TEST BANK
HEALTH ASSESSMENT IN NURSING 7TH EDITION by Janet R
Weber and Jane H Kelley
Chapter 01: The Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment
Weber: Health Assessment in Nursing 7th Edition
- Which individual typically would be responsible for collecting the subjective data on
a client during the initial comprehensive assessment?
A. Physician
B. Nurse
C. Secretary
D. Technician
Answer: B
Rationale: The nurse typically collects the subjective data, especially those related to the
client’s overall function. However, depending on the setting, other members of the health
care team may participate in various parts of the objective data collection.
Question Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Cognitive Level: Remember
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Reference: p. 3, Types of Health Assessment - When performing the steps of the assessment phase of the nursing process, which of the
following would the nurse do first?
A. Collect objective data
B. Validate the data
C. Collect subjective data
D. Document the data
Answer: C
Rationale: With assessment, subjective then objective data is collected. This is followed by
validation and then documentation of data.
Question Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Cognitive Level: Apply
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Reference: p. 4, Steps of Health Assessment
- An instructor is describing a comprehensive nursing health assessment to a group of
students. The instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students
identify which of the following as the overall purpose?
A. Collect large quantities of data
B. Assist the physician
C. Validate previous data
D. Make a clinical judgment
Answer: D
Rationale: The purpose of a nursing health assessment is to collect subjective and objective
data to determine a client’s overall level of functioning to make a professional clinical
judgment.
Question Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Cognitive Level: Understand
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Reference: p. 2, Focus of Health Assessment in Nursing - A nurse on a postsurgical unit is admitting a client following the client’s
cholecystectomy. What is the overall purpose of assessment for this client?
A. Collecting accurate data
B. Assisting the primary care provider
C. Validating previous data
D. Making clinical judgments
Answer: D
Rationale: The purpose of a nursing health assessment is to collect subjective and objective
data to determine a client’s overall level of functioning to make a professional clinical
judgment. Collecting and validating data are means to this end. The primary purpose of
assessment is not to assist the primary care provider.
Question Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter: 1
Cognitive Level: Understand
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Reference: p. 2, Focus of Health Assessment in Nursing
- A client has presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of abdominal
pain. Which member of the care team would most likely be responsible for collecting the
subjective data on the client during the initial comprehensive assessment?
A. Gastroenterologist
B. ED nurse
C. Admissions clerk
D. Diagnostic technician
Answer: B
Rationale: The nurse typically collects the subjective data, especially those related to the
client’s overall function. However, depending on the setting, other members of the health
care team may participate in various parts of the objective data collection. Referral to a
medical specialist would not take place at this early stage of assessment.
Question Format: Multiple Choice
Chapter : 1
Cognitive Level: Remember