Holistic Assessment Exam Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
A nurse is assessing a patient for possible fluid overload.
Which assessment finding is most consistent with this
diagnosis
-Boggy eyeball
-Moist, plump tongue
-Distended neck veins w/ head elevated at 45 degrees
-venous filling of 3 second - Correct Answer ✅Distended
neck veins w/ head elevated at 45 degrees
The nurse is preparing to perform a physical examination on
a female patient who has been transferred to the medical
unit from the emergency department. The nurse should begin
the collection of objective data with which examination?
,Holistic Assessment Exam Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
The nurse is assessing an older adult patient's mental status.
Consistently, the patient pauses after the nurse poses a
question, but then provides a response that is correct or
appropriate. How should the nurse best interpret this
characteristic of the patient?
-The patient is displaying a sign of early Alzheimer disease.
-Slight delays in mental processing are normal in older adults.
-The patient may be trying to anticipate the nurse's desired
response.
-The patient may be experiencing an early sign of delirium. -
Correct Answer ✅-Slight delays in mental processing are
normal in older adults.
After teaching a group of students about the external and
internal structures of the eye, the instructor determines that
the teaching was successful when the students identify which
of the following as external structures? SELECT ALL THAT
APPLY
-Lacrimal apparatus
,Holistic Assessment Exam Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
-Conjunctiva
-Lens
-Iris
-Sclera
-Caruncle - Correct Answer ✅-conjunctiva
-lens
-iris
The nurse has completed the comprehensive health
assessment of a patient who has been admitted for the
treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. Following the
completion of this assessment, the nurse periodically
performs a partial assessment primarily for which reason?
, Holistic Assessment Exam Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
A nurse is reviewing the four basic physical examination
techniques and their sequence prior to receiving a new
patient from post-anesthetic recovery. The nurse should plan
to perform which technique first?
-Inspection
-Palpation
-Percussion
-Auscultation - Correct Answer ✅-Inspection
The nurse collects vital signs on a hospital patient who has
recently been experiencing pain. Which finding would
indicate the patient is currently experiencing pain?
-Respiratory rate of 18 breaths/min.
-Temperature of 37.3°C (99.1°F).
-Heart rate of 110 beats/min.
-Blood pressure of 115/65 mm Hg - Correct Answer ✅-
Heart rate of 110 beats/min.
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