Dunphy Primary Care Review QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Dunphy Primary Care Review QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS terms in this set (160) Nausea is difficult to discern in a young child. What question might you ask to determine if a child has nausea? 1. "Are you sick to your tummy?" 2. "Are you hungry?" 3. "Are you eating the way you normally eat?" 4. "Are you nauseous?" CORRECT ANSWER: “Are you hungry?" Zena just had a hemorrhoidectomy. You know she has not understood your teaching when she tells you she will: 1. Take a sitz bath after each bowel movement for 1 to 2 weeks after surgery. 2. Drink at least 2000 mL of fluids per day. 3. Decrease her dietary fiber for 1 month. 4. Take stool softeners as prescribed. CORRECT ANSWER: Decrease her dietary fiber for 1 month. Brainpower Read More Susan, age 59, has no specific complaints when she comes in for her annual examination. She does, however, have type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), slight hypertension, dyslipidemia, and central obesity. How would you diagnose her? 1. As a healthy adult with several problems. 2. As having a glycemic event. 3. As having metabolic syndrome. 4. As having multiple organ dysfunction. CORRECT ANSWER: As having metabolic syndrome. Simon, age 72, states that he is worried because he has a bowel movement only every third day. You respond: 1. "You should have two to three stools per day." 2. "You should defecate once a day." 3. "You should have at least three stools per week." 4. "There is no such thing as a 'normal' pattern of defecation." CORRECT ANSWER: "There is no such thing as a 'normal' pattern of defecation." Matt, age 26, recently returned from a camping trip and has gastroenteritis. He says that he has been eating only canned food. Which of the following pathogens do you suspect? 1. Campylobacter jejuni. 2. Clostridium botulinum.