NUR 3120 Unit 1 Review Questions

The purpose of the health history is to collect subjective data, which is:

• A: Verifiable by another person.

• B: What you observe through measurement, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.

• C: The reason for seeking care.

• D: What the client tells you about themself

The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use and includes which steps?

• A: Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning.

• B: Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

• C: Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up.

• D: Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning.

An Emergency Database is:

• A: Concerns mainly one problem or body system.

• B: Is an urgent, rapid collection of crucial information and is often compiled currently with lifesaving measures.

• C: Used to follow up on a past problem.

• D: Includes a complete health history and a full physical examination.

True or false? The interview is a contract between you and your client?

• A: True

• B: False

True or False? Open ended questions are used for specific information, short one or two word answers, just the facts, neutral interaction, and have minimal rapport building?

• A: True

• B: False

Which of the following are interviewing traps or non-therapeutic communication? Select all that apply

• A: Using avoidance language

• B: Leading/biased questions

• C: Empathy

• D: False reassurance

• E: Giving unwanted advice

When recording data during an interview, the nurse should:

• A: Document everything post interview

• B: Record their judgment about what the client said

• C: Use the computer screen as a barrier between them and the client

• D: Document as soon as possible

The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best describes the purpose of a health history?

• A: To provide a database of subjective information about the client’s past and current health

• B: To document the normal and abnormal findings of a physical assessment

• C: To provide an opportunity for interaction between the client and the nurse

• D: To provide a form for obtaining the client’s biographic information

What does the review of systems provide the nurse?

• A: Information necessary for the nurse to diagnose the client’s medical problem

• B: Physical findings r/t each system

• C: Information regarding health promotion practices for each body system

• D: An opportunity to teach the client medical terms

Which of these responses might the nurse expect during a functional assessment of a client whose leg is in a cast?

• A: “I broke my right leg in a car accident 2 weeks ago.”

• B: “I check the color of my toes every evening just like I was taught.”

• C: “I’m able to transfer myself from the wheelchair to the bed without help.”

• D: “The pain is decreasing, but I still need to take acetaminophen.”