Test Bank For
Advanced Assessment Interpreting
Findings And Formulating Differential
Diagnoses 4th Edition Goolsby Complete
Chapters 18-42||With Answer section
,table of contents
chapter 1. assessment and clinical decision making: an overview .......4
chapter 2. evidence-based health screening ..................................... 10
chapter 3. abdomen ......................................................................... 23
chapter 4: affective changes ............................................................. 54
chapter 5: amenorrhea .................................................................... 69
chapter 6. breasts lumps and nipple discharge ................................. 72
chapter 7. breast pain ...................................................................... 80
chapter 8: chest pain ........................................................................ 84
chapter 9. confusion in older adults .................................................. 90
chapter 10: constipation................................................................... 97
chapter 11: cough .......................................................................... 100
chapter 12: diarrhea ...................................................................... 106
chapter 13: dizziness ...................................................................... 116
chapter 14. dyspnea ....................................................................... 119
chapter 15. earache ....................................................................... 136
chapter 16: fatigue......................................................................... 144
chapter 17. fever ............................................................................ 148
chapter 18: male genitourinary problems ....................................... 154
chapter 19. headache ..................................................................... 177
chapter 20: heartburn and indigestion............................................ 190
chapter 21. hoarseness................................................................... 192
chapter 22: lower extremity limb pain ............................................ 195
chapter 23: upper extremity limb pain ............................................ 199
chapter 24: low back pain (acute) ................................................... 202
,chapter 25.: nasal symptoms and sinus congestion ......................... 206
chapter 26: palpitations ................................................................. 212
chapter 27 penile discharge ............................................................ 217
chapter 28 rashes and skin lesions .................................................. 233
chapter 29: rectal pain, itching, and bleeding ................................. 247
chapter 30. red eye ........................................................................ 250
chaper 31: sleep problems .............................................................. 264
chapter 32. sore throat................................................................... 275
chapter 33: syncope ....................................................................... 280
chapter 34 urinary incontinence ..................................................... 283
chapter 35 urinary problems in females and children ...................... 294
chapter 36. vaginal bleeding .......................................................... 299
chapter 37. vaginal discharge and itching....................................... 303
chapter 38: vision loss .................................................................... 328
chapter 39: weight loss/gain(unintentional) ................................... 349
chapter 40: the abdominal x-ray..................................................... 359
chapter 41: the chest x-ray ............................................................. 368
chapter 42. the transgender patient ............................................... 372
,chapter 1. assessment and clinical decision making: an overview
multiple choice
identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1. which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
a. intuitive
b. analytical
c. experiential
d. augenblick
2. which of the following is false? to obtain adequate history,
health-care providers must be:
a. methodical and systematic
b. attentive to the patient’s verbal and nonverbal language
c. able to accurately interpret the patient’s responses
d. adept at reading into the patient’s statements
3. essential parts of a health history include all of the following
except:
a. chief complaint
b. history of the present illness
c. current vital signs
d. all of the above are essential history components
,4. which of the following is false? while performing the physical
examination, the examiner must be able to:
a. differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
b. recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated
signs and symptoms
c. recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other
conditions
d. foresee unpredictable findings
5. the following is the least reliable source of information for
diagnostic statistics:
a. evidence-based investigations
b. primary reports of research
c. estimation based on a provider’s experience
d. published meta-analyses
6. the following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-
making:
a. algorithm published in a peer-reviewed journal article
b. clinical practice guidelines
c. evidence-based research
d. all of the above
7. if a diagnostic study has high sensitivity, this indicates a:
a. high percentage of persons with the given condition will have an
abnormal result
, b. low percentage of persons with the given condition will have an
abnormal result
c. low likelihood of normal result in persons without a given
condition
d. none of the above
8. if a diagnostic study has high specificity, this indicates a:
a. low percentage of healthy individuals will show a normal result
b. high percentage of healthy individuals will show a normal result
c. high percentage of individuals with a disorder will show a
normal result
d. low percentage of individuals with a disorder will show an
abnormal result
9. a likelihood ratio above 1 indicates that a diagnostic test
showing a:
a. positive result is strongly associated with the disease
b. negative result is strongly associated with absence of the disease
c. positive result is weakly associated with the disease
d. negative result is weakly associated with absence of the disease
10. which of the following clinical reasoning tools is defined as
evidence-based resource based on mathematical modeling to express
the likelihood of a condition in select situations, settings, and/or
patients?
Advanced Assessment Interpreting
Findings And Formulating Differential
Diagnoses 4th Edition Goolsby Complete
Chapters 18-42||With Answer section
,table of contents
chapter 1. assessment and clinical decision making: an overview .......4
chapter 2. evidence-based health screening ..................................... 10
chapter 3. abdomen ......................................................................... 23
chapter 4: affective changes ............................................................. 54
chapter 5: amenorrhea .................................................................... 69
chapter 6. breasts lumps and nipple discharge ................................. 72
chapter 7. breast pain ...................................................................... 80
chapter 8: chest pain ........................................................................ 84
chapter 9. confusion in older adults .................................................. 90
chapter 10: constipation................................................................... 97
chapter 11: cough .......................................................................... 100
chapter 12: diarrhea ...................................................................... 106
chapter 13: dizziness ...................................................................... 116
chapter 14. dyspnea ....................................................................... 119
chapter 15. earache ....................................................................... 136
chapter 16: fatigue......................................................................... 144
chapter 17. fever ............................................................................ 148
chapter 18: male genitourinary problems ....................................... 154
chapter 19. headache ..................................................................... 177
chapter 20: heartburn and indigestion............................................ 190
chapter 21. hoarseness................................................................... 192
chapter 22: lower extremity limb pain ............................................ 195
chapter 23: upper extremity limb pain ............................................ 199
chapter 24: low back pain (acute) ................................................... 202
,chapter 25.: nasal symptoms and sinus congestion ......................... 206
chapter 26: palpitations ................................................................. 212
chapter 27 penile discharge ............................................................ 217
chapter 28 rashes and skin lesions .................................................. 233
chapter 29: rectal pain, itching, and bleeding ................................. 247
chapter 30. red eye ........................................................................ 250
chaper 31: sleep problems .............................................................. 264
chapter 32. sore throat................................................................... 275
chapter 33: syncope ....................................................................... 280
chapter 34 urinary incontinence ..................................................... 283
chapter 35 urinary problems in females and children ...................... 294
chapter 36. vaginal bleeding .......................................................... 299
chapter 37. vaginal discharge and itching....................................... 303
chapter 38: vision loss .................................................................... 328
chapter 39: weight loss/gain(unintentional) ................................... 349
chapter 40: the abdominal x-ray..................................................... 359
chapter 41: the chest x-ray ............................................................. 368
chapter 42. the transgender patient ............................................... 372
,chapter 1. assessment and clinical decision making: an overview
multiple choice
identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1. which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
a. intuitive
b. analytical
c. experiential
d. augenblick
2. which of the following is false? to obtain adequate history,
health-care providers must be:
a. methodical and systematic
b. attentive to the patient’s verbal and nonverbal language
c. able to accurately interpret the patient’s responses
d. adept at reading into the patient’s statements
3. essential parts of a health history include all of the following
except:
a. chief complaint
b. history of the present illness
c. current vital signs
d. all of the above are essential history components
,4. which of the following is false? while performing the physical
examination, the examiner must be able to:
a. differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
b. recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated
signs and symptoms
c. recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other
conditions
d. foresee unpredictable findings
5. the following is the least reliable source of information for
diagnostic statistics:
a. evidence-based investigations
b. primary reports of research
c. estimation based on a provider’s experience
d. published meta-analyses
6. the following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-
making:
a. algorithm published in a peer-reviewed journal article
b. clinical practice guidelines
c. evidence-based research
d. all of the above
7. if a diagnostic study has high sensitivity, this indicates a:
a. high percentage of persons with the given condition will have an
abnormal result
, b. low percentage of persons with the given condition will have an
abnormal result
c. low likelihood of normal result in persons without a given
condition
d. none of the above
8. if a diagnostic study has high specificity, this indicates a:
a. low percentage of healthy individuals will show a normal result
b. high percentage of healthy individuals will show a normal result
c. high percentage of individuals with a disorder will show a
normal result
d. low percentage of individuals with a disorder will show an
abnormal result
9. a likelihood ratio above 1 indicates that a diagnostic test
showing a:
a. positive result is strongly associated with the disease
b. negative result is strongly associated with absence of the disease
c. positive result is weakly associated with the disease
d. negative result is weakly associated with absence of the disease
10. which of the following clinical reasoning tools is defined as
evidence-based resource based on mathematical modeling to express
the likelihood of a condition in select situations, settings, and/or
patients?
