Health Assessment Final Exam QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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A nurse on a post-surgical unit is admitting a client following the
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client's cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal). What is the
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overall purpose of assessment for this client?
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a. Collecting accurate data
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b. Assisting the primary care provider
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c. Validating previous data
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d. Making clinical judgments - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D) Making
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clinical judgments |\




A client has presented to the emergency department (ED) with
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complaints of abdominal pain. Which member of the care team
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would most likely be responsible for collecting the subjective data
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on the client during the initial comprehensive assessment?
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A) Gastroenterologist
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B) ED nurse|\ |\




C) Admissions clerk
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D) Diagnostic technician - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) ED nurse
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After teaching a group of students about the phases of the
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nursing process, the instructor determines that the teaching was
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successful when the students identify which phase as being
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foundational to all other phases? |\ |\ |\ |\




A) Assessment
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,B) Planning
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C) Implementation
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D) Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A) Assessment
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The nurse has completed the comprehensive health assessment
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of a client who has been admitted for the treatment of
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community-acquired pneumonia. Following the completion of this |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


assessment, the nurse periodically performs a partial
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assessment primarily for which reason? |\ |\ |\ |\




A) Reassess previously detected problems
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B) Provide information for the client's record
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C) Address areas previously omitted
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D) Determine the need for crisis intervention - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔A) Reassess previously detected problems
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A nurse is completing an assessment that will involve gathering
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subjective and objective data. Which of the following assessment
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techniques will best allow the nurse to collect objective data?
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A) Inspection
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B) Therapeutic communication
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C) Interviewing
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D) Active listening - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A) Inspection
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A nurse is providing feedback to a colleague after observing the
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colleague's interview of a newly admitted client. Which of the
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following would the nurse identify as an example of a closed-
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ended question or statement?
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,A) "Tell me about your relationship with your children?"
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B) "Tell me what you eat in a normal day?"
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C) "Are you allergic to any medications?"
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D) "What is your typical day like?" - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C)
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"Are you allergic to any medications?"
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A client has presented to the emergency department and is
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having difficulty describing her vague sensation of physical
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discomfort and unease. How can the nurse best elicit meaningful
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assessment data about the nature of the client's complaint?|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




A) Ignore the complaint for now and return to it later in the
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assessment.
B) Provide a laundry list of descriptive words.
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C) Restate the question using simpler terms.
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D) Wait in silence until the client can determine the correct
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words. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) Provide a laundry list of
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descriptive words. |\




During an assessment, the nurse determines that a client sees
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more than one primary care provider and has obtained
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prescriptions from each provider. Which method would be most |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


appropriate to determine a client's current medication regimen?
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A) Ask the client to identify which medications taken every day.
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B) Ask the client to bring all the medications and supplements to
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an interview.
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C) Ask the caregiver whether the client is taking prescribed
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medications.

, D) Ask the client about the use of any over-the-counter
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medications. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) Ask the client to bring |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


all the medications and supplements to an interview.
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A client has just been admitted to the postsurgical unit from
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postanesthetic recovery, and the nurse is in the introductory |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


phase of the client interview. Which of the following activities
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should the nurse perform first? |\ |\ |\ |\




A) Collaborate with the client to identify problems.
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B) Explain the purpose of the interview.
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C) Determine the client's vital signs.
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D) Obtain family health history data. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B)
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Explain the purpose of the interview. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




The nurse is using the mnemonic "COLDSPA" to assess a client's
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complaint of lower abdominal pain. The nurse asks the client to|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


rate the pain on a scale of 0 to 10. The nurse is assessing which
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aspect of the complaint? |\ |\ |\




A) Character
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B) Onset |\




C) Severity
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D) Pattern - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C) Severity
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11. A nurse is admitting a new client to the subacute medical
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unit and is completing a comprehensive assessment. The nurse is
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appropriately applying standard precautions by performing which
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of the following actions?
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