The nurse is using Gordon's eleven categories for data collection ...

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The nurse is using Gordon's eleven categories for data collection in performing a health assessment. Which of the following represents assessment of cognition?
 
  a. How educated is the patient?
  b. How does the patient describe his or her health?
  c. Is the patient well-nourished?
  d. Has the patient had treatment for emotional problems?

Question 2

A nursing patient assessment differs from a medical patient assessment in that a nursing patient assessment:
 
  a. focuses on functional abilities and deficits.
  b. does not focus on feelings and behavior.
  c. focuses only on subjective data.
  d. focuses primarily on patient history.

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Answer to Question 1

A
Asking the patient's educational level is an assessment of cognition. Option b is an assessment of health perception and health management. Option c will assess metabolic pattern, and Option d will assess the patient's pattern of coping and stress tolerance.

Answer to Question 2

A
The nurse focuses on functional abilities and deficits in addition to disease. These areas are not generally assessed by the physician. Option b is not true. In addition to subjective data (Option c), the nurse focuses on objective data. Option d is not true.