NUR2092 Health Assessment Final Exam

with 100% Correct Answers 2023

The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Explain this to the patient. - Correct

answer-Answer- The purpose of a health history is to provide a database of subjective

information about the patient's past and current health history. You might say to the

patient, "I will be asking you questions about your past and present health." This

information will help the provider along with the physical exam (objective data) to

develop a diagnosis or health status.

The nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses, which of these

statements would be correct? The patient: - Correct answer-Provided consistent

information and therefore is reliable

A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week. What would

be the nurse's best response? - Correct answer-"Can you point to where it hurts?"

A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has "excruciating pain" in her back. Which

would be the nurse's appropriate response to the woman's statement? - Correct

answer-"How would you say the pain affects your ability to do your daily activities?"

A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's best

response to this information? - Correct answer-"Describe what happens (or the reaction)

to you when you take Penicillin."

The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or problems about which the

patient should be specifically asked include: - Correct answer-Mental illness.

The review of systems provides the nurse with... - Correct answer-Information regarding

health promotion practices, the information helps to evaluate the past and present

health state of each body system, to obtain any data that may have been omitted in the

section about present illness, and to evaluate health promotion and teaching

opportunities.

Which of these statements represents subjective data the nurse obtained from the

patient regarding the patient's skin? - Correct answer-Patient denies any color change.

The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year old male patient and is concerned about

health promotion activities. Which of these questions would be appropriate to use to

assess health promotion activities for this patient? - Correct answer-"Do you perform

testicular self-examinations?"

Functional Assessment-- What information would you ask if the patient's leg was in a

cast? - Correct answer-A functional assessment includes the activities of daily living and

the person's ability to take care of their needs. This area will help to formulate a nursing

diagnosis. This could be present to the patient in a standardized form and will include

data on the lifestyle and type of living environment. (Page 57) self-esteem,

activity/exercise, sleep/rest, nutrition/elimination, interpersonal relationships/resources,

spiritual resources, coping and stress management, personal habits, environmental

hazards, violence questions, and occupational health questions. If a patient had a cast

on their leg, appropriate questions would include how they transfer to bed, another

chair, bathing technique, coping with the situation, support during the situation.