NSG6020 wk2 quiz 1| 15 questions fully solved

For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate? A new patient with chief complaint of "I am here to establish care" The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain for 1 week The pain last for 30 minutes at a time: it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area: which category does it belong Present illness The following information is recorded in the health history: " I feel really tire" which category does it belong Chief complaint the following information is recorded in the health history: " Patient denies chest pain, palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea: which category does it belong Review of Systems (ROS) the following information is best place in which category "the patient has had three cesarean sections." surgeries A 29-year-old computer programmer comes to your office for evaluation of a headache. The tightening sensation is located all over the head and is of moderate intensity. It used to last minutes, but this time it has lasted for 5 days. He denies photophobia and nausea. He spends several hours each day at a computer monitor/keyboard. He has tried over-the-counter medication; it has dulled the pain but not taken it away. Based on this description, what is your most likely diagnosis? Tension Which of the following is a symptom involving the eye? scotomas A sudden, painless unilateral vision loss may be caused by which of the following? retinal detachment Very sensitive methods for detecting hearing loss include which of the following? Audiometric testing A college student presents with a sore throat, fever, and fatigue for several days. You notice exudates on her enlarged tonsils. You do a careful lymphatic examination and notice some scattered small, mobile lymph nodes just behind her sternocleidomastoid muscles bilaterally. What group of nodes is this? Posterior cervical You feel a small mass that you think is a lymph node. It is mobile in both the up-and-down and side-to-side directions. Which of the following is most likely? lymph node A 15-year-old high school sophomore comes to the clinic for evaluation of a 3-week history of sneezing; itchy, watery eyes; clear nasal discharge; ear pain; and nonproductive cough. Which is the most likely pathologic process? allergic A 37-year-old nurse comes for evaluation of colicky right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The pain is associated with nausea and vomiting and occurs 1 to 2 hours after eating greasy foods. Which one of the following physical examination descriptions would be most consistent with the diagnosis of cholecystitis? Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the right upper quadrant with inspiration, to the point of stopping inspiration, and there is no rebound or guarding. You are interviewing an elderly woman in the ambulatory setting and trying to get more information about her urinary symptoms. Which of the following techniques is not a component of adaptive questioning? Reassuring the patient that the urinary symptoms are benign and that she doesn't need to worry about it being a sign of cancer