Exam 1: Understanding Health Assessment

The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called "Health for All." The goal for this strategy is:

You are performing a health assessment on a 32-year-old female patient who reports "feeling fatigued all the time." She states, "I have not had a physical in over 8 years because I did not have medical insurance." The patient will be having a physical today. What will be part of the health assessment? Select all that apply.

The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention is:

You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police presence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You know that nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:

Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires registered nurses (RNs) to:

A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age 48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example of:

The U.S. health-care system is evolving, and care is becoming more focused on which of the following? Select all that apply.

You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be problem solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skills are you using?

You are working on a medical surgical unit and are caring for a 24-year-old patient who is 3 hours post-op. The patient seems confused and restless since you assessed her an hour ago. You have a gut feeling that something is very wrong. This is an example of ____________________ thinking.

The four techniques of health assessment include inspection, palpation, percussion, and _________________.

Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:

You are working with a patient as a copartner in care. The patient has multiple medical problems. Put the following steps of the nursing process in the correct order (1-5). (Enter the number of each step in the proper sequence; do not use punctuation or spaces. Example: 1234.) 1. Planning 2. Evaluation 3. Assessment 4. Implementation 5. Diagnosis

A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he "thinks he is running a fever and has stomach discomfort." You are the registered nurse in charge. What should you do?

Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.