Advanced Assessment Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses 4th Edition Goolsby – Test Bank

Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable? 1. Intuitive 2. Analytical 3. Experiential 4. Augenblick ____ 2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care providers must be: 1. Methodical and systematic 2. Attentive to the patient’s verbal and nonverbal language 1. Able to accurately interpret the patient’s responses 1. Adept at reading into the patient’s statements ____ 3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except: 1. Chief complaint 2. History of the present illness 3. Current vital signs 4. All of the above are essential history components ____ 4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be able to: 1. Differentiate between normal and