HEALTH
ASSESSMENT
FINAL EXAM
2024
REVIEW
Q&A
A+ ACHEIVER
, Health Assessment Final Exam 2024: Review Questions
1. An elderly patient is admitted to the hospital. While performing a skin
assessment, the nurse discovers bruises in various stages of healing all over
the patient's body. Why is it important for the nurse to promptly document and
report these findings?
a.The patient may have been abused.
b.The patient is elderly.
c.The patient may have peripheral vascular disease.
d.The patient may have a cognitive deficit.
: a. The patient may have been abused
2. When the nurse observes the patient for general characteristics including
age, gender, and level of alertness, what aspect of assessment are you per-
forming?
a.Inspecting
b.Interviewing
c.Palpating
d.Ausculating
: a. Inspecting
3. The four areas to consider during the general survey include:
a. Dress, medical history, nonverbal behavior, and mobility.
b.Ethnicity, gender, age, and socioeconomic status.
c.Physical appearance, gender, ethnicity, and medical history.
d.Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, and behavior.
: d. Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, and behavior.
4. When reading the patient's medical record, the nurse sees the following
notation: Patient states, "I have had a cold for about a week, and I am having
difficulty breathing." This is an example of:
a.A past health history.
b.A review of systems.
c.A functioning assessment.
d.A chief compliant.
: d.A chief compliant.
5. Normal cervical lymph nodes are:
a.Smaller than 1 cm
b.Warm and red
c.Fixed
d.Firm
: a.Smaller than 1 cm
ASSESSMENT
FINAL EXAM
2024
REVIEW
Q&A
A+ ACHEIVER
, Health Assessment Final Exam 2024: Review Questions
1. An elderly patient is admitted to the hospital. While performing a skin
assessment, the nurse discovers bruises in various stages of healing all over
the patient's body. Why is it important for the nurse to promptly document and
report these findings?
a.The patient may have been abused.
b.The patient is elderly.
c.The patient may have peripheral vascular disease.
d.The patient may have a cognitive deficit.
: a. The patient may have been abused
2. When the nurse observes the patient for general characteristics including
age, gender, and level of alertness, what aspect of assessment are you per-
forming?
a.Inspecting
b.Interviewing
c.Palpating
d.Ausculating
: a. Inspecting
3. The four areas to consider during the general survey include:
a. Dress, medical history, nonverbal behavior, and mobility.
b.Ethnicity, gender, age, and socioeconomic status.
c.Physical appearance, gender, ethnicity, and medical history.
d.Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, and behavior.
: d. Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, and behavior.
4. When reading the patient's medical record, the nurse sees the following
notation: Patient states, "I have had a cold for about a week, and I am having
difficulty breathing." This is an example of:
a.A past health history.
b.A review of systems.
c.A functioning assessment.
d.A chief compliant.
: d.A chief compliant.
5. Normal cervical lymph nodes are:
a.Smaller than 1 cm
b.Warm and red
c.Fixed
d.Firm
: a.Smaller than 1 cm
