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NUR 504 FINAL EXAM/ NUR 504 ADVANCED
HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM PREP***
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | DOWNLOAD AND
PASS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE 2026/2027
Which of the following is true of healthcare institutions
regarding documentation?
a. To comply with HIPAA regulations, institutions must
ensure that computer monitors with sensitive patient data
are not left unattended.
b. All institutions must follow a standard policy for posting
abbreviations in documentation drawn from the AMA.
c. Institutions consider drawings a fairly inaccurate way to
represent a patient's systems or picture of the patient's
condition.
d. As of 2003, faxes may no longer be used to share
patient medical information between institutions
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a. To comply with HIPAA regulations, institutions must
ensure that computer monitors with sensitive patient data
are not left unattended.
SOAP stands for:
a. standard operating and admitting procedures.
b. sanitation, observation, auscultation, palpation.
c. surgeons, officials, administrators, patients.
d. subjective, objective, assessment, plan,
d. subjective, objective, assessment, plan,
Which of the following is recorded in documentation as
direct patient quotes?
a. The chief complaint and follow-up responses
b. The chief complaint only
c. Nothing; everything is written in precise medical
terminology
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d. The objective information
b. The chief complaint only
1. A patient is examined according to __________, and
documentation is recorded according to __________.
a. PQRST, CLIENT OUTCOMES
b. body region, system
c. subjective data, objective data
d. the institution's system, the physician's system
b. body region, system
Which of the following is true of reporting history of
present illness?
a. If a patient describes having pain in the arm and
numbness in the fingertips, the physician should examine
these as a single unit.
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b. The opening sentence should contain the results from
pertinent test results and test dates.
c. All recent pertinent diagnostic tests and the outcomes
of recent pertinent interventions should be summarized
and included in the HPI.
d. Medical tests that are unrelated to their current
complaint should be included in the HPI.
a. If a patient describes having pain in the arm and
numbness in the fingertips, the physician should examine
these as a single unit.
Which is the preferred order of taking down a patient's
subjective information?
a. Family history, physical exam, diagnostic tests,
assessment
b. SOAP
c. HPI, past medical history, family history, social history
d. HPI, family history, physical exam, assessment
NUR 504 FINAL EXAM/ NUR 504 ADVANCED
HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM PREP***
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | DOWNLOAD AND
PASS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE 2026/2027
Which of the following is true of healthcare institutions
regarding documentation?
a. To comply with HIPAA regulations, institutions must
ensure that computer monitors with sensitive patient data
are not left unattended.
b. All institutions must follow a standard policy for posting
abbreviations in documentation drawn from the AMA.
c. Institutions consider drawings a fairly inaccurate way to
represent a patient's systems or picture of the patient's
condition.
d. As of 2003, faxes may no longer be used to share
patient medical information between institutions
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a. To comply with HIPAA regulations, institutions must
ensure that computer monitors with sensitive patient data
are not left unattended.
SOAP stands for:
a. standard operating and admitting procedures.
b. sanitation, observation, auscultation, palpation.
c. surgeons, officials, administrators, patients.
d. subjective, objective, assessment, plan,
d. subjective, objective, assessment, plan,
Which of the following is recorded in documentation as
direct patient quotes?
a. The chief complaint and follow-up responses
b. The chief complaint only
c. Nothing; everything is written in precise medical
terminology
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d. The objective information
b. The chief complaint only
1. A patient is examined according to __________, and
documentation is recorded according to __________.
a. PQRST, CLIENT OUTCOMES
b. body region, system
c. subjective data, objective data
d. the institution's system, the physician's system
b. body region, system
Which of the following is true of reporting history of
present illness?
a. If a patient describes having pain in the arm and
numbness in the fingertips, the physician should examine
these as a single unit.
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b. The opening sentence should contain the results from
pertinent test results and test dates.
c. All recent pertinent diagnostic tests and the outcomes
of recent pertinent interventions should be summarized
and included in the HPI.
d. Medical tests that are unrelated to their current
complaint should be included in the HPI.
a. If a patient describes having pain in the arm and
numbness in the fingertips, the physician should examine
these as a single unit.
Which is the preferred order of taking down a patient's
subjective information?
a. Family history, physical exam, diagnostic tests,
assessment
b. SOAP
c. HPI, past medical history, family history, social history
d. HPI, family history, physical exam, assessment
