NUR 3120 Unit 2 Health Assessment and Promotion Quiz

When assessing the quality of a client's pain, the nurse should ask which question?

• A: "When did the pain start?"

• B: "How bad is it?"

• C: "Where does it radiate?"

• D: "What does your pain feel like?"

The nurse is completing a pain assessment, and the client states they are experiencing shoulder pain that started 2 days ago after moving heavy boxes. Which type of pain is the client describing?

• Chronic Pain

• Referred Pain

• Nociceptive Pain

• Acute Pain

The nurse is assessing a client's pain. The nurse knows that the most reliable indicator of pain would be the:

• A: Client’s vital signs

• B: Physical examination

• C: Results of a computerized axial tomography scan

• D: Client’s subjective report

The nurse noticed the client grimacing, guarding her abdomen, and crying. The nurse documents this as which type of pain behavior?

• Verbal pain behaviors

• Severe pain

• Mild pain

• Nonverbal pain behaviors

Which is the best nursing intervention regarding complementary and alternative medicine?

• A: Advising the client about “good” versus “bad” therapies

• B: Discouraging the client from using any alternative therapies

• C: Educating the client about therapies that he or she is using or is interested in using

• D: Identifying herbal remedies that the client should request from the health care provider (HCP)

An analgesic medication has been prescribed for a client with headaches. The client tells the clinic nurse that he would like to take an herbal substance to help treat his headaches. Which of the following would be the best nursing action?

• Tell the client that if he takes this, he will need to drink more fluids for hydration

• Encourage the client to discuss the substance with the provider

• Tell the client that herbal substances are not safe and should not be used

• Advise the client to read labels of herbal therapies

The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a client. The technique the nurse will always use first is:

• Palpation

• Inspection

• Percussion

• Auscultation

The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a client. Which of the following assessment techniques uses the sense of touch to assess texture, temperature, moisture, and swelling?

• Palpation

• Inspection

• Percussion

• Auscultation

The nurse is using percussion as an assessment technique for the client. Which of the following best describes how percussion is performed?

• Close careful scrutiny of the client that involves concentrated watching

• Using the stethoscope to listen to sounds produced by the client's body

• Tapping the client's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess underlying structures

• Lightly pressing on the client's skin to detect surface charactersitics

The nurse is preparing to use a stethoscope for auscultation. Which statement is true regarding the diaphragm of the stethoscope? The diaphragm:

• A: Is used to listen for high-pitched sounds

• B: Is used to listen for low-pitched sounds

• C: Is used to listen for vascular sounds such as bruits or hums

• D: Is used if placed lightly on the skin