Advanced Health Assessment Final Exam: Review Questions & Answers
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Advanced health assessment
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Advanced Health Assessment
Advanced Health Assessment Final Exam: Review Questions & Answers-An elderly patient is admitted to the hospital. While performing a skin assessment, the nurse discovers bruises in various stages of healing all over the patient's body. Why is it important for the nurse to promptly document and repo...
Advanced Health Assessment Final Exam:
Review Questions & Answers
An elderly patient is admitted to the hospital. While performing a skin assessment,
the nurse discovers bruises in various stages of healing all over the patient's body.
Why is it important for the nurse to promptly document and report these findings?
a.The patient may have been abused.
b.The patient is elderly.
c.The patient may have peripheral vascular disease.
d.The patient may have a cognitive deficit. - a. The patient may have been abused
When the nurse observes the patient for general characteristics including age,
gender, and level of alertness, what aspect of assessment are you performing?
a.Inspecting
b.Interviewing
c.Palpating
d.Ausculating - a. Inspecting
The four areas to consider during the general survey include:
a. Dress, medical history, nonverbal behavior, and mobility.
b.Ethnicity, gender, age, and socioeconomic status.
c.Physical appearance, gender, ethnicity, and medical history.
d.Physical appearance, body structure, mobility, and behavior. - d. Physical
appearance, body structure, mobility, and behavior.
When reading the patient's medical record, the nurse sees the following notation:
Patient states, "I have had a cold for about a week, and I am having difficulty
breathing." This is an example of:
a.Smaller than 1 cm
b.Warm and red
c.Fixed
d.Firm - a.Smaller than 1 cm
The first step to cultural competency by a nurse is to:
a.Identify the meaning of health to the patient.
b.Understand their own heritage and its basis in cultural values.
c.Develop a frame of reference to traditional health care practices.
d.Understand how a health care delivery system works. - b.Understand their own
heritage and its basis in cultural values.
The nurse is conducting a physical assessment of a new patient. What data does the
nurse collect that are measurable?
While assessing a patient, the nurse is asking questions that help the nurse perceive
and communicate an understanding of what the patient is feeling. What is this
called?
a.Caring
b.Therapeutic communication
c.Sympathy
d.Empathy - d.Empathy
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