HEAS 1000 Academic Midterm Review
Exam 2025
what the person says about himself or herself - Correct Ans-Subjective data
what you observe by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating - Correct Ans-
Objective data
is the process of analyzing health data and drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses. It
has 4 major components - Correct Ans-Diagnostic reasoning
piece of information, a sign or symptom, or a piece of laboratory data - Correct Ans-
Cues
includes a complete health history & results of a full physical examination (used when
meeting the patient for the 1st time) - Correct Ans-Complete database
"mini-database", smaller in scope & more focused than the complete database.
Concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system - Correct Ans-
Focused (episodic) database
the status of any identified problems should be evaluated at regular & appropriate
intervalsa - Correct Ans-Follow-up database
calls for a rapid collection of the data, often compiled while life-saving measures are
occurring (diagnosis must be swift & sure) - Correct Ans-Emergency database
self awareness of your cultural beliefs, and biases or misconceptions of cultural
differences - Correct Ans-Cultural competence
not forcing your cultures onto others (ex. saying "Happy Holidays"instead of "Merry
Christmas") - Correct Ans-Cultural safety
values, beliefs, experience, biases, family/friends, tradition --> influence the way we
behave and our own biases - Correct Ans-What drives who we are?
the main purpose is to collect subjective data, regarding the clients current state of
health - Correct Ans-Goal of an interview
concentrated watching (close, careful, scrutiny, 1st of the individual as a whole and then
following each body system) always performed 1st* (looky not touchy!) - Correct Ans-
Inspection
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follows & often confirms points you noted during inspection. apply a sense of touch to
assess texture, temp, moisture & organ location & size, as well as any swelling,
vibration or pulsation, rigidity or spasticity, presence of lumps or masses & presence of
tenderness or pain - Correct Ans-Palpation
listening to sounds produced by parts of the body, such as the heart and blood vessels,
the lungs, and abdomen - Correct Ans-Auscultation
tapping the person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess underlying structures (ex.
enlarged livers) (hollow or solid) - Correct Ans-Percussion
physical appearance, body structure, mobility, behaviours - Correct Ans-General Survey
Temp, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation - Correct Ans-Vital signs
normal 37.2 C° --> allows stable cellular metabolism - Correct Ans-Temperature
or fever, (>38C°) caused by pyrogens secreted by toxic bacteria breakdown - Correct
Ans-Hyperthermia
(<36C°) usually caused by accidental, prolonged exposure to cold - Correct Ans-
Hypothermia
the force causes the arterial walls to widen and generates a pressure wave, which is felt
in the periphery - Correct Ans-Pulse
heart beat <50beat/min - Correct Ans-Bradycardia
heart beat over 95beats/min or over 100 beats/min - Correct Ans-Tachycardia
inspiration and expiration (normal 12-20) - Correct Ans-Respirations
slow breathing (<10per minute) - Correct Ans-Bradypnea
rapid, shallow breathing (<24 per minute) - Correct Ans-Tachypnea
the subjective feeling of shortness of breath or the inability to get enough air - Correct
Ans-Dyspnea
is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts -
Correct Ans-Apnea
difficult breathing in the supine position - Correct Ans-Orthopnea
force of the blood pushing against the side of the vessel wall (systolic/diastolic) - Correct
Ans-BP
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