REVISION HANDBOOK 2026 HISTORY TAKING
AND CLINICAL FINDINGS INTERPRETATION
◉ What type of data base is most appropriate when a rapid
collection of data is required and often compiled concurrently with
life-saving measures?
A) Episodic
B) Follow-up
C) Emergency
D) Complete.
Answer: What type of data base is most appropriate when a rapid
collection of data is required and often compiled concurrently with
life-saving measures?
A) Episodic
Feedback: INCORRECT
An episodic database is for a limited or short-term problem; this
database concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one
body system.
B) Follow-up
,Feedback: INCORRECT
A follow-up database is used to follow-up short-term or chronic
health problems; the statuses of identified problems are evaluated at
regular and appropriate intervals.
*C) Emergency*
*Feedback: CORRECT*
An emergency database is rapid collection of the data often obtained
concurrently with lifesaving measures.
D) Complete
Feedback: INCORRECT
A complete database includes a complete health history and a full
physical examination; it describes the current and past health state
and forms a baseline against which all future changes can be
measured.
◉ A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
A) a person's state of health.
B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health
problems.
C) a person's culture.
D) the cause of disease..
,Answer: A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
A) a person's state of health.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person's response
to an actual or potential health state.
B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health
problems.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Nursing diagnoses are used to evaluate the response of the whole
person to actual or potential health problems.
C) a person's culture.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Holistic model of health care is used in nursing, and culture is an
important factor to consider in a nursing assessment.
*D) the cause of disease.*
*Feedback: CORRECT*
Medical diagnoses are used to evaluate the etiology (cause) of
disease.
, ◉ An example of subjective data is:
A) decreased range of motion.
B) crepitation in the left knee joint.
C) left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days.
D) arthritis..
Answer: An example of subjective data is:
A) decreased range of motion.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Objective data is gathered by what the health professional observes
by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the
physical examination. Range of motion is assessed by inspection.
B) crepitation in the left knee joint.
Feedback: INCORRECT
Objective data is gathered by what the health professional observes
by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the
physical examination. Crepitation is assessed by palpating.
*C) left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days.*
*Feedback: CORRECT*