Exam 1: NSG 3160 NSG3160

Exam 1: NSG 3160 / NSG3160

(Latest 2025 / 2026) Health Assessment | Questions and Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Galen

Question:

Self-Esteem, Self-Concept.

Answer:

Education (last grade completed, other significant training), financial status (income adequate for lifestyle and/or health concerns), value-belief system (religious practices and perception of personal strengths).

Question:

Activity/Exercise.

Answer:

A daily profile reflecting usual daily activities. Ask, "Tell me how you spend a typical day." Note ability to perform ADLs: independent or needs assistance with feeding, bathing, hygiene, dressing, toileting, bed-to-chair transfer, walking, standing, or climbing stairs. Is there any use of a wheelchair, prostheses, or mobility aids?

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Question:

Sleep/Rest.

Answer:

Sleep patterns, daytime naps, any sleep aids used.

Question:

Nutrition/Elimination.

Answer:

Record the diet by a recall of all food and beverages taken over the past 24 hours. Ask, "Is that menu typical of most days?" Describe eating habits and current appetite. Ask, "Who buys food and prepares food? Are your finances adequate for food? Who is present at mealtimes?" Ask about usual pattern of bowel elimination and urinating, including problems with mobility or transfer in toileting, continence, use of laxatives.

Question:

Interpersonal Relationships/Resources.

Answer:

Social roles: Ask, "How would you describe your role in the family? How

would you say you get along with family, friends, and co-workers?" Ask about

support systems composed of family and significant others: "To whom could

you go for support with a problem at work, with your health, or a personal problem?" Include contact with spouse or partner, siblings, parents, children, friends, organizations, workplace. "Is time spent alone pleasurable and relaxing, or is it isolating?" 2 / 4

Question:

Spiritual Resources.

Answer:

Many people believe in a relationship between spirituality and health, and they may wish to have spiritual matters addressed in the traditional health care setting. Use the Faith, Influence, Community, and Address (FICA) questions to incorporate the person's spiritual values into the health history

Question:

Coping and Stress Management.

Answer:

Types of stresses in life, especially in the past year; any change in lifestyle or any current stress; methods tried to relieve stress and whether these have been helpful.

Question:

Personal Habits.

Answer:

Tobacco, alcohol, street drugs: Ask, "Do you smoke cigarettes (pipe, use

chewing tobacco)? At what age did you start? How many packs do you smoke per day? How many years have you smoked?" Record the number of packs smoked per day (PPD) and duration (e.g., 1 PPD × 5 years). Then ask, "Have you ever tried to quit?" and "How did it go?" to introduce plans about smoking cessation.

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Question:

Alcohol.

Answer:

• Have you ever thought you should Cut down your drinking?• Have you ever been Annoyed by criticism of your drinking?• Have you ever felt Guilty about your drinking?• Do you drink in the morning (i.e., an Eye opener)?

Question:

Illicit or Street Drugs.

Answer:

Ask specifically about prescription painkillers such as OxyContin or Norco, cocaine, crack cocaine, amphetamines, heroin, and marijuana. Indicate frequency of use and how use has affected work or family.

Question:

Environment/Hazards.

Answer:

Housing and neighborhood (living alone, knowledge of neighbors), safety of area, adequate heat and utilities, access to transportation, and involvement in community services

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