Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 8th Edition Test Bank (Wilson & Giddens)

This Health Assessment for Nursing Practice 8th Edition test bank provides 853 practice questions, with answers and rationales, to accompany the textbook by Susan Fickertt Wilson and Jean Foret Giddens (Elsevier). It covers all 26 chapters, from obtaining a health history and measuring vital signs to system-by-system physical examination and lifespan assessment, and is designed for nursing students who use the Wilson & Giddens textbook in a health assessment course. At a glance:

• Textbook: Wilson & Giddens, Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 8th Ed. (ISBN 9780443124433)
• Questions: 853 across all 26 chapters, including end-of-chapter review questions
• Formats: multiple choice, select-all-that-apply, and fill-in-the-blank calculations
• Answers: correct answer and rationale for every question
• File: PDF, 284 pages

About This Health Assessment for Nursing Practice 8th Edition Test Bank

This resource matches the 8th edition of Health Assessment for Nursing Practice by Wilson and Giddens, published by Elsevier in 2025. Questions are grouped under the textbook’s 26 chapter titles, so you can practice the body system or topic your class is covering that week. Each chapter has two parts: a main question set, followed by a shorter set of review questions for a final check before you move on. Together they give you 853 questions to work through. Several health assessment textbooks are used in nursing programs, so check your syllabus. If your course uses Carolyn Jarvis’s textbook, you need the Jarvis Physical Examination & Health Assessment test bank.

Table of Contents: Chapters Covered

1. Introduction to Health Assessment
2. Obtaining a Health History
3. Techniques and Equipment for Physical Assessment
4. General Inspection and Measurement of Vital Signs
5. Cultural Competence
6. Pain Assessment
7. Mental Health Assessment
8. Nutritional Assessment
9. Skin, Hair, and Nails
10. Head and Neck
11. Eyes
12. Ears, Nose, and Throat
13. Respiratory System
14. Cardiovascular System
15. Abdomen
16. Musculoskeletal Assessment
17. Neurologic System
18. Breasts and Axillae
19. Female Reproductive System
20. Male Reproductive System
21. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
22. Assessment of the Infant, Child, Adolescent
23. Assessment of the Pregnant Patient
24. Assessment of the Older Adult
25. Conducting a Comprehensive Health Assessment
26. Adapting Health Assessment

How the Questions Are Written

Health assessment exams test whether you can choose the right technique, recognize normal versus abnormal findings, and decide what to do next. The questions reflect that:

• Clinical scenarios: most questions place you with a patient and ask what to assess, how to assess it, or what a finding means.
• Normal vs. abnormal findings: many items ask you to identify expected findings, age-related variations, and findings that need follow-up.
• Types of assessment: questions on when to use comprehensive, focused, episodic, shift, and screening assessments.
• Lifespan content: dedicated questions on infants, children, adolescents, pregnant patients, and older adults.
• Select-all-that-apply: 90 SATA items.
• Calculations: fill-in-the-blank items on pack-years, ankle-brachial index, waist-to-hip ratio, ideal body weight, weight change, and estimated date of birth.

Sample Question (Chapter 1: Introduction to Health Assessment)

Q5: The nurse is administering an influenza (flu) immunization to a patient. This immunization provides what level of prevention for this patient? A. Primary (Correct) B. Secondary C. Post-secondary D. Tertiary Rationale: Vaccinations protect from disease and are considered primary prevention. Secondary prevention involves screening patients in an effort to detect disease early and prevent complications from the disease. Post-secondary is another term for college education and is not used for levels of prevention. Tertiary prevention involves patients who have been diagnosed with a disease and teaching them how to best manage the disease.

Who This Resource Is For

This test bank is designed for ADN and BSN students, and RN-to-BSN students, taking a health assessment or physical assessment course that uses the Wilson & Giddens 8th edition. Health assessment is often taken alongside fundamentals; students using Yoost & Crawford’s text can pair it with the Yoost Fundamentals of Nursing 4th Edition test bank. The lifespan chapters also lead into later courses such as pediatric nursing and maternity nursing.

How to Study for Health Assessment Exams

1. Match questions to your lab week. Most courses teach one body system per week alongside a skills lab. Answer that chapter’s questions the same week, while the technique is fresh.
2. Learn the normal findings first. Most wrong answers on health assessment exams come from not knowing what is expected. Use the rationales to build a list of normal findings for each system.
3. Know the order of techniques. Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, and the abdomen exception, show up repeatedly in exam questions.
4. Practice the calculations. Pack-years, ankle-brachial index, waist-to-hip ratio, and Naegele’s rule are quick points if you have practiced them.
5. Finish with the review questions. Use each chapter’s review set as a final check before your unit exam or skills check-off.

Product Details

• Textbook: Health Assessment for Nursing Practice
• Edition: 8th Edition
• Authors: Susan Fickertt Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISBN: 9780443124433
• Chapters Covered: All 26
• Questions: 853, with answers and rationales
• Format: PDF, 284 pages

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the Jarvis health assessment test bank?

No. This test bank is for Wilson & Giddens’s Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 8th Edition. Jarvis’s Physical Examination & Health Assessment is a different textbook with its own test bank.

How many questions does it include?

853 questions in total, covering all 26 chapters. Each chapter has a main question set followed by review questions.

Does every question have an answer and rationale?

Yes. Every question shows the correct answer and a rationale. Many rationales also explain why the other options are incorrect.

What question types are included?

Multiple choice, select-all-that-apply, and a small number of fill-in-the-blank calculation questions.

Does it include Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) case studies?

No. The textbook’s NGN-style case studies are provided separately on Elsevier’s Evolve website and are not part of this file.

Can I use it with the 7th edition?

The questions follow the 8th edition. If your course uses the 7th edition, compare your syllabus with the table of contents above before buying, because content can change between editions. Browse more health assessment test banks.

Check your edition

• Textbook: Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, 8th Edition
• Authors: Susan Fickertt Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens
• ISBN-13: 9780443124433
• What you receive: the test bank as a downloadable PDF (questions, answers and rationales). This is not the textbook.
• Delivery: download link available immediately after checkout; your download access does not expire.

Other editions and related titles: Health Assessment in Nursing, 8th Edition Test Bank (Weber & Kelley-Landaeta), Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition Test Bank (Jarvis). Browse all Clinical Skills / Health Assessment Test Bank titles.