Test Bank for Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning, 5th Edition by Jacqueline Rhoads – Practice Questions, Answers & Exam Review 2026/2027

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15 Neurological Disorders
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2. Which of the following is true regarding the data taken in a health history?
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A) Most health history data are objective and measurable.
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B) Objective data are error-free, quantifiable data.
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C) Subjective data, being inherently less accurate, are of less value than objective data.
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3. What do Coulehan and Block define as “listening to the total communication . . . and letting the pati
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4. The provider is preparing to take a health history for a new patient. He takes the patient to a priv
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ate room and asks the patient to don a hospital gown. After stepping outside to give the patient suffici
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ent time to change, he then comes back in and asks permission to conduct the history. He sits next
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to the patient at eye level, discreetly observes the patient for any sensory deficits, and asks the pati
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ent if he may take brief notes of the conversation. During the conversation, he gives the patient time
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to answer questions fully. He makes sure that his questions do not contain technical terms and qui
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etly observes the patient’s nonverbal behaviors throughout. Which mistake did the provider make?
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A) He should have allowed the patient to remain fully clothed in their own clothing for their comfort.
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B) He should not have omitted technical terminology. Patients like having a chance to learn.
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C) He should have seated himself slightly above eye level to give the patient nonverbal reassurance
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D) He should have asked explicitly about the nonverbal changes he was noticing in order to gai
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n a deeper level of understanding of the patient’s current condition.
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5. Which of the following is true of both comprehensive and focused health histories?
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A) They both include identifying data.
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B) They both include a social history.
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C) They both include a family history.
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D) They are both conducted in emergency situations
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