NUR 634- EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Assessment data obtained from - CORRECT ANSWER -history
Physical assessment
Laboratory & other diagnostic tests
What is essential for establishing diagnosis at least 80% of the time? - CORRECT ANSWER -
comprehensive history
What is included in the biographical data you should be asking a patient? - CORRECT ANSWER -
name, age, gender, family/marital status, religion, ethnic, graoup.
Date, address, occupation, HEALTH INSURANCE
Referral source, informant (reliability- should be documented
Ask patient about their preferred name and pronoun
Assigned sex - CORRECT ANSWER -biologic sex designated at birth, usually based only on the
appearance of genitalia
Sexual orientation - CORRECT ANSWER -persons physical, romantic, and or emotional attraction
to another person
Gender identiy - CORRECT ANSWER -individuals internal sense of being male, female, or
something else; this is not necessarily visible to others
Gender expression - CORRECT ANSWER -external manifestations of gender, expressed through a
persons name, pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, and or body characteristics
,Transgender (trans) - CORRECT ANSWER -person whose gender identity, expression, or behavior
is different from those typically associated with assigned sex at birth.
Transgender Man (Transman) - CORRECT ANSWER -Individual who currently identifies as a man
but was assigned female at birth
Transgender woman ( Transwoman) - CORRECT ANSWER -Individual who currently identifies as
a woman but was assigned male at birth
Cisgender - CORRECT ANSWER -person whose gender identity , expression, or behavior is the
same as those typically associated with assigned sex at birth
Gender nonbinary/genderqueer - CORRECT ANSWER -individual who identifies as neither
entirely male nor entirely female
Transition - CORRECT ANSWER -period when a person begins living as the gender with which
they identify rather than the gender they were assigned at birth, which often includes medical
and legal aspects, including taking hormones, having surgery, or changing identity documents
Chief complaint - CORRECT ANSWER -purpose of visit
1-2 symptoms & duration
Pertinent
Helpful Mnemonic for characterizing the cheif complaint - CORRECT ANSWER -OPQRST
Onset
Precipitating and palliating factors
Quality
Region or Radiation
,Severity
Timing or Temporal characteristics
OLD CARTS
Onset
Location
Duration
Character
Aggravating or Alleviating factors
Radiation
Timing Setting
HPI - CORRECT ANSWER -history of present illness (the story of the symptoms)
Seven characteristics of the history of present illness - CORRECT ANSWER -anatomic location
Quality- description of the sign or symptom
Quantity or severity
Timing
Setting in which the symptoms occur
Aggravating or relieving factors
Associated symptoms
Past medical and surgical history should include? - CORRECT ANSWER -general health and
strength
Major childhood and adult illnesses
, Immunizations, dates, and reactions
Surgery: dates, hospital, dx, complications
Injuries
Disability
Medical- legal relationships
Medications- current, past, rx, otc, herbs, alternative therapies
Allergies- medication, environment, food: must include "kind" of reaction
Transfusions: reactions, date & # of units
Emotional status: mood disorders, psychiatric attention
Family history should include ? - CORRECT ANSWER -family members with patients illness
Age of parents: age & cause of death
Age & # of siblings: health status
History of heart disease, hypertension, cancer, TB, diabetes, asthma, STD's, kidney, thyroid
disease, psychiatric illness
Major genetic disorders & health problems
Personal and psychosocial history should include? - CORRECT ANSWER -personal status-
birthplace, socioeconomic group, general life satisfaction, interests, sources of stress
Habits- diet, sleep, exercise, coffee, alcohol, drugs, tobacco
Sexual history - satisfaction. Concerns
Home conditions- housing economic conditions
Occupation- work and conditions or hazards
Environment: travel, milk, and water supply
Military record: dates and geographic travel
Religious preferences : concerns health care
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Assessment data obtained from - CORRECT ANSWER -history
Physical assessment
Laboratory & other diagnostic tests
What is essential for establishing diagnosis at least 80% of the time? - CORRECT ANSWER -
comprehensive history
What is included in the biographical data you should be asking a patient? - CORRECT ANSWER -
name, age, gender, family/marital status, religion, ethnic, graoup.
Date, address, occupation, HEALTH INSURANCE
Referral source, informant (reliability- should be documented
Ask patient about their preferred name and pronoun
Assigned sex - CORRECT ANSWER -biologic sex designated at birth, usually based only on the
appearance of genitalia
Sexual orientation - CORRECT ANSWER -persons physical, romantic, and or emotional attraction
to another person
Gender identiy - CORRECT ANSWER -individuals internal sense of being male, female, or
something else; this is not necessarily visible to others
Gender expression - CORRECT ANSWER -external manifestations of gender, expressed through a
persons name, pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, and or body characteristics
,Transgender (trans) - CORRECT ANSWER -person whose gender identity, expression, or behavior
is different from those typically associated with assigned sex at birth.
Transgender Man (Transman) - CORRECT ANSWER -Individual who currently identifies as a man
but was assigned female at birth
Transgender woman ( Transwoman) - CORRECT ANSWER -Individual who currently identifies as
a woman but was assigned male at birth
Cisgender - CORRECT ANSWER -person whose gender identity , expression, or behavior is the
same as those typically associated with assigned sex at birth
Gender nonbinary/genderqueer - CORRECT ANSWER -individual who identifies as neither
entirely male nor entirely female
Transition - CORRECT ANSWER -period when a person begins living as the gender with which
they identify rather than the gender they were assigned at birth, which often includes medical
and legal aspects, including taking hormones, having surgery, or changing identity documents
Chief complaint - CORRECT ANSWER -purpose of visit
1-2 symptoms & duration
Pertinent
Helpful Mnemonic for characterizing the cheif complaint - CORRECT ANSWER -OPQRST
Onset
Precipitating and palliating factors
Quality
Region or Radiation
,Severity
Timing or Temporal characteristics
OLD CARTS
Onset
Location
Duration
Character
Aggravating or Alleviating factors
Radiation
Timing Setting
HPI - CORRECT ANSWER -history of present illness (the story of the symptoms)
Seven characteristics of the history of present illness - CORRECT ANSWER -anatomic location
Quality- description of the sign or symptom
Quantity or severity
Timing
Setting in which the symptoms occur
Aggravating or relieving factors
Associated symptoms
Past medical and surgical history should include? - CORRECT ANSWER -general health and
strength
Major childhood and adult illnesses
, Immunizations, dates, and reactions
Surgery: dates, hospital, dx, complications
Injuries
Disability
Medical- legal relationships
Medications- current, past, rx, otc, herbs, alternative therapies
Allergies- medication, environment, food: must include "kind" of reaction
Transfusions: reactions, date & # of units
Emotional status: mood disorders, psychiatric attention
Family history should include ? - CORRECT ANSWER -family members with patients illness
Age of parents: age & cause of death
Age & # of siblings: health status
History of heart disease, hypertension, cancer, TB, diabetes, asthma, STD's, kidney, thyroid
disease, psychiatric illness
Major genetic disorders & health problems
Personal and psychosocial history should include? - CORRECT ANSWER -personal status-
birthplace, socioeconomic group, general life satisfaction, interests, sources of stress
Habits- diet, sleep, exercise, coffee, alcohol, drugs, tobacco
Sexual history - satisfaction. Concerns
Home conditions- housing economic conditions
Occupation- work and conditions or hazards
Environment: travel, milk, and water supply
Military record: dates and geographic travel
Religious preferences : concerns health care
