PA Study Guide Ch. 1

8. Before beginning a comprehensive health assessment of an adult client, the nurse should explain to the client that the purpose of the assessment is to

Ans: Arrive at conclusions about the client's health

7. The nurse is preparing to meet a client in the clinc for the first time. After reviewing the client's record, the nurse should

Ans: Avoid premature judgments about the client

9. To arrive at a nursing diagnosis or collaborative problem, the nurse goes through the steps of analysis of data. After proposing possible nursing diagnosis, the nurse should next

Ans: Check for the presence of defining characteristics

4. When a client first enters the hospital for an elective surgical procedure, the nurse should perform an assessment termed

Ans: Comprehensive

2. The result of a nursing assessment is the

Ans: Formulation of nursing diagnoses

3. Although the assessment phase of the nursing process precedes the other phases, the assessment phase is

Ans: Continuous

1. A medical examination differs from a comprehensive nursing examination in that the medical examination focuses primarily on the client's

Ans: Physiologic status

5. An assessment of a client who already has a complete recorded database in the system and returns to the health care agency with a specific health concern is referred to as an

Ans: Focused or problem-oriented assessment

10. The depth and scope of nursing assessment has expanded significantly over the past several decades primarily because of

Ans: Rapid advances in biomedical knowledge and technology

6. To prepare for the assessment of a client visiting a neighborhood health care clinic, the nurse should first

Ans: Review the client's health care record