NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Health approach in which the focus was on the treatment of disease and health was considered the absence of disease and that's it. - Correct Answers ✅Biomedical Approach Health approach in which there was more going on that just absence of disease; also behavioural factors at play (i.e.smoking). The belief that if we could teach people how to stay healthy themselves then they would. - Correct Answers ✅Behavioural Approach Health approach in which the belief was that the higher income, well-educated Canadians were the ones that the behavioural approach would affect most. - Correct Answers ✅Socioenvironmental Approach What kind of data does a nursing health assessment involve?(2 types) - Correct Answers ✅Subjective Data (symptoms) and Objective Data (signs) Symptoms; type of data; what the family/person says about the patient/themselves. - Correct Answers ✅Subjective Data 1 / 4
NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Signs; the type of data you will find in a physical assessment.
- Correct Answers ✅Objective Data
- Source of history (who provided the information)
- Reason for seeking care (quote their words) 2 / 4
What is more important - subjective or objective data? - Correct Answers ✅Unless we have the full subjective piece, we cannot see the whole picture. Therefore the subjective piece is just as important as the objective piece; we need both in order to treat the patient.What are the 5 steps of the nursing process? - Correct Answers ✅1) Assess - gather info about the client's condition 2) Diagnose - identify the client's problems 3) Plan - set goals of care and desired outcomes and identify appropriate nursing actions 4) Implement - perform the nursing actions identified in planning 5) Evaluate - determine if goals met and outcome achieved What kind of things will you gather during the subjective portion of a complete health history? - Correct Answers ✅- Biographical data (i.e. name, address, gender identity, marital status)
NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
- History of current illness (PQRSTU-AAA)
- Past health (childhood illnesses, accidents, operations, etc.)
- Family history (usually blood-related family)
- Review of systems
- Functional assessment (ADLs and IADLs).
What does PQRSTU-AAA stand for? - Correct Answers ✅P - provoke Q - quality and/or quantity R - region and/or radiation S - severity T - timing U - understand the patient's perspective A - associated factors A - alleviating factors A - aggravating factors What kind of data will you gather during the physical assessment portion of a complete health assessment? - Correct Answers ✅Vital signs, measurements (head circumference, weight, height, etc.), IPPA (inspection, palpitation, percussion, and inspection). 3 / 4
NUR 350 Health Assessment Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) What is percussion used for? - Correct Answers ✅1. Map out the location/size of an organ.
- Provide info regarding the density of a structure.
- Detect a mass.
- Elicit pain.
- Elicit deep tendon reflexes.
What are the two common percussion notes? - Correct Answers ✅Resonant (hollow, air-filled) and dullness (muffled thud).What is the "general survey" and what 4 areas does it consist of? - Correct Answers ✅The first impression when you walk
in the room and it consists of:
1) Physical Appearance - i.e. LOC, skin colour, facial features, signs of distress 2) Body Structure - i.e. symmetry, posture, position 3) Mobility - i.e gait, ROM 4) Behaviour - i.e. facial expressions, mood/affect, speech, dress, hygiene
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