HEALTH ASSESSMENT Winter 2008 FINAL Professor Joann Paoletti Professor Rey Zamudio

1) You have just completed your initial assessment on Mr. K. You have charted that his respirations are eupneic, and his pulse is 58. This type of data would be: 1. objective 2. reflective 3. subjective 4. introspective

2) Mr. K tells you that he is very nervous, and that he feels nauseous and feels hot. This type of data would be: 1. objective 2. reflective 3. subjective 4. introspective

3) Critical thinking in the expert nurse is greatly enhanced by opportunities to: 1. apply theory in real situations 2. work with physicians to provide patient care 3. follow physician orders providing patient care 4. develop nursing diagnoses for commonly occurring illnesses

4) What is the step of the nursing process that includes data collection by health history, physical examination, and interview? 1. planning 2. diagnosis 3. evaluation 4. assessment

5) You are a visiting nurse making an initial home visit for a patient who has many chronic medical problems. Which type of database is most appropriate to collect in this setting? 1. A follow-up database to evaluate changes at appropriated intervals 2. An episodic database because of ongoing, complex medical problems of this patient 3. A complete health database because of the nurse’s primary responsibility for monitoring the patients health 4. An emergency database because of the need to rapidly collect