Holistic Assessment Final Exam

Holistic Assessment Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Clinical Tip - Correct Answers ✅-Before performing a complete assessment, read your state's Nurse Practice Act to determine your legal scope of practice (what you can legally assess and diagnosis) Patient Consent and Rights - Correct Answers ✅-respect the client's desires and requests related to the physical examination

• whether or not to have the examination is the client's

decision

• some health care providers ask the client to sign a consent

form Assessing Client's Cognitive Abilities - Correct Answers ✅- use the SLUMS examination

OR assess the patient's knowing of:

• orientation to person, time, and place
• concentration, ability to focus and follow direction
• recent memory
• remote memory
• recall of unrelated information in 5, 10, and 30 minute

periods

• abstract reasoning
• judgment 1 / 3

Holistic Assessment Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)

• visual perceptual and constructional ability

Saint Louis University Mental Status Exam (SLUMS) - Correct Answers ✅-a score between 27 and 30 for clients with a high school education and a score of 20-30 for clients without high school educations are NORMAL-a score of 20-27 for clients with a high school degree and a score of 14-19 for clients without a high school degree indicate MCI (middle cognitive impairment)-a score of 1-19 for clients with a high school education and a score of 1-14 for clients without a high school education indicates DEMENTIA Equipment for general survey - Correct Answers ✅- assessment documentation forms

• scale with height attachment
• flexible tape measures
• skin-fold calipers
• stethoscope and blood pressure cuff
• thermometers
• watch with a second hand

Equipment for hair, skin, and nails assessment - Correct Answers ✅-gloves -mirror -magnifying glass 2 / 3

Holistic Assessment Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) -penlight -ruler with centimeter markings -skin marking pen Equipment for Head and Neck Assessment - Correct Answers ✅-stethoscope -small cup of water for client to drink Equipment for Eye Assessment - Correct Answers ✅-cover card -newspaper print or Rosenbaum pocket screener -opthalmoscope -penlight -snellen chart Equipment for Ear Assessment - Correct Answers ✅- otoscope -tuning fork -watch with second hand Equipment for Thorax and Lung Assessment - Correct Answers ✅-client gown and draping sheet -gloves and mask (for nurse if client is actively coughing)

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