Latest Update 2025 Test Bank Ch 1-34 Complete Questions

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pg. 1 Health Assessment in Nursing Weber & Kelley 5th Edition Latest Update 2025 Test Bank| Ch 1-34| Complete Questions with Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers) Graded A+

• When describing the expansion of the depth and scope of nursing

assessment over the past several decades, which of the following would the nurse identify as being the primary force?

• Documentation
• Informatics
• Diversification
• Technology - Correct Answer - D) Public mistrust of physicians

• A group of nurses are reviewing information about the potential

opportunities for nurses who have advanced assessment skills. When discussing phenomena that have contributed to these increased opportunities, what should the nurses identify?

• Expansion of health care networks
• Decrease in client participation in care
• The shrinking cost of medical care
• Public mistrust of physicians - Correct Answer - A) Expansion of

health care networks

• A nurse has documented the findings of a comprehensive assessment

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• Guaranteeing a continual assessment process
• Identifying abnormal data
• Assuring valid conclusions from analyzed data
• Allowing for drawing inferences and identifying problems - Correct

Answer - C) Assuring valid conclusions from analyzed data

• A nurse has received a report on a client who will soon be admitted to

the medical unit from the emergency department. When preparing for the assessment phase of the nursing process, which of the following should the nurse do first?

• Collect objective data.
• Validate important data.
• Collect subjective data.
• Document the data. - Correct Answer - C) Collect subjective data.

• A community health nurse is assessing an older adult client in the

client's home. When the nurse is gathering subjective data, which of the following would the nurse identify?

• The client's feelings of happiness
• The client's posture
• The client's affect
• The client's behavior - Correct Answer - A) The client's feelings of

happiness

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• A nurse on the hospital's subacute medical unit is planning to perform

a client's focused assessment. Which of the following statements should inform the nurse's practice?

• The focused assessment should be done before the physical exam.
• The focused assessment replaces the comprehensive database.
• The focused assessment addresses a particular client problem.
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Correct Answer - C) The focused assessment addresses a particular client problem.

• The nurse assists a client into the dorsal recumbent position.

Assessment of which area is contraindicated when the client is in this position?

• Chest
• Head
• Peripheral pulses
• Abdomen - Correct Answer - D) Abdomen

• The nurse is gathering the necessary equipment preparatory to

examining a client's ears. The nurse will be checking bone and air conduction of sound. Which of the following should the nurse obtain?

• Penlight
• Tongue depressor
• Tuning fork
• Otoscope - Correct Answer - C) Tuning fork 3 / 4

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• The nurse is using her fingerpads to palpate a client's body part during

the physical examination. Which of the following would the nurse best be able to detect?

• Temperature
• Vibrations
• Pulses
• Fremitus - Correct Answer - C) Pulses

• A nurse is reviewing the four basic physical examination techniques

and their sequence prior to receiving a new client from postanesthetic recovery. The nurse should plan to perform which technique first?

• Inspection
• Palpation
• Percussion
• Auscultation - Correct Answer - A) Inspection

• The nurse is percussing the area over the client's lungs and hears a

loud, low-pitched, hollow sound. The nurse documents this finding as which of the following?

• Flatness
• Resonance
• Tympany
• Dullness - Correct Answer - B) Resonance
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