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ACTUAL NU 518 EXAME 1 |2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED|REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED
SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - (answer)C
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - (answer)B
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity
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and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - (answer)A
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - (answer)B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal
pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9
on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the midepigastric
area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
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D) Review of systems - (answer)B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade.
He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - (answer)C
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - (answer)A
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The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - (answer)D
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - (answer)B
The following information is best placed in which category?
ACTUAL NU 518 EXAME 1 |2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED|REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED
SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - (answer)C
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - (answer)B
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity
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and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - (answer)A
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - (answer)B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal
pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9
on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the midepigastric
area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
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D) Review of systems - (answer)B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade.
He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - (answer)C
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - (answer)A
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The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - (answer)D
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - (answer)B
The following information is best placed in which category?
