Exam 1: Introduction to Health Assessment

A community organization sponsors a health fair to increase awareness of colon cancer. At the health fair, colorectal cancer screening kits are distributed, and health care professionals answer questions, take blood pressure, and distribute literature. What level of health prevention is being implemented by this community organization?

For which person is a comprehensive assessment indicated?

For which person is an episodic or follow-up assessment indicated?

A patient comes to the emergency department and tells the triage nurse that he is "having a heart attack." What is the nurse's top priority at this time?

Which activity illustrates the concept of secondary prevention?

Which is an example of data a nurse collects during a physical examination?

The nurse documents which information in the patient's history?

After collecting the data, the nurse begins data analysis with which action?

Which activity illustrates the concept of primary prevention?

Which patient information does the nurse document in the patient's physical assessment?

For which person is a screening assessment indicated?

For which person is a shift assessment indicated?

A nurse is teaching a patient how to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This intervention is an example of which level of health promotion?

Which situation illustrates a screening assessment?