ANSWERS
Acute pain correct answer Short term, dissipates after injury heals
Assessment Techniques correct answer Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
Back of hands correct answer Best used for determining temperature because the
skin here is thinner than palms
Base of fingers correct answer Used for vibration
Chronic pain correct answer Continues for 6 months or longer. Does not stop
when injury heals.
Clarification (communication technique) correct answer Summarizing a patients
statement and clarifying that you have understood them correctly.
Close ended correct answer Yes or no answers
Complete Data Base correct answer Includes complete health history and full
physical exam. Describes current and past health state and forms baseline to
measure all future changes. Yields first diagnoses.
, Confrontation (communication technique) correct answer Focusing a patients
attention on an inconsistency or observation of yours
Cutaneous pain correct answer Skin surface and subcutaneous tissues.
Deep palpation correct answer For organs, lumps or masses
Deep somatic pain correct answer Comes from blood vessels, joints, tendons,
muscles and bone.
Emergency Data Base correct answer Rapid collection of data, often compiled
concurrently with lifesaving measures.
Empathy (communication technique) correct answer Naming a patients feeling
and encouraging them to discuss it.
Episodic or problem centered Data Base correct answer For limited or short term
problems. Concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex or one body system.
Explanation (communication technique) correct answer Sharing information with
the patient
Facilitation (Communication technique) correct answer Wait for verbal cues to say
more
Fingertips correct answer Best for fine tactile discrimination of skin texture,
swelling, pulsation and determining presence of lumps