NURS 1543 MIDTERM EXAM WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS 2025/2026

NURS 1543 MIDTERM EXAM WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS 2025/2026 Subjective Data - Correct Answer Information perceived by the patient, up to determination (e.g. Pain Scale) perceptions, feelings, and experiences, levels (things that cannot be measured) Objective Data - Correct Answer What the health professional observes during physical examination (measured, factual) (Vital signs or laboratory results) Perception of Health - Correct Answer Patient's definition/view of health (biomedical or holistic model) 4 Types of Data Bases - Correct Answer Complete, Episodic, Follow Up, Emergency health history assessments OPQRSTU - Correct Answer Onset, Provocative/Palliative, Quality/Quantity, Region/Radiation, Severity Scale, Timing, Understanding patients perception Techniques of Communication - Correct Answer Introducing the interview, working phase, closing the interview 10 Traps of Interviewing - Correct Answer Providing false assurance, giving unwanted advice, using authority, using avoidance language, engaging in distancing, using professional jargon, using leading or biased questions, talking too much, interrupting, using 'why' questions IPPA - Correct Answer Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation Inspection - Correct Answer Visual examination of the body, looking for visual abnormalities (comparisons) Palpation - Correct Answer Examination technique done by touching the patient, pressing or applying pressure to feel texture, tenderness, and temperature Percussion - Correct Answer Tapping on the surface of a patient to determine differences in sound, listening for abnormalities