Chapter 9: Assessment of the Adult with Acute Needs
1. A nursing assessment differs from a medical one because it is ______.
- simpler
- focussed on physical problems only
- holistic
- quicker
2. A nursing assessment asks questions about a patient’s ______.
- health problems
- social problems
- psychological problems
- all of these
3. In the ABCDE approach to assessment ‘D’ stands for ______.
- diagnosis
- disability
- disease
- data
4. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) includes how many physiological parameters?
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
5. A high score in NEWS is greater than ______.
- 10
- 9
- 8
- 7
6. In the PQRST mnemonic for pain assessment, ‘P’ stands for ______.
- pain
- provocation and palliation
- position
- psychological status
7. A healthy Body Mass Index (BMI) for an adult is ______.
- 18.5–24.9
- 18–24
- 19–25
- 17–25.9
8. A patient is at High risk of their Waterlow Score is greater than ______.
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 10
9. The Glasgow Coma Scale provides a result between ______.
- 0 and 15
- 3 and 15
- 0 and 12
- 2 and 10
10. The letter ‘S’ in SBAR stands for ______.
- status
- social issues
- situation
- seriousness