Chapter 04: The Complete Health History Jarvis_: Physical Examination & Health Assessment_, 7th Edition_Score A+

Chapter 04: The Complete Health History Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these st atements best describes the purpose of a health history? 2. When the nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient’s responses, which of these statements would be correct? The patient: 3. A 59-year-old patient tells the nurse that he has ulcerative colitis. He has been having “black stools” for the last 24 hours. How would the nurse best document his reason for seeking care? 4. A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week. What would be the nurse’s best response? 5. A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has “excruciating pain” in her back. Which would be the nurse’s appropriate response to the woman’s statement? 6. In recording the childhood illnesses of a patient who denies having had any, which note by the nurse would be most accurate? 7. A female patient tells the nurse that she has had six pregnancies, with four live births at term and two spontaneous abortions. Her four children are still living. How would the nurse record this information? a. 8. A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse’s best response to this information? 9. The nurse is taking a family history. Important diseases or problems about which the patient should be specifically asked include: 10. The review of systems provides the nurse with: 11. Which of these statements represents subjective data the nurse obtained from the patient regarding the patient’s skin? 12. The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year-old male patient and is concerned about health promotion activities. Which of these questions would be appropriate to use to assess health promotion activities for this patient?