HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND PROMOTION-NUR 2730 TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED
What are the four broad goals of Nursing according to the American Nurses
Association?
To promote health, to treat human responses to health or illness, to advocate for
individuals, families, communities, and populations, and to prevent illness (Three levels
of prevention)
What is primary prevention?
Strategies aimed at preventing problems
What is the secondary prevention?
Early diagnoses, prompt treatment
What is tertiary prevention?
Preventing complications of existing disease, promoting highest health level possible
What is Healthy People 2030?
Sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next
decade
What are the nursing process components?
Assessing, Diagnosing, Identify Goals, Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating
What does does the nursing process begin with?
Accurate health assessment
What does critical thinking require?
Knowledge, skills, and experience
What does comprehensive assessment mean?
complete health history and physical assessment
performed: Annually for outpatients
Upon hospital/long-term care admission
What does focused assessment mean?
occurs in all settings, smaller in scope but increased depth for specific issue(s)
What does Emergent/Urgent assessment mean?
life-threatening or unstable situation based on the airway, breathing, circulation,
disability, and exposure.
What does the mneumonic ABCDE stand for?
•A—Airway (with cervical spine protection for suspected injury)
•B—Breathing—rate and depth, use of accessory muscles
•C—Circulation—pulse rate and rhythm, skin color
•D—Disability—level of consciousness, pupils, movement
•E—Exposure
What is situation is top priority?
Life-threatening
What is subjective data?
Patient or caregiver is primary source. Use therapeutic dialogue
What is objective data?
measurable information such as Vital signs; auscultation; visual appearance, etc.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ GRADED
What are the four broad goals of Nursing according to the American Nurses
Association?
To promote health, to treat human responses to health or illness, to advocate for
individuals, families, communities, and populations, and to prevent illness (Three levels
of prevention)
What is primary prevention?
Strategies aimed at preventing problems
What is the secondary prevention?
Early diagnoses, prompt treatment
What is tertiary prevention?
Preventing complications of existing disease, promoting highest health level possible
What is Healthy People 2030?
Sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next
decade
What are the nursing process components?
Assessing, Diagnosing, Identify Goals, Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating
What does does the nursing process begin with?
Accurate health assessment
What does critical thinking require?
Knowledge, skills, and experience
What does comprehensive assessment mean?
complete health history and physical assessment
performed: Annually for outpatients
Upon hospital/long-term care admission
What does focused assessment mean?
occurs in all settings, smaller in scope but increased depth for specific issue(s)
What does Emergent/Urgent assessment mean?
life-threatening or unstable situation based on the airway, breathing, circulation,
disability, and exposure.
What does the mneumonic ABCDE stand for?
•A—Airway (with cervical spine protection for suspected injury)
•B—Breathing—rate and depth, use of accessory muscles
•C—Circulation—pulse rate and rhythm, skin color
•D—Disability—level of consciousness, pupils, movement
•E—Exposure
What is situation is top priority?
Life-threatening
What is subjective data?
Patient or caregiver is primary source. Use therapeutic dialogue
What is objective data?
measurable information such as Vital signs; auscultation; visual appearance, etc.
