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MULTIPLE | CHOICE
1. For |which |of |the |following |patients |would |a |comprehensive |health |history |be |appropriate?
A) A |new |patient |with |the |chief |complaint |of |―I |sprained | my |ankle‖
B) An |established | patient | with |the |chief | complaint | of |―I | have |an |upper | respiratory |infection‖
C) A |new |patient |with |the | chief |complaint | of |―I |am |here |to | establish |care‖
D) A |new |patient |with |the |chief |complaint |of |―I |cut | my |hand‖
Ans: |C
Chapter: | 01
Page |and | Header: | 4, | Patient | Assessment: | Comprehensive | or | Focused
Feedback: | This | patient |is | here |to | establish | care, | and | because | she | is | new | to | you, | a
| comprehensive|health |history |is |appropriate.
2. The | components | of | the | health | history | include | all | of |the | following | except | which | one?
A) Review |of |systems
B) Thorax |and |lungs
C) Present |illness
D) Personal |and | social | items
Ans: |B
Chapter: | 01
Feedback: | The | thorax | and | lungs | are | part | of |the | physical | examination, | not | part | of |the
| health|history. | The |others |answers |are |all |part |of |a | complete |health | history.
3. Is | the | following | information | subjective | or | objective?
Mr. |M. |has |shortness |of |breath |that |has |persisted |for |the |past |10 |days; |it |is |worse |with |activity|and
|relieved |by |rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
Ans: |A
Chapter: | 01
4. Is |the |following |information |subjective |or |objective?
|Mr. | M. | has | a | respiratory | rate | of | 32 | and | a | pulse | rate | of | 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
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Ans: ||B
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Chapter: | 01
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is ||information | obtained | by | the | examiner, | so | it | is | considered | objective
|about |a |significant |hospitalization |and |should |be |placed |in |the
| data.|The |patient |is |unlikely |to |be |able |to |give |this |information |to |the |examiner.
|adult | illnesses | section. | If | the | patient | is | being | seen | for | an | asthma | exacerbation, | you | may | consider
5. The | following | information | is |recorded | in | the | health | history: | ―The | patient | has | had
| abdominal|pain | for | 1 | week. |The | pain | lasts | 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 | of |these | categories | does | it | belong | to?
A) Chief |complaint
B) Present |illness
C) Personal |and |social |history
D) Review |of |systems
Ans: |B
Chapter: | 01
Feedback: |This |information |describes |the |problem |of |abdominal |pain, |which |is |the |present
|illness. |The |interviewer |has |obtained |the |location, |timing, |severity, |and | associated
| manifestations|of |the |pain. |The |interviewer |will |still |need |to |obtain |information |concerning |the
|quality |of |the |pain, |the |setting |in | which |it |occurred, |and |the |factors |that |aggravate |and |alleviate
|the |pain. | You | will |notice |that |it |does |include |portions |of |the |pertinent |review |of |systems, |but
|because |it |relates |directly |to |the |complaint, |it |is |included |in |the |history |of |present |illness.
6. The |following |information | is |recorded | in | the | health | history: | ―The | patient | completed | 8th
| grade.|He |currently |lives |with |his |wife |and |two |children. |He |works |on |old |cars |on |the |weekend. | He
| works |in |a | glass |factory |during |the |week.‖
Ans: |C
Chapter: | 01
Feedback: |Personal |and |social |history |information |includes |educational |level, |family |of
|origin,|current | household | status, | personal | interests, | employment, | religious | beliefs, | military | history,
| and |lifestyle |(including |diet |and |exercise |habits; |use |of |alcohol, |tobacco, |and/or |drugs; |and |sexual
|preferences |and |history). | All |of |this |information |is |documented |in |this | example.
7. The |following | information | is |recorded | in |the | health | history: | ―I | feel | really
|tired.‖|Which |category |does |it | belong |to?
A) Chief |complaint
B) Present |illness
C) Personal |and |social |history
D) Review |of |systems