TEST BANK For Bates' Nursing Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 3rd Edition By Beth Hogan-Quigley, All Chapters 1 - 24, Complete Newest Version

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1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
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A) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I sprained my ankle‖
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B) An established patient with the chief complaint of ―I have an upper respiratory infection‖
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C) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I am here to establish care‖
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D) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I cut my hand‖
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Page and Header: 4, Patient Assessment: Comprehensive or Focused
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Feedback: This patient is here to establish care, and because she is new to you, a comprehensive h
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ealth history is appropriate.
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2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
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Feedback: The thorax and lungs are part of the physical examination, not part of the health hi
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story. The others answers are all part of a complete health history.
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3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
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Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity
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and relieved by rest.
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A) Subjective
B) Objective

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4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
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Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 1
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A) Subjective
B) Objective

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Bates' Nursing Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking / Edition 3 Testbank
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Ans: B up


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Feedback: This is a measurement obtained by the examiner, so it is considered objective data.
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The patient is unlikely to be able to give this information to the examiner.
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5. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―The patient has had abdomin
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al pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is
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7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the
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Which of these categories does it belong to?
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Feedback: This information describes the problem of abdominal pain, which is the present ill
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ness. The interviewer has obtained the location, timing, severity, and associated manifestation
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s of the pain. The interviewer will still need to obtain information concerning the quality of t
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he pain, the setting in which it occurred, and the factors that aggravate and alleviate the pain
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. You will notice that it does include portions of the pertinent review of systems, but because
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it relates directly to the complaint, it is included in the history of present illness.
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6. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―The patient completed 8th grad
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e. He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend.
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He works in a glass factory during the week.‖
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Feedback: Personal and social history information includes educational level, family of origin, cu
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rrent household status, personal interests, employment, religious beliefs, military history, and lifesty
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le (including diet and exercise habits; use of alcohol, tobacco, and/or drugs; and sexual preferenc
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es and history). All of this information is documented in this example.
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7. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―I feel really tired
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.‖ Which category does it belong to?
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