NURS 3043 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Subjective Data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Information provided by the patient
Objective Data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Information obtained by the healthcare provider
6 Steps in Nursing Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcome, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation
First-level priority problems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as
establishing an airway or supporting breathing
Second-level priority problems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Next in urgency. Require prompt intervention
such as:
acute pain, acute urinary elimination problem, untreated medical problems, abnormal lab test results
Third-level priority problems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅important to the patient's health but can be
addressed after more urgent health problems are addressed. (Knowledge deficit, altered family
processes, and low self esteem)
EBP (evidence based practice) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nursing care provided that is supported by sound
scientific rationale/evidence
Holistic Health Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅assesses the whole person because it views the mind,
body, and spirit as interdependent and functioning as a whole within the environment.
PQRST stands for: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Provocative or Palliative (what makes it worse or better)
Quality or quantity
Region or Radiation
Severity or Scale
Timing
, Complete database - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a complete health history and full physical examination
Focused database - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅used for a limited or short-term problem; concerns mainly
one problem
Follow-up database - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅evaluates the status of any identified problem at regular
intervals to follow up on short term or chronic health problems
Emergency Database - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅rapid collection of crucial data (often at lifesaving
moments)
What do you begin an interview with? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Introducing yourself and your role
How do you ask questions in an interview? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Start with open-ended then closed
or direct questions
What should you do to let a patient know the interview is almost over? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Signal
that the interview is almost over
What are the ten traps of interviewing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Providing false assurance or
reassurance
2. Giving unwanted advice
3. Using authority
4. Using avoidance language
5. Engaging in distancing
6. Using professional jargon
7. Using leading or biased questions
8. Talking too much
9. Interrupting
Subjective Data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Information provided by the patient
Objective Data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Information obtained by the healthcare provider
6 Steps in Nursing Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcome, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation
First-level priority problems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅emergent, life-threatening, and immediate, such as
establishing an airway or supporting breathing
Second-level priority problems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Next in urgency. Require prompt intervention
such as:
acute pain, acute urinary elimination problem, untreated medical problems, abnormal lab test results
Third-level priority problems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅important to the patient's health but can be
addressed after more urgent health problems are addressed. (Knowledge deficit, altered family
processes, and low self esteem)
EBP (evidence based practice) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nursing care provided that is supported by sound
scientific rationale/evidence
Holistic Health Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅assesses the whole person because it views the mind,
body, and spirit as interdependent and functioning as a whole within the environment.
PQRST stands for: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Provocative or Palliative (what makes it worse or better)
Quality or quantity
Region or Radiation
Severity or Scale
Timing
, Complete database - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a complete health history and full physical examination
Focused database - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅used for a limited or short-term problem; concerns mainly
one problem
Follow-up database - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅evaluates the status of any identified problem at regular
intervals to follow up on short term or chronic health problems
Emergency Database - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅rapid collection of crucial data (often at lifesaving
moments)
What do you begin an interview with? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Introducing yourself and your role
How do you ask questions in an interview? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Start with open-ended then closed
or direct questions
What should you do to let a patient know the interview is almost over? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Signal
that the interview is almost over
What are the ten traps of interviewing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Providing false assurance or
reassurance
2. Giving unwanted advice
3. Using authority
4. Using avoidance language
5. Engaging in distancing
6. Using professional jargon
7. Using leading or biased questions
8. Talking too much
9. Interrupting
