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Guide Questions With Correct Answers


What is the purpose of performing a health assessment? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-To detect the clients current and ongoing health status,
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predict risks to health and identify health promoting activities in a
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systematic method. |




What do you call information provided by the patient? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Subjective data |




What are examples of subjective data? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Headache, chest pain, feels like fever, chills, pain level
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What do you call information collected during a health exam? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Objective data
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What are examples of objective data? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Vital
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signs, culture and sensitivity, weight, measurements, temperature,
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Laboratory diagnostics |

,What are the four types of assessment data that nurses collect? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Complete (total) data
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- Focused (episodic/problem) data
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- Follow up data
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- Emergency data
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Define Complete (total) data: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Includes a
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complete history and a full examination
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Define Focused (episodic/problem) data: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Used
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for a limited or short term period, on a smaller scope, and is more
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targeted


Define Follow up data: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Evaluates status of
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problem at regular intervals to follow up on short-term or chronic
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problems


Define Emergency data: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Calls for rapid
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collection of data which commonly occurs during lifesaving measures
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When do you use open ended questions and what for? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Use at the beginning of interview; asks for narrative | | | | | | | | |



information

,What do you hope to achieve it with open ended questions? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-To build rapport, encourage elaboration, and used to
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cover broad area of conversation and subjective data
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What do you use closed ended questions for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Asks for specific information and short one or two word answers
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What do you hope to achieve with closed ended questions? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Specific information to fill in the gaps | | | | | |




Review the positive nonverbal behaviors that promote communication
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during an interview. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Professional appearance,
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open posturing, facilitating gestures, facial animation and interest, Eye
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contact, moderate tone of voice, appropriate touch, moderate rate of
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speech


Define Facilitation: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Encourages the client to say
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more information (ie: ".....go on,......"
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Define Reflection: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Echoes the clients words by
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repeating part of what the patient just said. Example: "So you're saying
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you feel tired and anxious?"
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, Define Empathy: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Names a feeling and allows its
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expression; sympathizes.
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Define Clarification: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Summarize the patients
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words, simplify statement, and ensure you're on the right track. Useful
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when person's word choice is ambiguous or confusing.
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Define Confrontation: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clarify inconsistent
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information. Example: "you say it does not hurt, but you..."
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Define Leading or biased questions: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Implies
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one question is better than another, leading client to the correct answer.
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Can make patient feel shame if they answer wrong. Example: "you're
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not having unprotected sex, are you?"
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What part of the interview and assessment focus on the patients frame
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of reference? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Facilitation, reflection, empathy,
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clarification


What part of the interview and assessment focus on your own frame of
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reference? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Confrontation, and leading or
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biased questions |

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