TABLE OF CONTENTS
,• The History and Interviewing Process
• Cultural Competency
• Examination Techniques and Equipment
• Recording Information
• Documentation
• Clinical Reasoning, Assessment, and Differential Diagnosis
• Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
• Growth, Measurement, and Nutrition
• Integumentary System
• Lymphatic System
• Head and Neck
• Eyes
• Ears, Nose, and Throat
• Chest and Lungs
• Heart
• Blood Vessels
• Abdomen
• Male Genitalia
• Female Genitalia
• Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
• Musculoskeletal System
• Neurologic System
• Mental Status
,• Sports Participation Evaluation
• Children (Infant, Toddler, School Age, Adolescent)
• Pregnant Female
• Older Adult
, Chapter 01: The History and Interviewing Process
Ball: Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination, 9th Edition
1. Which question would be considered a “leading question?”
a. “What do you think is causing your headaches?”
b. “You don’t get headaches often, do you?”
c. “On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the severity of your headaches?”
d. “At what time of the day are your headaches the most severe?”
ANS: B
Stating to the patient that he or she does not get headaches would limit the
information in the patient’s answer. Asking the patient what he or she thinks is
causing the headaches is an open-ended question. Asking the patient how he or
she would rate the severity of the headaches and asking what time of the day the
headaches are the most severe are direct questions.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic
Adaptation
2. When are open-ended questions generally most useful?
a. During sensitive area part of the interview
b. After several closed-ended questions have been asked
c. While designing the genogram
During the review of syst ems
d. N R
,• The History and Interviewing Process
• Cultural Competency
• Examination Techniques and Equipment
• Recording Information
• Documentation
• Clinical Reasoning, Assessment, and Differential Diagnosis
• Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
• Growth, Measurement, and Nutrition
• Integumentary System
• Lymphatic System
• Head and Neck
• Eyes
• Ears, Nose, and Throat
• Chest and Lungs
• Heart
• Blood Vessels
• Abdomen
• Male Genitalia
• Female Genitalia
• Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
• Musculoskeletal System
• Neurologic System
• Mental Status
,• Sports Participation Evaluation
• Children (Infant, Toddler, School Age, Adolescent)
• Pregnant Female
• Older Adult
, Chapter 01: The History and Interviewing Process
Ball: Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination, 9th Edition
1. Which question would be considered a “leading question?”
a. “What do you think is causing your headaches?”
b. “You don’t get headaches often, do you?”
c. “On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the severity of your headaches?”
d. “At what time of the day are your headaches the most severe?”
ANS: B
Stating to the patient that he or she does not get headaches would limit the
information in the patient’s answer. Asking the patient what he or she thinks is
causing the headaches is an open-ended question. Asking the patient how he or
she would rate the severity of the headaches and asking what time of the day the
headaches are the most severe are direct questions.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic
Adaptation
2. When are open-ended questions generally most useful?
a. During sensitive area part of the interview
b. After several closed-ended questions have been asked
c. While designing the genogram
During the review of syst ems
d. N R
