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NUR 2090 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ What are the steps of the nursing assessment? -Collect data -Validate data -Organize data Why is accurate assessment important? For providing high-quality nursing care What does collecting data entail? Compiling info...

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NUR 2090 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++


What are the steps of the nursing assessment?

-Collect data

-Validate data

-Organize data

Why is accurate assessment important?

For providing high-quality nursing care

What does collecting data entail?

Compiling information about the patient

How is data collected from patients?

-Interviewing

-Physical examination

What type of data does interviewing collect?

Subjective

What is subjective data?

-Symptoms

-What the patient feels as expressed through "I" statements

-Patient's chief concern

-Data that cannot be directly observed by the nurse

What are the 8 characteristics of a chief concern?

,-Location

-Quality

-Quantity/severity

-Timing

-Setting

-Aggravating and relieving factors

-Associated factors

-Patient's perception

What is the difference between a primary source and secondary source of data?

-Both subjective

-Primary source is directly from the patient

-Secondary source is from an outside person, such as a family member

What type of data does a physical exam collect?

Objective

What is objective data?

-Signs

-What the nurse observes using the five senses

-Factual and measurable

What are the steps of the physical exam (in order)?

-Inspection

-Palpation

-Percussion

-Auscultation

,What is inspection?

-Visual observation of physical features and behavior

What is palpation?

-Use of touch

-Discriminates position, texture, size, consistency, and density

-Augments inspection process

-Compresses no more than 2cm

What is percussion?

-Striking the body surface to produce a percussive note

-Determines the density (fluid or solid) of the body part

What are the types of percussive notes?

-Tympany

-Hyperresonance

-Resonance

-Dullness

-Flatness

What does tympany sound like? Where is it often observed?

-Musical, drum-like

-High pitch

-Loud noise

-Within air-filled stomach

What does hyperresonance sound like? Where is it often observed?

, -Booming

-Very low pitch

-Very loud noise

-Within emphysematous lung

What does resonance sound like? Where is it often observed?

-Hollow

-Low pitch

-Loud noise

-Normal lung

What does dullness sound like? Where is it often observed?

-Thud-like

-Medium pitch

-Medium noise

-Within the liver and diaphragm

What does flatness sound like? Where is it often observed?

-Extreme dullness

-High pitch

-Soft noise

-Within sternum and thigh

What is auscultation?

-Listening to sounds with a stethoscope

-Bell of stethoscope for quiet sounds

-Diaphragm of stethoscope for loud sounds

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