ADVANCED HEALTH
ASSESSMENT EXAM
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered along with their answers:
1. A 59 year old patients tells the nurse practitioner that he thinks he must have ulcerative
colitis. He has been having "black stools" for the last 24 hours. How would the nurse
practitioner best document THE FACTS for his reason for seeking care?
**Answer:** A) JM is a 59 year old male here for having "black stools" for the past 24 hours.
2. A patient tells the nurse practitioner that she has had abdominal pain for the past week.
What would be the best response by the nurse practitioner?
**Answer:** D) "Can you point to where it hurts?"
3. A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has "excruciating pain" in her back. Which of
the following would be an appropriate response by the nurse?
**Answer:** D) "How would you say the pain affects your ability to do your daily activities?"
4. In recording the childhood illnesses of a patient who denies having had any, which of the
following notes by the nurse would be most accurate?
**Answer:** D) Patient denies measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, rheumatic
fever, and polio.
5. A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's best
response?
**Answer:** D) "Please describe what happens to you when you take penicillin."
6. The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or problems to ask about include:
**Answer:** C) mental illness.
7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea." Which category does it belong
to?
**Answer:** D) Review of systems.
ASSESSMENT EXAM
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered along with their answers:
1. A 59 year old patients tells the nurse practitioner that he thinks he must have ulcerative
colitis. He has been having "black stools" for the last 24 hours. How would the nurse
practitioner best document THE FACTS for his reason for seeking care?
**Answer:** A) JM is a 59 year old male here for having "black stools" for the past 24 hours.
2. A patient tells the nurse practitioner that she has had abdominal pain for the past week.
What would be the best response by the nurse practitioner?
**Answer:** D) "Can you point to where it hurts?"
3. A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has "excruciating pain" in her back. Which of
the following would be an appropriate response by the nurse?
**Answer:** D) "How would you say the pain affects your ability to do your daily activities?"
4. In recording the childhood illnesses of a patient who denies having had any, which of the
following notes by the nurse would be most accurate?
**Answer:** D) Patient denies measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pertussis, rheumatic
fever, and polio.
5. A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's best
response?
**Answer:** D) "Please describe what happens to you when you take penicillin."
6. The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or problems to ask about include:
**Answer:** C) mental illness.
7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea." Which category does it belong
to?
**Answer:** D) Review of systems.
