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NURS 301 Health Assessment Exam 1 Focus Topics to Review Exam 1 will cover Chapters 1 to 5, Chapters 8, 9, 13, 14, 19, 23 Exam Items: 50 multiple choice, True or False Topics: Explain the purpose of a... nursing health assessment Compare and contrast medical assessment from nursing health assessment. Describe the phases of the nursing process involved in health assessment by the nurse. Compare and contrast the four basic types of nursing assessment: (a) initial comprehensive, (b) ongoing or partial, (c)focused/problem oriented, (d) emergency. Compare and contrast subjective from objective data Describe the three phases of a client interview process. Give examples on what occurs in each phase. Describe effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques to collect subjective client data. Identify verbal communication to avoid during a client interview Describe ways to adapt the interview for the older client. Describe the purpose of performing genogram. Summarize the ways that the nurse can prepare the client for a physical examination Explain the 4 physical assessment techniques and sequence of physical assessment. Describe ways to validate data Explain the purposes of documenting assessment data Describe the seven distinct steps used to perform data analysis Compare and contrast Health Promotion, Risk, Actual and Collaborative Diagnoses Identify safe guidelines for documentation of client data. What is SBAR? Describe how to perform the general status assessment. Compare and contrast normal from abnormal findings. Explain the significance of the abnormal findings. Discuss the assessment of pain as a fifth vital sign. How is pain assessed? What is COLDSPA? When does the nurse perform a pain assessment? Describe findings often seen when assessing an older client’s general health status and vital signs. Identify the pain assessment tools that is best for children and older adults Identify the risk factors for skin cancer, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, and pressure ulcers. Assess for Hospital-acquired MRSA Risk Factors Discuss the measures/ways to reduce these risk factors Discuss how to teach a client to perform a self-assessment of the skin, hair, and nails. Discuss common skin, hair and nails abnormal findings and its significance. MACULE AND PATCH MACULE PATCH PAPULE AND PLAQUE PAPULE NODULE AND TUMOR NODULE VESICLE WHEAL = CYST Discuss the rationale for questions when collecting subjective data in the abdominal and thorax and lung assessments. Identify the risk factors for lung cancer and ways to reduce these risk factors Describe how to perform abdominal and thorax and lungs assessment. Explain the correct sequence and techniques of physical assessment when performing abdominal and thorax and lungs assessment Compare and contrast expected normal findings from abnormal assessment findings in abdominal and thorax and lungs assessment. Explain the significance of abnormal findings in abdominal and thorax and lungs assessment Describe the age-related changes of the skin, hair and nails, abdomen and thorax and lungs Explain the purpose of nutritional status assessment. Explain the significance of BMI, MAC and waist circumference measurements. [Show More]

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