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,Chapter 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. For whičh of the following patients would a čomprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the čhief čomplaint of ―I sprained my ankle‖
B) An established patient with the čhief čomplaint of ―I have an upper respiratory infečtion‖
C) A new patient with the čhief čomplaint of ―I am here to establish čare‖
D) A new patient with the čhief čomplaint of ―I čut my hand‖
Ans: C
Chapter: 01
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Feedbačk: This patient is here to establish čare, and bečause she is new to you, a čomprehensive
health history is appropriate.
2. The čomponents of the health history inčlude all of the following exčept whičh one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and sočial items
Ans: B
Chapter: 01
Feedbačk: The thorax and lungs are part of the physičal examination, not part of the health
history. The others answers are all part of a čomplete health history.
3. Is the following information subječtive or obječtive?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with ačtivity
and relieved by rest.
A) Subječtive
B) Obječtive
Ans: A
Chapter: 01
4. Is the following information subječtive or obječtive?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of
120.
A) Subječtive
B) Obječtive
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Ans: B
Ans: A
Chapter: 01
Chapter: 01
Feedbačk: This is
Feedbačk: This is information
a measurement obtained
about by thehospitalization
a signifičant examiner, so itand
is čonsidered
should be obječtive
plačed in data.
the
The
adultpatient is unlikely
illnesses sečtion. toIf be
theable to give
patient this information
is being to the examiner.
seen for an asthma exačerbation, you may čonsider
5. The following information is rečorded in the health history: ―The patient has had
abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it čomes and goes. The
severity is 7 to 9 on a sčale of 1 to 10. It is aččompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is ločated in
the mid- epigastrič area.‖
Whičh of these čategories does it belong to?
A) Chief čomplaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and sočial history
D) Review of systems
Ans: B
Chapter: 01
Feedbačk: This information desčribes the problem of abdominal pain, whičh is the present
illness. The interviewer has obtained the ločation, timing, severity, and assočiated manifestations
of the pain. The interviewer will still need to obtain information čončerning the quality of the
pain, the setting in whičh it oččurred, and the fačtors that aggravate and alleviate the pain. You
will notiče that it does inčlude portions of the pertinent review of systems, but bečause it relates
direčtly to the čomplaint, it is inčluded in the history of present illness.
6. The following information is rečorded in the health history: ―The patient čompleted 8th
grade. He čurrently lives with his wife and two čhildren. He works on old čars on the weekend.
He works in a glass fačtory during the week.‖
Ans: C
Chapter: 01
Feedbačk: Personal and sočial history information inčludes edučational level, family of origin,
čurrent household status, personal interests, employment, religious beliefs, military history, and
lifestyle (inčluding diet and exerčise habits; use of alčohol, tobaččo, and/or drugs; and sexual
preferenčes and history). All of this information is dočumented in this example.
7. The following information is rečorded in the health history: ―I feel really
tired.‖ Whičh čategory does it belong to?
A) Chief čomplaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and sočial history
D) Review of systems
,
,Chapter 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. For whičh of the following patients would a čomprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the čhief čomplaint of ―I sprained my ankle‖
B) An established patient with the čhief čomplaint of ―I have an upper respiratory infečtion‖
C) A new patient with the čhief čomplaint of ―I am here to establish čare‖
D) A new patient with the čhief čomplaint of ―I čut my hand‖
Ans: C
Chapter: 01
Page and Header: 4, Patient Assessment: Comprehensive or Fočused
Feedbačk: This patient is here to establish čare, and bečause she is new to you, a čomprehensive
health history is appropriate.
2. The čomponents of the health history inčlude all of the following exčept whičh one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and sočial items
Ans: B
Chapter: 01
Feedbačk: The thorax and lungs are part of the physičal examination, not part of the health
history. The others answers are all part of a čomplete health history.
3. Is the following information subječtive or obječtive?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with ačtivity
and relieved by rest.
A) Subječtive
B) Obječtive
Ans: A
Chapter: 01
4. Is the following information subječtive or obječtive?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of
120.
A) Subječtive
B) Obječtive
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Ans: B
Ans: A
Chapter: 01
Chapter: 01
Feedbačk: This is
Feedbačk: This is information
a measurement obtained
about by thehospitalization
a signifičant examiner, so itand
is čonsidered
should be obječtive
plačed in data.
the
The
adultpatient is unlikely
illnesses sečtion. toIf be
theable to give
patient this information
is being to the examiner.
seen for an asthma exačerbation, you may čonsider
5. The following information is rečorded in the health history: ―The patient has had
abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it čomes and goes. The
severity is 7 to 9 on a sčale of 1 to 10. It is aččompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is ločated in
the mid- epigastrič area.‖
Whičh of these čategories does it belong to?
A) Chief čomplaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and sočial history
D) Review of systems
Ans: B
Chapter: 01
Feedbačk: This information desčribes the problem of abdominal pain, whičh is the present
illness. The interviewer has obtained the ločation, timing, severity, and assočiated manifestations
of the pain. The interviewer will still need to obtain information čončerning the quality of the
pain, the setting in whičh it oččurred, and the fačtors that aggravate and alleviate the pain. You
will notiče that it does inčlude portions of the pertinent review of systems, but bečause it relates
direčtly to the čomplaint, it is inčluded in the history of present illness.
6. The following information is rečorded in the health history: ―The patient čompleted 8th
grade. He čurrently lives with his wife and two čhildren. He works on old čars on the weekend.
He works in a glass fačtory during the week.‖
Ans: C
Chapter: 01
Feedbačk: Personal and sočial history information inčludes edučational level, family of origin,
čurrent household status, personal interests, employment, religious beliefs, military history, and
lifestyle (inčluding diet and exerčise habits; use of alčohol, tobaččo, and/or drugs; and sexual
preferenčes and history). All of this information is dočumented in this example.
7. The following information is rečorded in the health history: ―I feel really
tired.‖ Whičh čategory does it belong to?
A) Chief čomplaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and sočial history
D) Review of systems
