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Health Assessment Exam 1 Questions and Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025

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Assessment* ~~> *Assessment* is the collection of subjective and objective data about a patient's health. *Subjective data* ~~> *Subjective data* consist of information provided by the affected individual. *Objective data* ~~> *Objective data* include information obtained by th...

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Health Assessment Exam 1 Questions
and Answers | Latest Update
2024/2025
*Assessment*

✓ ~~> *Assessment* is the collection of subjective and objective data

about a patient's health.



*Subjective data*

✓ ~~> *Subjective data* consist of information provided by the affected

individual.



*Objective data*

✓ ~~> *Objective data* include information obtained by the health care

provider through physical assessment, the patient's record, and

laboratory studies.



*The database*

✓ ~~> The *database* is the totality of information available about the

patient. The purpose of assessment is to make a judgment or diagnosis.



*Diagnostic reasoning*




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✓ ~~> *Diagnostic reasoning* is the process of analyzing health data and

drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses.



Diagnostic reasoning has which four major components?

✓ ~~> *Diagnostic reasoning* has which four major components?

(1) *Attending to* initially available *cues*, which are pieces of information,

signs, symptoms, or laboratory data;

(2) *Formulating diagnostic hypotheses*, which are tentative explanations for

a cue or a set of cues and can serve as a basis for further investigation;

(3) *Gathering data* relative to the tentative hypotheses;

(4) *evaluating each hypothesis* with the new data collected, which leads to

a final diagnosis.



The *nursing process* includes which six phases?

✓ ~~> The *nursing process* includes which six phases?

(1) *assessment*,

(2) *diagnosis*,

(3) *outcome identification*,

(4) *planning*,

(5) *implementation*, and

(6) *evaluation*.

It is a dynamic, interactive process in which practitioners move back and

forth within the steps.




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The *novice nurse*

✓ ~~> The *novice nurse* has no experience with specific patient

populations and uses rules to guide performance.



The *experienced nurse*

✓ ~~> The *experienced nurse* understands a patient situation as a

whole rather than as a list of tasks, attends to an assessment data

pattern, and acts without consciously labeling it.



*Critical thinking*

✓ ~~> *Critical thinking* is the multidimensional thinking process needed

for sound diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgment. Seventeen

critical thinking skills have been identified, including *setting priorities.*



*First-level priority problems*

✓ ~~> *First-level priority problems* are emergent, life-threatening, and

immediate, such as establishing an airway or supporting breathing.



*Second-level priority problems*




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✓ ~~> *Second-level priority problems* are next in urgency. They require

prompt intervention to prevent deterioration, and may include a

mental status change or acute pain.



*Third-level priority problems*

✓ ~~> *Third-level priority problems* are important to the patient's health,

but can be addressed after more urgent problems. Examples include

lack of knowledge or family coping.



Evidence-based practice

✓ ~~> Evidence-based practice is a systematic approach to practice

that uses the *best evidence,* the *clinician's experience,* and the

*patient's preferences and values* to make decisions about care and

treatment.



Every examiner needs to collect *four kinds of databases* based on the

situation. What are the four kinds of databases?

✓ ~~> Every examiner needs to collect *four kinds of databases* based

on the situation. What are the four kinds of databases?

(1) A *complete (or total health) database* includes a complete health

history and a full physical examination.




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