NUR 504 QUIZ 4 COMPREHENSIVE TEST 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ What can complicate the interview process? Answer: Well-
meaning family members who try to give the patient's history for
them
◉ What is the difference between a symptom and a sign? Answer:
Symptom- patient describes complaint
Sign- observations made by clinician
◉ Health history is all _________ Answer: subjective
◉ Physical exam is all _________ Answer: objective
◉ Assessment order Answer: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion,
Auscultation
◉ PQRST Answer: Provocative/palliative
Quality
Region/radiation
Severity
, Timing
◉ COLDSPA Answer: Character
Onset
Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated factors
◉ What is included in a comprehensive mental exam? Answer: LOC,
attention, memory, sensory perception, thought processes and
content, insight, judgement, affect, mood
◉ What is included in a MMSE? What is the max score? Answer:
Orientation
Registration (recite 3 words)
Attention/calculation (count backwards by 7)
Recall (later in interview say 3 words)
Language (naming, recite, reading, writing, draw a shape)
Max score 30 points
SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ What can complicate the interview process? Answer: Well-
meaning family members who try to give the patient's history for
them
◉ What is the difference between a symptom and a sign? Answer:
Symptom- patient describes complaint
Sign- observations made by clinician
◉ Health history is all _________ Answer: subjective
◉ Physical exam is all _________ Answer: objective
◉ Assessment order Answer: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion,
Auscultation
◉ PQRST Answer: Provocative/palliative
Quality
Region/radiation
Severity
, Timing
◉ COLDSPA Answer: Character
Onset
Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated factors
◉ What is included in a comprehensive mental exam? Answer: LOC,
attention, memory, sensory perception, thought processes and
content, insight, judgement, affect, mood
◉ What is included in a MMSE? What is the max score? Answer:
Orientation
Registration (recite 3 words)
Attention/calculation (count backwards by 7)
Recall (later in interview say 3 words)
Language (naming, recite, reading, writing, draw a shape)
Max score 30 points
