Health Assessment & Physical Exam NCLEX
Questions with Complete Reliable Solutions
A nurse is a preceptor for a nurse who just graduated from nursing school. When caring for a patient,
the new graduate nurse begins to explain to the patient the purpose of completing a physical
assessment. Which of the following statements made by the new graduate nurse requires the preceptor
to intervene?
A. "I will use the information from my assessment to figure out if your antihypertensive medication is
working effectively."
B. "Nursing assessment data are used only to provide information about the effectiveness of your
medical care."
C. "Nurses use data from their patient's physical assessment to determine a patient's educational
needs."
D. "Information gained from physical assessment helps nurses better understand their patients'
emotional needs." - Answer B
("Nursing assessment date are used only to provide information about the effectiveness of your medical
care.")
Having misplaced his stethoscope, a nurse borrows a colleague's stethoscope. He next enters the
patient's room and identifies himself, washes his hands with soap, and states the purpose of his visit. He
performs proper identification of the patient before he auscultates her lungs. Which critical health
assessment step was not performed?
A. Running warm water over stethoscope for patient comfort
B. Cleaning stethoscope with Betadine
C. Using alcohol-based hand disinfectant
D. Cleaning stethoscope with alcohol - Answer D
(Cleaning stethoscope with alcohol)
Which is the best examination position for a complete geriatric physical examination on a weak patient
with bilateral basilar pneumonia?
, A. Prone position
B. Sims' position
C. Supine position
D. Lateral recumbent - Answer C
(Supine position)
During an annual gynecological examination, a college student discusses her upcoming college break at
a tropical location. After the student receives an oral contraceptive prescription, the nurse identifies the
importance of skin cancer prevention education by discussing which evidence-based prevention health
topic?
A. Applying water-based sunscreen only before swimming
B. Using tanning bed daily for 7 days before college break trip
C. Applying broad-spectrum sunscreen of SPF 5
D. Taking extra precautions in the sun secondary to the prescription - Answer D
(Taking extra precautions in the sun secondary to the prescription)
A head and neck physical examination is completed on a 50-year-old female patient. All physical findings
are normal except for fine brittle hair. Based on the physical findings, which of the following laboratory
tests would the nurse expect to be ordered?
A. Liver function test
B. Lead level
C. Thyroid-stimulating hormone test
D. Complete blood count - Answer C
(Thyroid-stimulating hormone test)
A febrile preschool-aged child presents to the after-hours clinic. Varicella is diagnosed on the basis of the
illness history and the presence of small, circumscribed skin lesions filled with serous fluid. The nurse
documents the varicellar lesions as which type of skin lesion?
Questions with Complete Reliable Solutions
A nurse is a preceptor for a nurse who just graduated from nursing school. When caring for a patient,
the new graduate nurse begins to explain to the patient the purpose of completing a physical
assessment. Which of the following statements made by the new graduate nurse requires the preceptor
to intervene?
A. "I will use the information from my assessment to figure out if your antihypertensive medication is
working effectively."
B. "Nursing assessment data are used only to provide information about the effectiveness of your
medical care."
C. "Nurses use data from their patient's physical assessment to determine a patient's educational
needs."
D. "Information gained from physical assessment helps nurses better understand their patients'
emotional needs." - Answer B
("Nursing assessment date are used only to provide information about the effectiveness of your medical
care.")
Having misplaced his stethoscope, a nurse borrows a colleague's stethoscope. He next enters the
patient's room and identifies himself, washes his hands with soap, and states the purpose of his visit. He
performs proper identification of the patient before he auscultates her lungs. Which critical health
assessment step was not performed?
A. Running warm water over stethoscope for patient comfort
B. Cleaning stethoscope with Betadine
C. Using alcohol-based hand disinfectant
D. Cleaning stethoscope with alcohol - Answer D
(Cleaning stethoscope with alcohol)
Which is the best examination position for a complete geriatric physical examination on a weak patient
with bilateral basilar pneumonia?
, A. Prone position
B. Sims' position
C. Supine position
D. Lateral recumbent - Answer C
(Supine position)
During an annual gynecological examination, a college student discusses her upcoming college break at
a tropical location. After the student receives an oral contraceptive prescription, the nurse identifies the
importance of skin cancer prevention education by discussing which evidence-based prevention health
topic?
A. Applying water-based sunscreen only before swimming
B. Using tanning bed daily for 7 days before college break trip
C. Applying broad-spectrum sunscreen of SPF 5
D. Taking extra precautions in the sun secondary to the prescription - Answer D
(Taking extra precautions in the sun secondary to the prescription)
A head and neck physical examination is completed on a 50-year-old female patient. All physical findings
are normal except for fine brittle hair. Based on the physical findings, which of the following laboratory
tests would the nurse expect to be ordered?
A. Liver function test
B. Lead level
C. Thyroid-stimulating hormone test
D. Complete blood count - Answer C
(Thyroid-stimulating hormone test)
A febrile preschool-aged child presents to the after-hours clinic. Varicella is diagnosed on the basis of the
illness history and the presence of small, circumscribed skin lesions filled with serous fluid. The nurse
documents the varicellar lesions as which type of skin lesion?
