TEST BANK For Bates' Nursing Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking,{ 3rd Edition} By Beth Hogan-Quigley | All Chapters Included | Elaborated Answers | Latest 2024

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1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
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A) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I sprained my ankle‖
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B) An established patient with the chief complaint of ―I have an upper respiratory infection‖
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C) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I am here to establish care‖
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D) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I cut my hand‖
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Ans: C Wl


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Page and Header: 4, Patient Assessment: Comprehensive or Focused
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Feedback: This patient is here to establish care, and because she is new to you, a comprehensiv
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e health history is appropriate.
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2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
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Ans: B Wl


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Feedback: The thorax and lungs are part of the physical examination, not part of the health
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history. The others answers are all part of a complete health history.
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3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
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Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activ
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ity and relieved by rest.
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A) Subjective
B) Objective

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4. Is the following information subjective or objective
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? Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate o
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f 120.
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A) Subjective
B) Objective

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Bates' Nursing Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking / Edition 3 Testbank
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Ans: B Wl


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Feedback: This is a measurement obtained by the examiner, so it is considered objective dat
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a. The patient is unlikely to be able to give this information to the examiner.
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5. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―The patient has had abdom
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inal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The sever
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ity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is locate
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d in the mid- epigastric area.‖
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Which of these categories does it belong to?
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Ans: B Wl


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Feedback: This information describes the problem of abdominal pain, which is the present
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illness. The interviewer has obtained the location, timing, severity, and associated manifest
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ations of the pain. The interviewer will still need to obtain information concerning the qua
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lity of the pain, the setting in which it occurred, and the factors that aggravate and allevia
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te the pain. You will notice that it does include portions of the pertinent review of system
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s, but because it relates directly to the complaint, it is included in the history of present il
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lness.


6. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―The patient completed 8th gr
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ade. He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the week
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end. He works in a glass factory during the week.‖
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Ans: C Wl


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Feedback: Personal and social history information includes educational level, family of origin,
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current household status, personal interests, employment, religious beliefs, military history, and li
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festyle (including diet and exercise habits; use of alcohol, tobacco, and/or drugs; and sexual pr
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eferences and history). All of this information is documented in this example.
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7. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―I feel really tir
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ed.‖ Which category does it belong to?
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