NUR-210 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers
A client comes to the health care provider's office for a visit. The client has been seen in this office for
the past five years and arrives today complaining of a fever and sore throat. Which type of assessment
would the nurse most likely perform? ...
A client who is new to the facility has a recent history of chronic pain that is attributed to fibromyalgia.
The nurse has reviewed the available health records and suspects that pain management will be a major
focus of nursing care. How can the nurse best validate this assumption? - Ans:✔✔-Ask the client about
the most recent experiences of pain.
The nurse is exhibiting critical thinking in which client care situation? - Ans:✔✔-Performing a focused
assessemt on a client who is complaining of shortness of breath.
This type of assessment includes a health history and physical assessment. - Ans:✔✔-Comprehensive
A student nurse is learning to document an initial assessment. What would the instructor tell the student
that accurate documentation of this specific assessment best provides? - Ans:✔✔-A baseline for
comparison with future findings
After receiving morning report the nurse prepares to assess a client who was admitted the day before.
Which type of assessment will the nurse complete at this time? - Ans:✔✔-Ongoing
When performing the steps of the assessment phase of the nursing process, which of the following
would the nurse do first? - Ans:✔✔-Collect subjective data
A home health nurse is visiting a patient who recently was hospitalized for repair of a fractured hip. The
patient tells the nurse, "I have had a lot of pain in my abdomen." What type of assessment would the
nurse conduct? - Ans:✔✔-focused
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