in diameter?
a. Tumor
b. Plaque
c. Macule
d. Bulla
c. Macule
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When evaluating day-to-day oxygenation changes in the skin color of a client with
dark skin, the nurse should perform which of the following?
a. Chart "not applicable"
b. Use a bright lamp to help with assessment
c. Inspect the client's lips and oral mucosa
d. Inspect only on subjective data
c. Inspect the client's lips and oral mucosa
The nurse caring for a client who is a long-term smoker is told in shift report that
the client has clubbing of the fingers. To assess for clubbing, the nurse would
instruct the client to do which of the following things?
a. "Place your 2 thumbs touching side by side."
b. "Put your 2 index fingers tip to tip."
c. "Hold your hands out straight with your palms side down."
d. "Bring the backside of 2 corresponding fingers together."
d. Bring the backside of 2 corresponding fingers together
An area of significant hair loss is described by the term:
a. alopecia
b. lanugo
c. hirsutism
d. diaphoresis
a. alopecia
Which of the following properly describes the path of blood flow into the lungs?
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GNRS 578 HEALTH ASSESSMENT - QUIZ 1-9 EXAM PREPARATION FOR
2025/2026 COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
A nurse is taking complete health histories on all of your patients attending a
wellness workshop. On the history form, one of the written questions asks, "You
don't smoke, drink, or take drugs, do you?" This question is an example of:
a. Using a leading question
b. Interrupting
c. Talking too much
d. An open-ended question
a. Using a leading question
The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best
describes the primary purpose of a health history?
a. To document all abnormal objective data
b. To build a friendly relationship between the client and nurse
c. To provide a database of subjective data
d. To obtain a patient's complete family background
c. To provide a database of subjective data
When the nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses, which of
these statements would be correct? The patient:
a. provided consistent information throughout the interview
b. has a history of drug use and should not be trusted
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c. smiled throughout the interview
d. would not answer questions about stress, so should not be considered reliable
a. provided consistent information throughout the interview
When the nurse compares a list of current medications with a previous list, the
nurse is completing the medication _______________.
reconciliation
The nurse is providing discharge teaching to the mother of a newborn on how to
detect jaundice. Which of the following statements by the mother indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a. "Jaundice is a yellowish tint to the skin color"
b. "The best place to look for jaundice is over the calluses on the palms"
c. "Jaundice is caused by lack of oxygenated hemoglobin"
d. "Jaundice will look like fluid underneath the skin"
"Jaundice is a yellowish tint to the skin color"
Which of the following is described as a flat discoloration of the skin that is less
than 1 cm in diameter?
a. Tumor
b. Plaque
c. Macule
d. Bulla
c. Macule
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When evaluating day-to-day oxygenation changes in the skin color of a client with
dark skin, the nurse should perform which of the following?
a. Chart "not applicable"
b. Use a bright lamp to help with assessment
c. Inspect the client's lips and oral mucosa
d. Inspect only on subjective data
c. Inspect the client's lips and oral mucosa
The nurse caring for a client who is a long-term smoker is told in shift report that
the client has clubbing of the fingers. To assess for clubbing, the nurse would
instruct the client to do which of the following things?
a. "Place your 2 thumbs touching side by side."
b. "Put your 2 index fingers tip to tip."
c. "Hold your hands out straight with your palms side down."
d. "Bring the backside of 2 corresponding fingers together."
d. Bring the backside of 2 corresponding fingers together
An area of significant hair loss is described by the term:
a. alopecia
b. lanugo
c. hirsutism
d. diaphoresis
a. alopecia
Which of the following properly describes the path of blood flow into the lungs?
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