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Chapter 1. Health History, The Patient Interview, And Motivational Interviewing
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Chapter 2. Advanced Health Assessment of the Head, Neck, and Lymphatic System
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Chapter 3. Advanced Health Assessment of the Nose, Mouth, and Throat
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Chapter 4. Advanced Health Assessment of the Eyes and Ears
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Chapter 5. Advanced Health Assessment of Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 6. Advanced Health Assessment of the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 7. Advanced Health Assessment of the Respiratory System
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Chapter 8. Advanced Health Assessment of the Abdomen, Rectum, and Anus
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Chapter 9. Advanced Health Assessment of the Male Genitourinary System
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Chapter 10. Advanced Assessment of the Female Reproductive System
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Chapter 11. Advanced Health Assessment of the Neurological System
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Chapter 12. Advanced Health Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System
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, Test Bank - Advanced Health Assessment and Differential Diagnosis, 1st Edition (Myrick, 2020)
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Chapter 1. Health History, The Patient Interview, And Motivational Interviewing
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1. The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best describes the p
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a. To provide an opportunity for interaction between the patient and the nurse
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b. To provide a form for obtaining the patients biographic information
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d. To provide a database of subjective information about the patients past and current health
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a. J.M. is a 59-year-old man seeking treatment for ulcerative colitis.
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b. J.M. came into the clinic complaining of having black stools for the past 24 hours.
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The reason for seeking care is a brief spontaneous statement in the persons own words that describes the
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reason for the visit. It states one (possibly two) signs or symptoms and their duration. It is enclosed in qu
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otation marks to indicate the persons exact words.
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A final summary of any symptom the person has should include, along with seven other critical characterist
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priate response to the womans statement?
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ontaneous abortions. Her four children are still living. How would the nurse record this information?
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