NR 203 Practice Exam with Accurate Answers.
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Leading questions - ✔✔may limit the information provided to what the patient thinks you want
to know
Open ended vs closed ended questions - ✔✔Open: gives the patient discretion about the
extent of an answer
Closed: yes or no
OLD CARTS - ✔✔onset
location
duration
character (of pain)
aggravating/associating factors
relieving factors
temporal factors
severity of symptoms
structure of history - ✔✔identifiers
chief concern
history of present illness
past medical history
family history
personal & social history
review of systems
, What is the purpose of a high quality history taking process? - ✔✔The history is vital to the
appropriate interpretation of the physical examination
-knowing what questions to ask
-finding the present problem
-building a relationship with the patient
Techniques of how to interview for a history, and set the patient at ease, develop trust & get
sensitive information - ✔✔facilitate, reflect, clarify, empathize, confront, interpret
facilitate - ✔✔encourage patient to say more, either with your words or with silence
reflect - ✔✔repeat what you have heard to encourage more detail
clarify - ✔✔"What do you mean?"
Empathize - ✔✔show understanding and acceptance
confront - ✔✔do not hesitate to discuss a patient's disturbing behavior
interpret - ✔✔repeat what you have heard to confirm the patient's meaning
allergies - ✔✔medications
environmental
food
latex
Characteristics of culture - ✔✔1. learned: through experiences
Latest Edition
Leading questions - ✔✔may limit the information provided to what the patient thinks you want
to know
Open ended vs closed ended questions - ✔✔Open: gives the patient discretion about the
extent of an answer
Closed: yes or no
OLD CARTS - ✔✔onset
location
duration
character (of pain)
aggravating/associating factors
relieving factors
temporal factors
severity of symptoms
structure of history - ✔✔identifiers
chief concern
history of present illness
past medical history
family history
personal & social history
review of systems
, What is the purpose of a high quality history taking process? - ✔✔The history is vital to the
appropriate interpretation of the physical examination
-knowing what questions to ask
-finding the present problem
-building a relationship with the patient
Techniques of how to interview for a history, and set the patient at ease, develop trust & get
sensitive information - ✔✔facilitate, reflect, clarify, empathize, confront, interpret
facilitate - ✔✔encourage patient to say more, either with your words or with silence
reflect - ✔✔repeat what you have heard to encourage more detail
clarify - ✔✔"What do you mean?"
Empathize - ✔✔show understanding and acceptance
confront - ✔✔do not hesitate to discuss a patient's disturbing behavior
interpret - ✔✔repeat what you have heard to confirm the patient's meaning
allergies - ✔✔medications
environmental
food
latex
Characteristics of culture - ✔✔1. learned: through experiences
