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2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
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3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
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5. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―The patient has had abdominal pain
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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
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1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid- epigastric area.‖
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