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NUR 504 HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Which of the following is an example of subjective data that may be collected during a health assessment?
a. Height and weight
b. A patient's recall of his or her past health conditions
c. Results from an abdominal CT scan
d. Complete blood count
b. A patient's recall of his or her past health conditions
Which of the following is true regarding the data taken in a health history?
a. Most health history data are objective and measurable.
b. Objective data are error-free, quantifiable data.
c. Subjective data, being inherently less accurate, are of less value than objective data.
d. A successful individualized plan of care must incorporate subjective data.
d. A successful individualized plan of care must incorporate subjective data.
What do Coulehan and Block define as listening to the total communication... and letting the patient know that you are really hearing?
a. Cultural competence
b. Patience
c. Empathy
d. Top-tier communication
c. Empathy
The provider is preparing to take a health history for a new patient. He takes the patient to a private room and asks the patient to don a hospital gown. After stepping outside to give the patient sufficient time to change, he then comes back in and asks permission to conduct the history. He sits next to the patient at eye level, discreetly observes the patient for any sensory deficits, and asks the patient if he may take brief notes of the conversation. During the conversation, he gives the patient time to answer questions fully. He makes sure that his questions do not contain technical terms and quietly observes the patient's nonverbal behaviors throughout. Which mistake did the provider make?
a. He should have allowed the patient to remain fully clothed in their own clothing for their comfort.
b. He should not have omitted technical terminology. Patients like having a chance to learn.
c. He should have seated
a. He should have allowed the patient to remain fully clothed in their own clothing for their comfort.
b. CLIENT OUTCOMES
When taking a PMI, which of the following is correct?
a. Do not take the statement I'm allergic to... at face value.
b. Ask the patient for a very brief summary of their current health.
c. If a patient states that they have been vaccinated with BCG, make sure to administer a PPD test.
d. CAM documentation is no longer a requirement.
a. Do not take the statement I'm allergic to... at face value.
Which of the following is a first-degree relative to the patient who has experienced premature onset of CVD?
a. Sister at 62
b. Cousin at 62
c. Aunt at 59
d. Grandfather at 44
a. Sister at 62
Recording the patient's occupation falls under which category?
a. PHI
b. FH
c. SH
d. ROS
c. SH
A focused ROS:
a. involves a wider range and shallower level of questions than a comprehensive ROS.
b. includes questions directed toward the systems most likely to be involved in the patient's symptoms.
c. includes questions seeking significant positives to narrow down the body systems affected.
d. covers all body systems.
b. includes questions directed toward the systems most likely to be involved in the patient's symptoms.
A patient comes to the clinic complaining of repeated headaches and lightheadedness. As the provider takes a health history, he or she should:
a. perform a comprehensive ROS.
b. skip the social history in order to focus on the current issue.
c. focus her interest and questions on the patient's neurologic system.
d. spend a good deal of time assessing the reliability of the information she is getting.
Family history should include both parents and grandparents, if information is known.
True
Social history includes a detailed diet history, best performed as a record of food and beverage intake by the patient for a typical week, that includes things like use of salt and oil in food preparation and methods of cooking
True
What are the two main general considerations of physical examinations listed in the text?
a. Preparation and sequence
b. Medical and financial
c. Patient interaction and scope
d. Inspection and palpation
c. Patient interaction and scope
The physician has begun her first physical examination on a new patient who has come to the clinic for a well-patient visit. Which of the following is true?
a. The first thing the physician will do as part of the physical examination is perform the history.
b. This will likely be a head-to-toe examination.
c. As a first exam, this will likely be brief and focused.
d. The patient, on his first visit, will likely be disoriented and unaware of the physician's tone and expressions.
b. This will likely be a head-to-toe examination.
The physician records a sound as tympanic. The physician has just performed which assessment technique?
a. Palpation
b. Auscultation
c. Percussion
d. Compression
c. Percussion
A physician is listening to a patient's heart, but something has negatively impacted the sound. Which of the following has most likely caused this?
a. Indirect rather than direct percussion
b. A double-lumen stethoscope
c. Lack of palpation
d. Loose-fitting ear tips
d. Loose-fitting ear tips
d. the mouth.
c. the eyes.
If the physician is evaluating thoracic expansion, percussing the kidneys, and inspecting the skin for lesions, the patient is in which position?
a. Patient seated and facing examiner
b. Patient seated and facing away from examiner with back exposed
c. Patient standing
d. Patient supine with chest exposed
b. Patient seated and facing away from examiner with back exposed
Which position is only performed on female patients?
a. Reclining 45 degrees
b. Lithotomy position
c. Leaning forward reaching for toes
d. Supine with abdomen exposed
b. Lithotomy position
Which part of the body of a neonate should be studied first?
a. Abdomen
b. Chest
c. Hands and feet
d. Head
d. Head
Which of the following assessments is specific to the geriatric patient?
a. Functional
b. General
c. Physical
d. Developmental
a. Functional
A functional assessment includes which of the following components?
a. Abdominal assessment
b. Visual assessment
c. Assessment of flaccidity, tension, and spasticity
d. Assessment of mental status and mood impairment
d. Assessment of mental status and mood impairment
The history should be performed separately from the physical examination
The kidneys should be examined both while the patient is supine and while the patient is seated facing away from the examiner.
True
Which of the following is true of healthcare institutions regarding documentation?
a. To comply with HIPAA regulations, institutions must ensure that computer monitors with sensitive patient data are not left unattended.
b. All institutions must follow a standard policy for posting abbreviations in documentation drawn from the AMA.
c. Institutions consider drawings a fairly inaccurate way to represent a patient's systems or picture of the patient's condition.
d. As of 2003, faxes may no longer be used to share patient medical information between institutions
a. To comply with HIPAA regulations, institutions must ensure that computer monitors with sensitive patient data are not left unattended.
SOAP stands for:
a. standard operating and admitting procedures.
b. sanitation, observation, auscultation, palpation.
c. surgeons, officials, administrators, patients.
d. subjective, objective, assessment, plan,
d. subjective, objective, assessment, plan,
Which of the following is recorded in documentation as direct patient quotes?
a. The chief complaint and follow-up responses
b. The chief complaint only
c. Nothing; everything is written in precise medical terminology
d. The objective information
b. The chief complaint only
A patient is examined according to __________, and documentation is recorded according to __________.
a. PQRST, CLIENT OUTCOMES
b. body region, system
c. subjective data, objective data
d. the institution's system, the physician's system
b. body region, system
Which of the following is true of reporting history of present illness?
a. If a patient describes having pain in the arm and numbness in the fingertips, the physician should examine these as a single unit.
b. The opening sentence should contain the results from pertinent test results and test dates.
b. A visual representation or chart of a patient's family history
In a physical examination, the physician spends the most attention on the patient's musculoskeletal and neurological systems. What can we deduce from this?
a. The same systems were likely not explored in the review of systems.
b. This is a comprehensive examination.
c. Documentation from the subjective component of the patient's visit has pointed the physician to these systems.
The diagnosis will be firmly established after assessment of both systems.
c. Documentation from the subjective component of the patient's visit has pointed the physician to these systems.
Which of the following is the last component of gathering objective data?
a. Review of systems
b. Physical examination
c. Assessment
d. Diagnostic tests
d. Diagnostic tests
Which of the following is true of a problem list that is created during the final assessment?
a. It outlines the educational needs of the patient.
b. It includes additional findings that are directly related to the history of present illness.
c. It may include other issues that are not true diagnoses.
d. Items on the problem list typically cannot be treated.
c. It may include other issues that are not true diagnoses.
In the Plan section, the text singles out which component of the plan as critical for legal reasons?
a. Education
b. Nonpharmacological interventions
c. Rule outs
d. Follow-up
a. Education
Which component of the treatment plan is typically reserved for hospitalized patients?
a. Pharmacological interventions
b. Referrals
c. Nonpharmacological interventions
d. Follow-ups
c. Nonpharmacological interventions
Patient holds an M.A. in art history and curates a small museum; occupation calls for standing 6-7 hours a day is an example of documentation of a patient's social history
True
The assessment plan for all patients will contain new diagnoses, differential diagnoses, and a problem list.
False
The internal os is contained within what?
a. The uterus
b. The vagina
c. The ovaries
d. The clitoris
a. The uterus
Nicotine can contribute to which of the following?
a. Urinary problems
b. Sexual dysfunction
c. Allergic vaginitis
d. Amenorrhea
a. Urinary problems
Which of the following findings would indicate Nabothian cysts on a patient's cervix?
a. Small, translucent, yellow nodules
b. Columnar epithelium from endo-cervix is everted
c. Bright red, soft protrusions
d. Hard ulcers
a. Small, translucent, yellow nodules
A bluish hue noted in the cervix is most likely indicative of what?
a. Early pregnancy
b. Anemia
c. Malignancy
Hypoxia
a. Early pregnancy
A bluish hue to a cervix is considered normal in which of the following?
a. A prepubescent girl
b. A pregnant woman
