NURS 5220- EXAM 1: MODULE 1: CHAPTER 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,
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1. During an initial interview with your patient, you ask the patient, "Can you
describe that for me?" Which statement best describes the question?
A. It is the most risky type of question because the patient can say anything.
B. The question is asking for specific information.
C. The patient has discretion about the extent of the answer.
D. The answer can lead the interviewer away from the purpose of the inter-
view. ANS >> C ANS >> The open-ended question gives the patient discretion about
the extent of an answer. This is an example of a question carefully formulated to illicit
an enhanced patient response.
The answer can lead the interviewer away from the purpose of the interview.
2. Because an adolescent is often reluctant to talk during an interview, it is
best to ANS >>
A. tell the patient that you must have straight answers to your questions.
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, B. ensure confidentiality regarding the information discussed.
C. inform the patient that adolescents have trouble expressing their feelings.
D. obtain the history from a parent or other family member. ANS >> C ANS >>
CorrectAdoles- cents may be reluctant to talk and have a clear need for
confidentiality. All adolescent patients should be given the opportunity to discuss
their concerns with you privately. It is wise to let parents or other caregivers know
you will be asking them to step out of the room to provide this important
opportunity for the adolescent.
3. For which age group is a functional assessment most critical?
A. Children
B. Adolescents
C. Adults
D. Older adults ANS >> D ANS >> CorrectQuite simply, functional assessment is an
attempt to understand a patient's ability to achieve the basic activities of daily
living. This assessment should be made for all older adults and for any person limited
by disease or disability, acute or chronic.
4. Which of the following will best facilitate an interview with a deaf person?
A. Speaking loudly
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, B. Using gestures
C. Sitting or standing at eye level
D. Sitting to the side of the patient ANS >> c ANS >> CorrectPersons with impaired
hearing often read, write, sign, and/or read lips, but you must speak slowly and
enunciate each word clearly and in full view. Sitting or standing at eye level allows
for full view.
5. Which of the following questions may lead to an inaccurate response?
A. "Where do you feel the pain?"
B. "How does this situation make you feel?"
C. "What happened after you noticed your injury?"
D. "That was a horrible experience, wasn't it?" ANS >> D ANS >> CorrectAnswer d is
an example of a leading question. The leading question is the most risky because it
may limit the information provided to what the patient thinks you want to know.
Questions a, b, and c are examples of direct and open-ended questions.
6. Ms. Carol Turner, a 38-year-old woman, brings her 1-year-old son in for health
care. Which of the following requests made would be most appropriate at the
beginning of an interview?
A. "Mom, please place your son in your lap."
B. "Carol, please place your son in your lap."
C. "Ms. Turner, please place your son in your lap."
D. "Sweetie, please place your son in your lap." ANS >> C ANS >> CorrectAnswer
c best displays courtesy and respect for the parent. Initially, the examiner should
address the patient or caregiver properly (e.g., as Mr., Miss, Mrs., Ms., or the
manner of address preferred by the patient) and repeat the patient's name at
appropriate times. Do not use a surrogate term for a person's name; for example,
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, when the patient is a child, do not address the parent as "Mother" or "Father."
7. During an interview, a patient describes abdominal pain that often awakens
him at night. Which of the following responses by the interviewer would
facilitate the interviewing process?
A. "Constipation can cause abdominal pain."
B. "Do you need a sleeping medication?"
C. "Pain is always worse at night, isn't it?"
D. "Tell me what you mean by 'often.'" ANS >> D ANS >> CorrectAnswer d is an
example
of clarifying or seeking additional information by using the open-ended question.
Answers a, b, and c are examples of yes or no or leading questions.
8. When you repeat a patient's answer, you are ANS >>
A. testing the patient's knowledge.
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1. During an initial interview with your patient, you ask the patient, "Can you
describe that for me?" Which statement best describes the question?
A. It is the most risky type of question because the patient can say anything.
B. The question is asking for specific information.
C. The patient has discretion about the extent of the answer.
D. The answer can lead the interviewer away from the purpose of the inter-
view. ANS >> C ANS >> The open-ended question gives the patient discretion about
the extent of an answer. This is an example of a question carefully formulated to illicit
an enhanced patient response.
The answer can lead the interviewer away from the purpose of the interview.
2. Because an adolescent is often reluctant to talk during an interview, it is
best to ANS >>
A. tell the patient that you must have straight answers to your questions.
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, B. ensure confidentiality regarding the information discussed.
C. inform the patient that adolescents have trouble expressing their feelings.
D. obtain the history from a parent or other family member. ANS >> C ANS >>
CorrectAdoles- cents may be reluctant to talk and have a clear need for
confidentiality. All adolescent patients should be given the opportunity to discuss
their concerns with you privately. It is wise to let parents or other caregivers know
you will be asking them to step out of the room to provide this important
opportunity for the adolescent.
3. For which age group is a functional assessment most critical?
A. Children
B. Adolescents
C. Adults
D. Older adults ANS >> D ANS >> CorrectQuite simply, functional assessment is an
attempt to understand a patient's ability to achieve the basic activities of daily
living. This assessment should be made for all older adults and for any person limited
by disease or disability, acute or chronic.
4. Which of the following will best facilitate an interview with a deaf person?
A. Speaking loudly
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, B. Using gestures
C. Sitting or standing at eye level
D. Sitting to the side of the patient ANS >> c ANS >> CorrectPersons with impaired
hearing often read, write, sign, and/or read lips, but you must speak slowly and
enunciate each word clearly and in full view. Sitting or standing at eye level allows
for full view.
5. Which of the following questions may lead to an inaccurate response?
A. "Where do you feel the pain?"
B. "How does this situation make you feel?"
C. "What happened after you noticed your injury?"
D. "That was a horrible experience, wasn't it?" ANS >> D ANS >> CorrectAnswer d is
an example of a leading question. The leading question is the most risky because it
may limit the information provided to what the patient thinks you want to know.
Questions a, b, and c are examples of direct and open-ended questions.
6. Ms. Carol Turner, a 38-year-old woman, brings her 1-year-old son in for health
care. Which of the following requests made would be most appropriate at the
beginning of an interview?
A. "Mom, please place your son in your lap."
B. "Carol, please place your son in your lap."
C. "Ms. Turner, please place your son in your lap."
D. "Sweetie, please place your son in your lap." ANS >> C ANS >> CorrectAnswer
c best displays courtesy and respect for the parent. Initially, the examiner should
address the patient or caregiver properly (e.g., as Mr., Miss, Mrs., Ms., or the
manner of address preferred by the patient) and repeat the patient's name at
appropriate times. Do not use a surrogate term for a person's name; for example,
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, when the patient is a child, do not address the parent as "Mother" or "Father."
7. During an interview, a patient describes abdominal pain that often awakens
him at night. Which of the following responses by the interviewer would
facilitate the interviewing process?
A. "Constipation can cause abdominal pain."
B. "Do you need a sleeping medication?"
C. "Pain is always worse at night, isn't it?"
D. "Tell me what you mean by 'often.'" ANS >> D ANS >> CorrectAnswer d is an
example
of clarifying or seeking additional information by using the open-ended question.
Answers a, b, and c are examples of yes or no or leading questions.
8. When you repeat a patient's answer, you are ANS >>
A. testing the patient's knowledge.
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