Assessment/Nursing Final
objective data - ✔✔ correct answer what the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating,
percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination
subjective data - ✔✔ correct answer things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through
your senses; symptoms
Start with general questions on each of the different body systems - ✔✔ correct answer The most
effective way to elicit the ROSs is for the NP to
Explain the meaning of a proverb - ✔✔ correct answer The NP can determine higher cognitive fxn by
asking the patient to perform which of the following tasks?
"Over the past two weeks, have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing things?" - ✔✔ correct answer
The NP will ask the patient which of the following questions to assess for depression?
Cheif Complaint - ✔✔ correct answer The NP will document the reason for the visit in which of the
following sections of the encounter note?
20% - ✔✔ correct answer The primary provider will anticipate what percent of outpatients have mental
health disorders?
Determine the personal context of the patient's symptoms - ✔✔ correct answer Which of the following
actions by the NP demonstrates patient-centered interviewing techniques?
Validate the patient's feelings without agreeing with their reasons - ✔✔ correct answer Which of the
following strategies is most effective when dealing with an angry or disruptive patient?
The child's developmental age - ✔✔ correct answer Which of the following variables should have the
greatest effect as to how the NP will conduct the history and physical examination of the child?
Macule - ✔✔ correct answer Lesion flat and
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Papule - ✔✔ correct answer Lesion is raised
Plaque - ✔✔ correct answer Lesion is raised, >1 cm, but not fluid filled
Vesicle - ✔✔ correct answer Lesion is raised
Bullae - ✔✔ correct answer Lesion is raised >1 cm and fluid filled
Zosteriform - ✔✔ correct answer A linear arrangement along a nerve distribution is a description of
which type of skin lesion?
tine versicolor - ✔✔ correct answer A wood's lamp is especially using in diagnosing
Does the rash include mucous membranes? - ✔✔ correct answer Which of the following questions will
help the NP determine if the rash
nodule - ✔✔ correct answer The NP has identified a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than
1 cm in diameter and palpable into the dermis. The NP will correctly document this finding as a
Blurred edges to a raised lesion - ✔✔ correct answer Which of the following findings would alert the the
NP to consider skin cancer in the following differential diagnoses?
Does anyone in your family have chronic skin problems? - ✔✔ correct answer The patient's chart reveals
a history of atopic dermatitis. The NP that the patient will say "yes" to which of the following subjective
questions?
Lesions that run together - ✔✔ correct answer You have just read in a patient's chart that she has a
lesion that is congruent in nature. On examination, you would expect to find: