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The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best describes
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the purpose of a health history?
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|||\\\ A. To provide an opportunity for interaction between patient and nurse.
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|||\\\ B. To provide a form for obtaining the patient's biographic information.
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|||\\\ C. To document the normal and abnormal findings of a physical assesment.
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|||\\\ D. To provide a database of subjective information about the patient's past and current health.
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|||\\\ - correct answer✔✔D
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A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's best
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response for this information? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ A. "Are you allergic to any other drugs?"
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|||\\\ B. "How often have you received penicillin?"
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|||\\\ C. "I'll write your allergy on your chart so you won't receive any penicillin."
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|||\\\ D. "Please describe what happens to you when you take penicillin." - correct answer✔✔D
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During an assessment of a patient's family history, the nurse constructs a genogram. Which
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statement best describes a genogram? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ A. A list of diseases present in a person's near relatives.
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B. A graphic family tree that uses symbols to depict the gender, relationship, and age of
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immediate family members. |||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ C. A drawing that depicts the patient's family members up to five generations back.
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|||\\\ D. A description of the health of a person's children and grandchildren. - correct answer✔✔B
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A 90-year-old patient tells the nurse that he can't remember the names of the medications he is
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taking or for what reason he is taking them. An appropriate response from the nurse would be:
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, |||\\\ A. "Can you tell me what they look like?"
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|||\\\ B. "Don't worry about it. You are only taking two medications."
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|||\\\ C. "How long have you been taking each of the pills?"
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|||\\\ D. "Would you have your family bring in your medications?" - correct answer✔✔D
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The nurse is preparing to complete a health assessment on a 16-year-old girl whose parents
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have brought her to the clinic. Which instruction would be appropriate for the parents before
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the interview begins?|||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ A. "Please stay during the interview; you can answer for her if she does not know the answer."
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|||\\\ B. "It would be helpful to interview the three of you together."
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C. "While I interview your daughter, will you please stay in the room and complete these family
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health history questionnaires?" |||\\\ |||\\\
D. "While I interview your daughter, will you step out to the waiting room and complete these
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family health history questionnaires?" - correct answer✔✔D
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The nurse is conducting an interview with a woman who has recently learned that she is
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pregnant and who has come to the clinic today to begin prenatal care. The woman states that
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she and her husband are excited about the pregnancy but have a few questions. She looks
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nervously at her hands during the interview and sighs loudly. Considering the concept of |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
communication, the nurse knows that which statement is most accurate? The woman is: |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ A. excited about her pregnancy but nervous about labor.
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|||\\\ B. exhibiting verbal and nonverbal behavior that does not match.
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|||\\\ C. excited about her pregnancy but her husband is not and this is upsetting her.
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D. not excited about her pregnancy but believes the nurse will respond negatively to her if she
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states this. - correct answer✔✔B |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
The nurse makes which adjustment in the physical environment in order to promote the success
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of an interview?
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|||\\\ A. Reduces noise by turning off television and radios.
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The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history. Which of these statements best describes
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the purpose of a health history?
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|||\\\ A. To provide an opportunity for interaction between patient and nurse.
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|||\\\ B. To provide a form for obtaining the patient's biographic information.
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|||\\\ C. To document the normal and abnormal findings of a physical assesment.
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|||\\\ D. To provide a database of subjective information about the patient's past and current health.
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|||\\\ - correct answer✔✔D
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A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin. What would be the nurse's best
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response for this information? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ A. "Are you allergic to any other drugs?"
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|||\\\ B. "How often have you received penicillin?"
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|||\\\ C. "I'll write your allergy on your chart so you won't receive any penicillin."
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|||\\\ D. "Please describe what happens to you when you take penicillin." - correct answer✔✔D
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During an assessment of a patient's family history, the nurse constructs a genogram. Which
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statement best describes a genogram? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ A. A list of diseases present in a person's near relatives.
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B. A graphic family tree that uses symbols to depict the gender, relationship, and age of
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immediate family members. |||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ C. A drawing that depicts the patient's family members up to five generations back.
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|||\\\ D. A description of the health of a person's children and grandchildren. - correct answer✔✔B
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A 90-year-old patient tells the nurse that he can't remember the names of the medications he is
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taking or for what reason he is taking them. An appropriate response from the nurse would be:
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, |||\\\ A. "Can you tell me what they look like?"
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|||\\\ B. "Don't worry about it. You are only taking two medications."
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|||\\\ C. "How long have you been taking each of the pills?"
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|||\\\ D. "Would you have your family bring in your medications?" - correct answer✔✔D
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The nurse is preparing to complete a health assessment on a 16-year-old girl whose parents
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have brought her to the clinic. Which instruction would be appropriate for the parents before
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the interview begins?|||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ A. "Please stay during the interview; you can answer for her if she does not know the answer."
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|||\\\ B. "It would be helpful to interview the three of you together."
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C. "While I interview your daughter, will you please stay in the room and complete these family
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health history questionnaires?" |||\\\ |||\\\
D. "While I interview your daughter, will you step out to the waiting room and complete these
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family health history questionnaires?" - correct answer✔✔D
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The nurse is conducting an interview with a woman who has recently learned that she is
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pregnant and who has come to the clinic today to begin prenatal care. The woman states that
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she and her husband are excited about the pregnancy but have a few questions. She looks
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nervously at her hands during the interview and sighs loudly. Considering the concept of |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
communication, the nurse knows that which statement is most accurate? The woman is: |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
|||\\\ A. excited about her pregnancy but nervous about labor.
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|||\\\ B. exhibiting verbal and nonverbal behavior that does not match.
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|||\\\ C. excited about her pregnancy but her husband is not and this is upsetting her.
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D. not excited about her pregnancy but believes the nurse will respond negatively to her if she
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states this. - correct answer✔✔B |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
The nurse makes which adjustment in the physical environment in order to promote the success
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of an interview?
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|||\\\ A. Reduces noise by turning off television and radios.
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