Chapter 05 Health Assessment in Nursing 5th Edition by Janet R. Weber, Jane H. Kelley

Chapter 05 Health Assessment in Nursing 5th Edition by Janet R. Weber, Jane H. Kelley

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

1. A nurse has completed a comprehensive assessment of a client and has begun the
process of data analysis. Data analysis should allow the nurse to produce which of the
following direct results?
A) Outcomes evaluation
B) Nursing diagnoses
C) Holistic interventions
D) An interdisciplinary plan of care
2. A new nursing graduate recently made an oversight during the analysis of a client’s
assessment data that resulted in a postoperative complication. What characteristic of
data analysis makes it a challenging aspect of nursing practice?
A) Abnormal data must be identified.
B) It requires the prior identification of nursing diagnoses.
C) It requires sophisticated diagnostic reasoning skills.
D) Conclusions must be clearly and accurately documented.
3. A hospital nurse has identified a need to improve her critical thinking skills in an effort
to improve client care. The nurse should identify which of the following characteristics
of critical thinking?
A) It is an innate skill that some individuals possess and which others do not.
B) It does not include past experiences.
C) It is based primarily on getting correct and timely information.
D) It involves reflections on thoughts before reaching conclusions.
4. The emergency department has collected extensive data from a client who has presented
with a new onset of severe abdominal pain. What nursing action should the nurse
perform before proceeding with data analysis?
A) Validate the collected data.
B) Formulate a nursing diagnosis.
C) Make inferences about the data.
D) Identify the client’s strengths.
5. A nurse has completed a client’s initial assessment and is preparing to identify abnormal
data and the client’s strengths. Successful completion of this phase of the nursing
process most requires which of the following?
A) Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
B) Awareness of the client’s medical prognosis
C) Inferences about the client
D) Knowledge about the referral process

Answer Key
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. A