Holistic health assessment Final exam Questions And Answers
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Course
Holistic Health Assessment
Institution
Holistic Health Assessment
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and "feels hot." This type of data would be:
Objective
Reflective
Subjective
Introspective - ANS Subjective
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
Validation
Clustering ...
Holistic health assessment Final exam
Questions And Answers
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and "feels hot." This type of data
would be:
Objective
Reflective
Subjective
Introspective - ANS Subjective
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
Validation
Clustering related cues
Identifying gaps in data
Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant - ANS Clustering related cues
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use and includes
which steps?
Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation - ANS
Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evalutaion
The nurse is reviewing the development of of culture. Which statement is correct regarding the
development of one's culture? Culture is:
Genetically determined on the basis of racial background
Learned through language acquisition and socialization
A nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary
Biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics - ANS Learned through
language acquisition and socialization
, The nurse recognizes that working with children with a different cultural perspective may be
especially difficult because:
Children have spiritual needs that are influenced by their stages of development
Children have spiritual needs that are direct reflections of what is occurring in their homes
Religious beliefs rarely affect the parents' perceptions of the illness
Parents are often the decision makers, and they have no knowledge of their children's spiritual
needs - ANS Children have spiritual needs that are influenced by their stages of
development
When observing a patient's verbal and nonverbal communications, the nurse notices a
discrepancy. Which state is true regarding this situation? The nurse should:
Ask someone who knows the patient well to help interpret this discrepancy
Focus on the patient's verbal message, and try to ignore the nonverbal behaviors
Try to integrate the verbal and nonverbal messages and then interpret them as an average
Focus on the patient's nonverbal behaviors , because these are often more reflective of a
patient's true feelings - ANS Focus on the patient's nonverbal behaviors , because these
are often more reflective of a patient's true feelings
During an interview, a parent of a hospitalized child is sitting in an open position. As the
interviewer begins to discuss his son's treatment, however, he suddenly crosses his arms
against his chest and cross his legs. this changed posture would suggest that the parent is:
Simply changing position
More comfortable in this position
Tired and needs a break from the interview
Uncomfortable talking about his son's treatment - ANS Uncomfortable talking about his
son's treatment
The review of systems provides the nurse with:
Physical findings related to each system
Information regarding health promotion practices
An opportunity to teach the patient medical terms
Information necessary for the nurse to diagnose the patient's medical problem - ANS
Information regarding health promotion practices
A patient is describing his symptoms to the nurse. Which of these statements reflects a
description of the setting of his symptoms?
"It is a sharp, burning pain in my stomach."
"I also have the sweats and nausea when I feel this pain."
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