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The amount of time you need to complete a nursing history may vary with the format used
and your________.

2. _____ data can be seen, felt, heard, or measured by the professional nurse.

3. The _______ provides information about the patient‟s prior state of health.

4. _______is usually performed with a stethoscope.

5. The focus of _______ care is attainment, sustenance, and recovery of health.

The ______ for the integumentary system concerns data related to the structures and
functions of that system.

The purpose of the nursing assessment is to enable you to make a clinical judgment or
diagnosis about a client‟s health status.

_______ is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual
or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage

_______ of data from health assessment creates a client record or becomes an addition to an
existing health record.

10. Knowledge of the natural and ________ sciences is a strong foundation for you.

11. The tips of the fingers can be used to palpate_____

Physical assessment of the ear consists of auditory screening, inspection and palpation of the
external ear and______

Auscultation is particularly useful in evaluating sounds from the heart, lungs, ______and
vascular system.

______ is listening to sounds produced by the body to assess normal conditions and
deviations from normal.

Objective data is obtained through________ to determine the patient‟s physical status,
limitations, and assets.

16. The report of _______is a social transaction

17. _______ is observed or measured by the professional nurse.

Using eleven functional health patterns, the processes of ingestion, digestion, absorption, and
metabolism are assessed in____

19. _____ is identified as the first step of the nursing process

20. An effective _______is a key factor in interview process

______ is the visual examination of a part or region of the body to assess normal
conditions and deviations from normal.

Auscultation is particularly useful in evaluating sounds from the heart, lungs, abdomen
and______

23. _____ means that documentation is limited to facts or factual accounts of observations

When viewed laterally, the angle between the skin and the nail base should be
approximately______ degrees.

25. __ helps to identify the strengths of the clients in promoting health.

_______ is particularly useful in evaluating sounds from the heart, lungs, abdomen and
vascular system.

27. The _______ of the stethoscope is more sensitive to hig-pitched sounds.

_______ is the visual examination of a part or region of the body to assess normal conditions
and deviations from normal

29. An accurate and thorough _______ reflects the knowledge and skills of a professional nurse.

30. The _______ of the stethoscope is more sensitive to low-pitched sounds

The information obtained from the nursing history and physical examination is used to
determine the strengths of the client or responses that the client exhibits in response
to______.

32. The primary source from which data is collected is_____

33. IASP means___

Auscultation is particularly useful in evaluating sounds from the heart, ______, abdomen and
vascular system.

______ can be defined as making determination about all of the data collected in the health
assessment process.

36. The report of pain is a _____

37. _______ is also known as overt data or a sign once it is detected by the nurse

38. The focus of nursing care is attainment, sustenance, and ______of health.

39. An _______describes a hands-on data collection process

40. The purpose of client interview is to______

A ________ is a more abbreviated assessment used to evaluate the status of previously
identified problems and monitor for signs of new problems.

42. Documentation must be accurate, confidential, appropriate, complete, and_______

A _______ takes note of actual or potential problems her patient may have during a health
assessment.

44. Pain is a complex multidimensional_____

45. The ______ is all the health information about a client

Health assessment includes the interview, physical assessment, documentation, and ______of
findings.

_______ is a systematic method of collecting data about a client for the purpose of
determining the client‟s current and ongoing health status, predicting risks to health and
identifying health-promoting activities.

48. _____is the first step of the nursing process

________ is usually referred to as covert (hidden) data or as a symptom, when it is perceived
by the client and cannot be observed by others.

50. ______ is used to determine exact ROM in joints with limited ROM