Exam 3: Nursing Process: Assessment

A nursing instructor asked his nursing students to discuss their experiences with charting assessment data.Which comment by the student indicates the need for further teaching?

A nursing instructor is guiding nursing students on best practices for interviewing patients.Which of the following comments by a student would indicate the need for further instruction?

During the assessment process the patient states,"I am having numbness and tingling in my right arm." Which of the following best describes the patient's statement?

Which of the following is an example of an active listening behavior?

For which of the following purposes is a graphic flowsheet superior to other methods of recording data?

Which of the following are cues rather than inferences? Select all that apply.

Which of the following is an example of data that should be validated?

The nurse obtains the following information from the patient: Alert and oriented,is married,and has a history of heart disease.This is an example of:

A patient comes to the urgent care clinic because he stepped on a rusty nail.What type of assessment would the nurse perform?

Which of the following are examples of high-quality nursing documentation? Select all that apply.

The certified nursing assistant (CNA)tells the nurse: "I can help you with your assessment." What is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

A patient has left-sided weakness because of a recent stroke.Which type of special needs assessment would be most important to perform?

The Joint Commission requires which type of assessment to be performed on all patients?

Which of the following statements are true regarding professional standards of nursing assessment? Select all that apply.

Which of the following are examples of objective data? Select all that apply.

The nurse is interviewing a patient who has a recent onset of migraine headaches.The patient is very anxious and cannot seem to focus on what the nurse is saying.Which of the following would be best for the nurse to say to begin gathering data about the headaches?

What do the nursing assessment models have in common?

Nondirective interviewing is a useful technique because it:

Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?

Of the following recommended interviewing techniques,which one is the most basic? (That is,without the intervention,the others will all be less effective.)