Health Assessment Chapter 1 Questions

A nurse is caring for three clients whose care involves complex situations and multiple responsibilities. What is the key to resolving problems for this nurse?

Critical thinking

An assessment that concentrates on patterns of role performance that all humans share is called what?

Functional

A few nursing students revealed to a faculty advisor that they were concerned about the effects of their program demands on their personal health practices. Follow-up with other students indicated that this was a common concern among the student group. Further assessment showed that the students expressed their belief in the importance of maintaining good health practices, but that most students had discontinued weekday efforts because of their focus on school-related stress and limited economic resources. Faculty members supported the concept of integrated health programs and were prepared to develop a program as a project. To assess the need for health promotion among the group of students, which of the following assessment methods would be most useful?

Individual student interview and questionnaire

A client admitted to the health care facility has a family history of diabetes mellitus. A nursing health assessment for this client should focus on collection of data in which of these areas?

Physiologic, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual data

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

check for the presence of defining characteristics.

During a health assessment, a client shares, "I get a little dizzy when I get up from my chair too quickly." Which question will the nurse ask the client first when attempting to identify client needs and potential health risks?

"What do you mean by 'a little dizzy'?"

A patient is brought to the emergency department by ambulance after a motor vehicle accident. What would be given the highest priority by the staff triaging the patient?

Airway

How does a nurse best facilitate the nursing health assessment?

Asking the appropriate questions

A nursing instructor is trying to convince the class of the importance of assessment skills in nursing. In discussing the future of the nursing profession, which factors should stressed that will promote opportunities for nurses with advanced assessment skills? Select all that apply

Declining numbers of medical students due to rising costs and focus on primary care Increasing complexity of acute care Growing aging population with complex comorbidities Increasing impact of children and the homeless on communities

A nurse is admitting a client, having completed the health history, and is now doing a physical assessment. The physical assessment will provide what type of data?

Objective

When the client begins to cry, the nurse recognizes the need to focus the assessment on the client's emotional health. What factor will have the greatest effect on the nurse's ability to gather information concerning why the client is crying?

the rapport that exists between the nurse and the client