TIPS PRACTICE SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Past Medical History Definition. Answer: Includes all health
problems, major illnesses, surgeries the patient has had, current
medications complete with reasons for taking them, and allergies.
⩥ Family History Definition. Answer: Summary of health problems of
siblings, parents, and other blood relatives that could alert the physician
to hereditary and/or familial disease.
⩥ Social History Definition. Answer: Includes marital status,
occupation, educational attainment, hobbies, use of alcohol, tobacco,
drugs, and lifestyles.
⩥ Review of Systems Abbreviation. Answer: ROS
⩥ Review of Systems Definition. Answer: This is an orderly and
systematic check of each organ and system of the body by questions.
Both positive and pertinent negative findings are documented.
⩥ 3 Body Processes Necessary for life are:. Answer: Body Temperature,
Respiration, Heart Function
,⩥ 4 Vital Signs of Body Function are:. Answer: Temperature, Pulse,
Respiration, Blood Pressure
⩥ Define Body Temperature. Answer: Is a balance between heart
production and heart loss in conjunction with each other, maintained and
regulated by the hypothalamus.
⩥ Thermometers. Answer: Are used to measure temperature using the
Fahrenheit and Centigrade or Celsius scale.
⩥ Temperature Sites. Answer: Mouth, Rectum, Ear (Tympanic
Membrane), and the axilla (underarm).
⩥ Normal Temperature Range for Rectal. Answer: 98.6F to 100.6F
37.0C to 38.1C
⩥ Normal Temperature Range for Oral. Answer: 97.6F to 99.6F
36.5C to 37.5C
⩥ Normal Temperature Range for Axillary. Answer: 96.6F to 98.6F
35.9C to 37.0C
⩥ Normal Temperature Range for Tympanic Membrane. Answer: 98.6 F
,37 C
⩥ Define Febrile. Answer: Presence of Fever
⩥ Define Afebrile. Answer: Absence of Fever
⩥ Define Fever. Answer: Elevated body temperature beyond normal
range.
⩥ Intermittent Fever. Answer: Fluctuating fever that returns to or below
baseline then rises again.
⩥ Remittent Fever. Answer: Fluctuating fever that remains elevated; it
does not return to baseline temperature.
⩥ Continuous Fever. Answer: A fever that remains constant above the
baseline; it does not fluctuate.
⩥ Oral Temperature. Answer: Is the most common method of
measurement.
⩥ Oral Temperature is not taken from what patients:. Answer: -infants
and children less than six years old
-patients who has had surgery or facial, neck, nose, or mouth injury
, -those receiving oxygen
-those with nasogastric tubes
-patients with convulsive seizure
-hemiplegic patients
-patients with altered mental status
⩥ How long after a patient eats, smokes or drinks do you wait to take an
oral temperature?. Answer: 30 minutes
⩥ When taking an oral temperature how long do you leave the
thermometer in the patient's mouth?. Answer: 3-5 minutes
⩥ Rectal Temperature. Answer: Is taken when oral temperature is not
feasible.
⩥ Rectal Temperature is not taken from what patients:. Answer: -
patient's with heart disease
-patients with rectal disease or disorder or has had rectal surgery
-patients with diarrhea
⩥ Axillary Temperature. Answer: Is the least accurate and is taken only
when no other temperature site can be used.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Past Medical History Definition. Answer: Includes all health
problems, major illnesses, surgeries the patient has had, current
medications complete with reasons for taking them, and allergies.
⩥ Family History Definition. Answer: Summary of health problems of
siblings, parents, and other blood relatives that could alert the physician
to hereditary and/or familial disease.
⩥ Social History Definition. Answer: Includes marital status,
occupation, educational attainment, hobbies, use of alcohol, tobacco,
drugs, and lifestyles.
⩥ Review of Systems Abbreviation. Answer: ROS
⩥ Review of Systems Definition. Answer: This is an orderly and
systematic check of each organ and system of the body by questions.
Both positive and pertinent negative findings are documented.
⩥ 3 Body Processes Necessary for life are:. Answer: Body Temperature,
Respiration, Heart Function
,⩥ 4 Vital Signs of Body Function are:. Answer: Temperature, Pulse,
Respiration, Blood Pressure
⩥ Define Body Temperature. Answer: Is a balance between heart
production and heart loss in conjunction with each other, maintained and
regulated by the hypothalamus.
⩥ Thermometers. Answer: Are used to measure temperature using the
Fahrenheit and Centigrade or Celsius scale.
⩥ Temperature Sites. Answer: Mouth, Rectum, Ear (Tympanic
Membrane), and the axilla (underarm).
⩥ Normal Temperature Range for Rectal. Answer: 98.6F to 100.6F
37.0C to 38.1C
⩥ Normal Temperature Range for Oral. Answer: 97.6F to 99.6F
36.5C to 37.5C
⩥ Normal Temperature Range for Axillary. Answer: 96.6F to 98.6F
35.9C to 37.0C
⩥ Normal Temperature Range for Tympanic Membrane. Answer: 98.6 F
,37 C
⩥ Define Febrile. Answer: Presence of Fever
⩥ Define Afebrile. Answer: Absence of Fever
⩥ Define Fever. Answer: Elevated body temperature beyond normal
range.
⩥ Intermittent Fever. Answer: Fluctuating fever that returns to or below
baseline then rises again.
⩥ Remittent Fever. Answer: Fluctuating fever that remains elevated; it
does not return to baseline temperature.
⩥ Continuous Fever. Answer: A fever that remains constant above the
baseline; it does not fluctuate.
⩥ Oral Temperature. Answer: Is the most common method of
measurement.
⩥ Oral Temperature is not taken from what patients:. Answer: -infants
and children less than six years old
-patients who has had surgery or facial, neck, nose, or mouth injury
, -those receiving oxygen
-those with nasogastric tubes
-patients with convulsive seizure
-hemiplegic patients
-patients with altered mental status
⩥ How long after a patient eats, smokes or drinks do you wait to take an
oral temperature?. Answer: 30 minutes
⩥ When taking an oral temperature how long do you leave the
thermometer in the patient's mouth?. Answer: 3-5 minutes
⩥ Rectal Temperature. Answer: Is taken when oral temperature is not
feasible.
⩥ Rectal Temperature is not taken from what patients:. Answer: -
patient's with heart disease
-patients with rectal disease or disorder or has had rectal surgery
-patients with diarrhea
⩥ Axillary Temperature. Answer: Is the least accurate and is taken only
when no other temperature site can be used.
