Chpt. 1: The Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment

A patient is having adverse effects resulting from a medication. The nurse calls the primary care provider to request a change in the medication order. The nurse is functioning as a(n)

advocate

Nurses advocate for underserved populations to reduce health disparities. This promotes

respect

Nurses belong to the ANA as part of their

ongoing professional responsibility

The purpose of health assessment is to

obtain subjective and objective data

The nurse documents the following information in a patient’s chart: “Cough and deep breathe every hour while awake.” This is an example of

Nursing interventions

The nurse provides teaching about smoking cessation to a 20-year-old patient. The nurse assesses that the patient is concerned because their father died from lung cancer. Which theory would the nurse most likely use when providing teaching to this patient?

health belief model

Which of the following processes is the most important when providing nursing care to a patient who is ill?

using clinical judgment

A patient is admitted to a hospital for surgery for colon cancer. What type of assessment is the nurse most likely to perform on admission?

comprehensive

Which of the following are the components of a comprehensive health assessment?

examination of body systems

The nurse conducts the health history based on the patient’s responses to the medical diagnosis. This type of framework is based on the

a functional framework