Nurs 251 Final Exam PSU questions and
complete solutions
Components of Health History (7) - correct answer ✔✔Biographic data, reason for seeking care,
history of present illness, past medical history, family history, review of systems, functional
assessment or activities of daily living
Subjective Data - correct answer ✔✔things a person tells you about that you cannot observe
through your senses; symptoms
Objective Data - correct answer ✔✔information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an
observer; signs
Types of Health History - correct answer ✔✔Focused, episodic/emergent, Complete
Complete Health History - correct answer ✔✔Total history and full physical examination
Current and past health state
Episodic/Emergent Health History - correct answer ✔✔Urgent, rapid collection of information
with life saving measurements
Focused Health History - correct answer ✔✔Targeted, limited to 1 body system
Types of therapeutic communication - correct answer ✔✔Facilitation, Silence, Reflection,
Clarification, Confrontation, Interpretation
Facilitation - correct answer ✔✔encourages patients to say more
, ex: mhm, go on
Silence - correct answer ✔✔Directed attentiveness, allows patient to think
Reflection - correct answer ✔✔Echoes to help express meaning
Clarification - correct answer ✔✔useful when patients words are confusing
Confrontation - correct answer ✔✔clarifying inconsistent information
Interpretation - correct answer ✔✔making connections to identify cause or conclusion
Biographic Data - correct answer ✔✔name, address, phone number, age, birthdate, gender,
marital status, race, ethic origin, occupation, primary language
Reason for seeking care - correct answer ✔✔Brief, spontaneous statement in the person's own
words that describes the reason for the visit
History of Present Illness (HPI) - correct answer ✔✔information gathered regarding the
symptoms and nature of the patient's current concern
Past Medical History - correct answer ✔✔Diagnosis, past illnesses
Review of Systems (ROS) - correct answer ✔✔inquires about the system directly related to the
problems identified in the history of the present illness
Use of subjective data, not what you see
complete solutions
Components of Health History (7) - correct answer ✔✔Biographic data, reason for seeking care,
history of present illness, past medical history, family history, review of systems, functional
assessment or activities of daily living
Subjective Data - correct answer ✔✔things a person tells you about that you cannot observe
through your senses; symptoms
Objective Data - correct answer ✔✔information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an
observer; signs
Types of Health History - correct answer ✔✔Focused, episodic/emergent, Complete
Complete Health History - correct answer ✔✔Total history and full physical examination
Current and past health state
Episodic/Emergent Health History - correct answer ✔✔Urgent, rapid collection of information
with life saving measurements
Focused Health History - correct answer ✔✔Targeted, limited to 1 body system
Types of therapeutic communication - correct answer ✔✔Facilitation, Silence, Reflection,
Clarification, Confrontation, Interpretation
Facilitation - correct answer ✔✔encourages patients to say more
, ex: mhm, go on
Silence - correct answer ✔✔Directed attentiveness, allows patient to think
Reflection - correct answer ✔✔Echoes to help express meaning
Clarification - correct answer ✔✔useful when patients words are confusing
Confrontation - correct answer ✔✔clarifying inconsistent information
Interpretation - correct answer ✔✔making connections to identify cause or conclusion
Biographic Data - correct answer ✔✔name, address, phone number, age, birthdate, gender,
marital status, race, ethic origin, occupation, primary language
Reason for seeking care - correct answer ✔✔Brief, spontaneous statement in the person's own
words that describes the reason for the visit
History of Present Illness (HPI) - correct answer ✔✔information gathered regarding the
symptoms and nature of the patient's current concern
Past Medical History - correct answer ✔✔Diagnosis, past illnesses
Review of Systems (ROS) - correct answer ✔✔inquires about the system directly related to the
problems identified in the history of the present illness
Use of subjective data, not what you see
