Health Assessment Final Nursing, NUR2092 Health Assessment Final Exam

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The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Explain this to the patient. Correct Answer: Answer- The purpose of a health history is to provide a database of subjective information about the p... atient's past and current health history. You might say to the patient, "I will be asking you questions about your past and present health." This information will help the provider along with the physical exam (objective data) to develop a diagnosis or health status. The nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses, which of these statements would be correct? The patient: Correct Answer: Provided consistent information and therefore is reliable A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week. What would be the nurse's best response? Correct Answer: "Can you point to where it hurts?" A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has "excruciating pain" in her back. Which would be the nurse's appropriate response to the woman's statement? Correct Answer: "How would you say the pain affects your ability to do your daily activities?" A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's best response to this information? Correct Answer: "Describe what happens (or the reaction) to you when you take Penicillin." The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or problems about which the patient should be specifically asked include: Correct Answer: Mental illness. The review of systems provides the nurse with... Correct Answer: Information regarding health promotion practices, the information helps to evaluate the past and present health state of each body system, to obtain any data that may have been omitted in the section about present illness, and to evaluate health promotion and teaching opportunities. Which of these statements represents subjective data the nurse obtained from the patient regarding the patient's skin? Correct Answer: Patient denies any color change. The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year old male patient and is concerned about health promotion activities. Which of these questions would be appropriate to use to assess health promotion activities for this patient? Correct Answer: "Do you perform testicular self-examinations?" Functional Assessment-- What information would you ask if the patient's leg was in a cast? Correct Answer: A functional assessment includes the activities of daily living and the person's ability to take care of their needs. This area will help to formulate a nursing diagnosis. This could be present to the patient in a standardized form and will include data on the lifestyle and type of living environment. (Page 57) self-esteem, activity/exercise, sleep/rest, nutrition/elimination, interpersonal relationships/resources, spiritual resources, coping and stress management, personal habits, [Show More]

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