Course point plus practice quiz

The nurse at a busy primary care clinic is analyzing the data obtained from the following clients. For which clients would the nurse most likely expect to facilitate a referral?

50-year-old client newly diagnosed with diabetes

The nurse is analyzing the data obtained from the following clients. Which client would the nurse expect to facilitate a referral?

A 50-year-old client newly diagnosed with diabetes

When assisting a client with health promotion, what must the nurse also nurture?

A healthy environment

What are nurses able to detect through the health assessment?

Areas in need of health adjustments

How does a nurse best facilitate the nursing health assessment?

Asking the appropriate questions

Data collection occurs where in the nursing process?

Assessment

A nurse will complete an initial comprehensive assessment of a 60-year-old client who is new to the clinic. What goal should the nurse identify for this type of assessment?

Establish a baseline for the comparison of future health changes.

A client comes to the health care provider's office for a visit. The client has been seen in this office on occasion for the past 5 years and arrives today complaining of a fever and sore throat. Which type of assessment would the nurse most likely perform?

Focused assessment

The preceptor of the student nurse is explaining the assessment that is considered the most organized for gathering comprehensive physical data. What assessment is the preceptor talking about?

Head-to-toe

Staff are talking to the hospital educator and ask about "a government project that is meant to improve the health of people in the United States." The educator bases her response on the knowledge of

Healthy People 2020

How does a nurse decide what health-promotion activities are necessary for a particular client?

Nurses collaborate with clients to identify areas in which clients are willing to make changes

An older adult client had hip replacement surgery 2 days ago. The nurse enters the client's room and encourages the client to use the incentive spirometer ten times every hour. What is this action an example of?

Nursing intervention

How do nurses facilitate the achievement of high-level wellness with a client?

Promoting health in the client

The nurse has completed the comprehensive health assessment of a client who has been admitted for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. Following the completion of this assessment, the nurse periodically performs a partial assessment primarily for which reason?

Reassess previously detected problems

The nurse who provides care at an ambulatory clinic is preparing to meet a client and perform a comprehensive health assessment. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform first?

Review the client's medical record.

The nurse prepares to complete a holistic assessment of a client with a chronic health problem. Which areas will the nurse include in this assessment? Select all that apply.

Spiritual Physiologic Sociocultural Psychological Developmental

The nurse plans to follow the Health Belief Model when identifying a client's care needs. On what will the nurse focus when using this model? Select all that apply.

Sufficient motivation Making a change would be beneficial Belief of being susceptible to a health problem

A nurse who provides care in a hospital setting is creating a plan of nursing care for a client who has a diagnosis of chronic renal failure. The nurse's plan specifies frequent ongoing assessments. The frequency of these nursing assessments should be primarily determined by what variable?

The client's acuity

A nursing instructor is discussing the purposes of health assessment. What is one purpose of health assessment?

To establish a database against which subsequent assessments can be measured

During a health assessment the nurse learns that a client lives in an urban area with a high crime rate. Which category of health is affecting this client?

environmental

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 a(n)

focused or problem-oriented assessment.

After receiving morning report the nurse prepares to assess a client who was admitted the day before. Which type of assessment will the nurse complete at this time?

ongoing

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

physiologic status.

During a health class, the nurse is emphasizing exercise and healthy eating. The level of prevention being utilized by the nurse is

primary prevention