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Advanced Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses, 5th E
by Laurie Goolsby, Mary Jo; Grubbs.
All Chapters 1-22, Latest Edition, 100% Verified Answers
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview
Chapter 2. Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
Chapter 3. Skin
Chapter 4. Head, Face, and Neck
Chapter 5. The Eye
Chapter 6. Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat
Chapter 7. Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems
Chapter 8. Respiratory System
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Chapter 9. Breasts
Chapter 10. Abdomen
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Chapter 11. Genitourinary System
Chapter 12. Male Reproductive System
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Chapter 13. Female Reproductive System
Chapter 14. Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 15. Neurological System
Chapter 16. Nonspecific Complaints
Chapter 17. Psychiatric Mental Health
Chapter 18. Pediatric Patients
Chapter 19. Pregnant Patients
Chapter 20. Assessment of the Transgender or Gender Diverse Adult
Chapter 21. Older Patients
Chapter 22. Persons With Disabilities
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Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview.
Answers and Rationale Provided at the End of Each Chapter.
Identify The Choice That Best Completes the Statement or Answers the Question.
1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
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2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care providers must
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be:
A. Methodical and systematic
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B. Attentive to the patient ‘s verbal and nonverbal language
C. Able to accurately interpret the patient ‘s responses
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D. Adept at reading into the patient ‘s statements
3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except:
A. Chief complaint
B. History of the present illness
C. Current vital signs
D. All of the above are essential history components
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4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical examination, the
examiner must be able to:
A. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
C. Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
D. Foresee unpredictable findings
5. The following is the least reliable source of information for diagnostic statistics:
A. Evidence-based investigations
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B. Primary reports of research
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Estimation based on a provider ‘s experience
D. Published meta-analyses
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6. The following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-making:
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A. Algorithm published in a peer-
reviewed journal article
B. Clinical practice guidelines
C. Evidence-based research
D. All of the above
7. If a diagnostic study has high sensitivity, this indicates a:
A. High percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
B. Low percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
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TEST BANK
Advanced Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses, 5th E
by Laurie Goolsby, Mary Jo; Grubbs.
All Chapters 1-22, Latest Edition, 100% Verified Answers
C
LE
ST
BE
1
, BESTLEC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview
Chapter 2. Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
Chapter 3. Skin
Chapter 4. Head, Face, and Neck
Chapter 5. The Eye
Chapter 6. Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat
Chapter 7. Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems
Chapter 8. Respiratory System
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Chapter 9. Breasts
Chapter 10. Abdomen
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Chapter 11. Genitourinary System
Chapter 12. Male Reproductive System
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Chapter 13. Female Reproductive System
Chapter 14. Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 15. Neurological System
Chapter 16. Nonspecific Complaints
Chapter 17. Psychiatric Mental Health
Chapter 18. Pediatric Patients
Chapter 19. Pregnant Patients
Chapter 20. Assessment of the Transgender or Gender Diverse Adult
Chapter 21. Older Patients
Chapter 22. Persons With Disabilities
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Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview.
Answers and Rationale Provided at the End of Each Chapter.
Identify The Choice That Best Completes the Statement or Answers the Question.
1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
C
2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care providers must
LE
be:
A. Methodical and systematic
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B. Attentive to the patient ‘s verbal and nonverbal language
C. Able to accurately interpret the patient ‘s responses
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D. Adept at reading into the patient ‘s statements
3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except:
A. Chief complaint
B. History of the present illness
C. Current vital signs
D. All of the above are essential history components
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4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical examination, the
examiner must be able to:
A. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
C. Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
D. Foresee unpredictable findings
5. The following is the least reliable source of information for diagnostic statistics:
A. Evidence-based investigations
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B. Primary reports of research
C.
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Estimation based on a provider ‘s experience
D. Published meta-analyses
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6. The following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-making:
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A. Algorithm published in a peer-
reviewed journal article
B. Clinical practice guidelines
C. Evidence-based research
D. All of the above
7. If a diagnostic study has high sensitivity, this indicates a:
A. High percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
B. Low percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
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