NURS 5220 ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT

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NURS 5220 ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT

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During the interview process, the nurse obtains what type of data from the patient?

• Primary
• Secondary
• Objective
• Oral - Correct Answer - A) Primary

The nurse is admitting a new patient to the unit. While reviewing old records of this patient, the nurse knows that the data being gathered are what kind of data?

• Primary
• Secondary
• Subjective
• Objective - Correct Answer - B) Secondary

The nursing instructor is discussing with students different types of health histories. A student asks when it would be appropriate to take a 1 / 4

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pg. 2 comprehensive health history. What would be the instructor's best answer? (Select all that apply.)

• During a hospital admission
• At a clinic visit for a fall
• In the emergency department after a car accident
• During an annual physical examination
• At a screening for sports participation - Correct Answer - A) During a

hospital admission

• During an annual physical examination
• At a screening for sports participation

Student nurses are practicing taking comprehensive health histories from one another. What components should be included in a comprehensive health history? (Select all that apply.)

• When coughing began
• Pain location
• Pain duration
• Pain intensity
• What was eaten for breakfast - Correct Answer - B) Pain location
• Pain duration
• Pain intensity

The nurse is gathering a complete history of the patient's present illness.The nurse knows that the most appropriate way to begin to gather this information is what? 2 / 4

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• Assessing the patient's vital signs
• Gathering a complete list of the patient's medications
• Asking open-ended questions
• Asking focused questions - Correct Answer - C) Asking open-ended

questions

A clinical instructor is discussing with a clinical group how to take a history of the patient's present illness. A student asks how to best guide the interview. What would be the instructor's most appropriate answer?

• Follow the cues of the patient during the interview
• Use a written checklist to make sure you cover all necessary areas
• Use a head-to-toe approach to make sure you do not miss anything
• Use a focused approach, asking only about symptoms of the present

illness - Correct Answer - A) Follow the cues of the patient during the interview

A genogram is developed to visually show what?

• Family tree
• Family health patterns
• Family relationships
• Nationalities of family members - Correct Answer - B) Family health

patterns

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pg. 4 A group of student nurses is presenting information on Gordon's framework for assessing a patient. What type of assessment would they be talking about?

• Comprehensive
• Focused
• Functional
• Emergency - Correct Answer - C) Functional

When using Gordon's framework for a functional health assessment, the nurse asks a patient, "Have you made any changes in your environment because of vision, hearing, or memory decrease?" What functional health pattern is the nurse assessing?

• Vision
• Hearing
• Coping
• Cognition - Correct Answer - D) Cognition

Through what process do the patient and the nurse work together to develop a plan of care?

• Functional assessment
• Use of subjective and objective data
• Therapeutic communication
• Use of Gordon's framework - Correct Answer - C) Therapeutic

communication

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