Nursing 123- Health Assessment
Questions and Answers 2026/2027 Sure
Pass
Includes the definitions of each chapter and the
slideshow components that were referenced during
class. Additionally contains the health history and
physical examination components of each system. I
will most likely be making a separate study set with
the questions (both short-answer and multiple
choice) from the prep for each week. :)
# Term Definition
1 1\. Assessment the collection of data about an
individual's health state, for the
purpose of making a
judgement or diagnosis.
2 1\. Behavioural model moves health beyond treating
disease to include secondary
and primary preventions with
emphasis given to behaviour
and lifestyle changes.
3 1\. Biomedical model the predominant Canadian health
model; health is viewed as the
absence of disease, with a focus
on disease diagnosis and
treatment
4 1\. Complete database a complete health history, full
physical examination, laboratory
1
, studies and other diagnostic
tests.
5 1\. critical thinking a multidimensional thinking
process where nurses learn to
assess and modify treatments, if
indicated, before acting
6 1\. Cue An assessment finding: a piece of
information, sign, symptom, or a
piece of laboratory data
7 1\. Diagnostic a tentative explanation for a cue or
hypothesis set of cues, useful as a basis to
guide further investigation.
8 1\. diagnostic reasoning a method of collecting and
analyzing clinical information
with the following components:
1) attending to initially available
cues, 2) formulating diagnostic
hypotheses, 3) gathering data
relative to the tentative
hypotheses, and 4) evaluating
each hypothesis with the new
data collected to arrive at a final
diagnosis.
9 1\. Emergency database rapid collection of the database,
often compiled concurrently with
lifesaving measures
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,NURSING 123- HEALTH ASSESSMENT
# Term Definition
10 1\. Episodic database Database used for a limited or
short term problem (such as a
cue, body system issue etc).
11 1\. Evidence-informed A systematic approach to
practice making decisions about patient
care that integrates the best
available evidence with
assessment data, the clinician's
experience and expertise, and
the individual patient
preferences and values, with the
aim to improve outcomes.
12 1\. Follow-up database Used in all settings to monitor
the progress on short-term or
long-term chronic health
problems
13 1\. health promotion a comprehensive social and
political process of enabling
people to increase control over
the determinants of health and
therefore improve their health
14 1\. medical diagnosis used to evaluate the cause and
etiology of a disease; focus is on
the function or malfunction of a
specific organ system
15 1\. nursing diagnosis clinical judgement about a
person's response to an actual or
potential health state, and
identification of their health
concerns, risks and goals in
response to the nurse's analysis of
data.
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, NURSING 123- HEALTH ASSESSMENT
16 1\. nursing process a method of collecting and
analyzing clinical information
with the following: 1) assessment
2) nursing diagnosis 3)
planning 4) implementation and
5) evaluation
17 1\. Objective data observations by inspecting,
palpating, percussing and
auscultating during the physical
examination
18 1\. Relational practice recognizes that the meanings of
health and illness are shaped by
social, cultural, family and
geographic contexts as well as
age, gender, ability, and other
individual factors
19 1\. Social determinants the social, economic, and
of health political conditions that shape
individual, family and
community health
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Questions and Answers 2026/2027 Sure
Pass
Includes the definitions of each chapter and the
slideshow components that were referenced during
class. Additionally contains the health history and
physical examination components of each system. I
will most likely be making a separate study set with
the questions (both short-answer and multiple
choice) from the prep for each week. :)
# Term Definition
1 1\. Assessment the collection of data about an
individual's health state, for the
purpose of making a
judgement or diagnosis.
2 1\. Behavioural model moves health beyond treating
disease to include secondary
and primary preventions with
emphasis given to behaviour
and lifestyle changes.
3 1\. Biomedical model the predominant Canadian health
model; health is viewed as the
absence of disease, with a focus
on disease diagnosis and
treatment
4 1\. Complete database a complete health history, full
physical examination, laboratory
1
, studies and other diagnostic
tests.
5 1\. critical thinking a multidimensional thinking
process where nurses learn to
assess and modify treatments, if
indicated, before acting
6 1\. Cue An assessment finding: a piece of
information, sign, symptom, or a
piece of laboratory data
7 1\. Diagnostic a tentative explanation for a cue or
hypothesis set of cues, useful as a basis to
guide further investigation.
8 1\. diagnostic reasoning a method of collecting and
analyzing clinical information
with the following components:
1) attending to initially available
cues, 2) formulating diagnostic
hypotheses, 3) gathering data
relative to the tentative
hypotheses, and 4) evaluating
each hypothesis with the new
data collected to arrive at a final
diagnosis.
9 1\. Emergency database rapid collection of the database,
often compiled concurrently with
lifesaving measures
2
,NURSING 123- HEALTH ASSESSMENT
# Term Definition
10 1\. Episodic database Database used for a limited or
short term problem (such as a
cue, body system issue etc).
11 1\. Evidence-informed A systematic approach to
practice making decisions about patient
care that integrates the best
available evidence with
assessment data, the clinician's
experience and expertise, and
the individual patient
preferences and values, with the
aim to improve outcomes.
12 1\. Follow-up database Used in all settings to monitor
the progress on short-term or
long-term chronic health
problems
13 1\. health promotion a comprehensive social and
political process of enabling
people to increase control over
the determinants of health and
therefore improve their health
14 1\. medical diagnosis used to evaluate the cause and
etiology of a disease; focus is on
the function or malfunction of a
specific organ system
15 1\. nursing diagnosis clinical judgement about a
person's response to an actual or
potential health state, and
identification of their health
concerns, risks and goals in
response to the nurse's analysis of
data.
3
, NURSING 123- HEALTH ASSESSMENT
16 1\. nursing process a method of collecting and
analyzing clinical information
with the following: 1) assessment
2) nursing diagnosis 3)
planning 4) implementation and
5) evaluation
17 1\. Objective data observations by inspecting,
palpating, percussing and
auscultating during the physical
examination
18 1\. Relational practice recognizes that the meanings of
health and illness are shaped by
social, cultural, family and
geographic contexts as well as
age, gender, ability, and other
individual factors
19 1\. Social determinants the social, economic, and
of health political conditions that shape
individual, family and
community health
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