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NSG3012 Principles of Assessment for RNs TEST STUDY
GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS BANK AND VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>
objective data: ......ANSWER........what the health professional
observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and auscultating
during the physical examination
During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that
culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly
reflects one of these characteristics? ......ANSWER........Culture
adapts to specific environmental factors and available natural
resources.
A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency
department with multiple traumas received in an automobile
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accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his injuries are quite
severe. How would the nurse proceed with data collection?
......ANSWER........Simultaneously ask history questions while
performing the examination and initiating life-saving measures.
A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She
has been coming to the clinic weekly since she changed
medications 2 months ago. The nurse should:
......ANSWER........Collect a follow-up data base and then check
her blood pressure.
The nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which
statement is correct regarding the development of ones culture?
Culture is: ......ANSWER........Learned through language
acquisition and socialization.
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Subjective data: ......ANSWER........What the person says about
himself or herself during history taking
Data base: ......ANSWER........Formed from objective/subjective
data and the s record and lab studies
Assessment: ......ANSWER........The collection of data about an
individual's health state
Diagnostic reasoning: ......ANSWER........the process of analyzing
health data and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58
beats per minute. These types of data would be:
......ANSWER........Objective
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A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated,
and feels hot. These types of data would be:
......ANSWER........Subjective
The patient's record, laboratory studies, objective data, ande
data combine to form the ......ANSWER........Data base
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of
a sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
......ANSWER........Validate the data by asking a coworker to
listen to the breath sounds.
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During
the teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice
nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which
to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
......ANSWER........A set of rules
NSG3012 Principles of Assessment for RNs TEST STUDY
GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS BANK AND VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>
objective data: ......ANSWER........what the health professional
observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and auscultating
during the physical examination
During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that
culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly
reflects one of these characteristics? ......ANSWER........Culture
adapts to specific environmental factors and available natural
resources.
A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency
department with multiple traumas received in an automobile
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accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his injuries are quite
severe. How would the nurse proceed with data collection?
......ANSWER........Simultaneously ask history questions while
performing the examination and initiating life-saving measures.
A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She
has been coming to the clinic weekly since she changed
medications 2 months ago. The nurse should:
......ANSWER........Collect a follow-up data base and then check
her blood pressure.
The nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which
statement is correct regarding the development of ones culture?
Culture is: ......ANSWER........Learned through language
acquisition and socialization.
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Subjective data: ......ANSWER........What the person says about
himself or herself during history taking
Data base: ......ANSWER........Formed from objective/subjective
data and the s record and lab studies
Assessment: ......ANSWER........The collection of data about an
individual's health state
Diagnostic reasoning: ......ANSWER........the process of analyzing
health data and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58
beats per minute. These types of data would be:
......ANSWER........Objective
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A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated,
and feels hot. These types of data would be:
......ANSWER........Subjective
The patient's record, laboratory studies, objective data, ande
data combine to form the ......ANSWER........Data base
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of
a sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
......ANSWER........Validate the data by asking a coworker to
listen to the breath sounds.
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During
the teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice
nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which
to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
......ANSWER........A set of rules
