HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR NURSING PRACTICE 7TH EDITION BY SUSAN FICKERTT WILSON, JEAN FORET GIDDENS CHAPTER 1-24 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS [TEST BANK] Chapter 01: Introduction to Health Assessment Wilson: Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A patient comes to the emergency department and tells the triage nurse that he is having a heart attack. What is the nurses top priority at this time? a. Determine the patients personal data and insurance coverage. b. Ask the patient to take a seat in the waiting room until his name is called. c. Request that a nurse collect data for a comprehensive history. d. Ask a nurse to start a focused assessment of this patient now. ANS: D The nurse needs to begin an assessment as soon as possible that is focused on this patients cardiovascular system. The type of health assessment performed by the nurse is also driven by patient need. Personal data and insurance information will be obtained, but in this situation, these data can wait until after the patient is assessed. Based also on Maslows hierarchy of needs, physiologic needs take precedence. Rather than asking the patient to wait, the nurse needs to begin data collection, such