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Advanced Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses – 4th Edition (Goolsby & Grubbs) | Complete Test Bank Chapters 1–22

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This document contains the full test bank for Advanced Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses (4th Edition) by Mary Jo Goolsby and Laurie Grubbs, covering Chapters 1 through 22. It includes comprehensive practice questions with correct answers that align with the clinical reasoning and diagnostic frameworks presented in the textbook. The material is suitable for advanced nursing, NP programs, and graduate-level health assessment courses.

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TEST BANK FOR
Advanced Assessment Interpreting Findingseand Formulating Differential Diagnoses 4th Edition by Mary Jo
Goolsby,Laurie Grubbs
Chapter1-22




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➢ Chaptere1.eAssessmenteandeClinicaleDecisioneMaking:eAneOverview

➢ Chaptere2.eGenomiceAssessment:eInterpretingeFindingseandeFormulatingeDifferentialeDiagnos
es

➢ Chaptere3.eSkin

➢ Chaptere4.eHead,eFace,eandeNeck

➢ Chaptere5.eTheeEye

➢ Chaptere6.eEar,eNose,eMouth,eandeThroat

➢ Chaptere7.eCardiaceandePeripheraleVasculareSystems

➢ Chaptere8.eRespiratoryeSystem

➢ Chaptere9.eBreasts

➢ Chaptere10.eAbdomen

➢ Chaptere11.eGenitourinaryeSystem

➢ Chaptere12.eMaleeReproductiveeSystem

➢ Chaptere13.eFemaleeReproductiveeSystem

➢ Chaptere14.eMusculoskeletaleSystem

➢ Chaptere15.eNeurologicaleSystem

➢ Chaptere16.eNonspecificeComplaints

➢ Chaptere17.ePsychiatriceMentaleHealth

➢ Chaptere18.ePediatricePatients

➢ Chaptere19.ePregnantePatients

➢ Chaptere20.eAssessmenteofetheeTransgendereoreGendereDiverseeAdult

➢ Chaptere21.eOlderePatients

➢ Chaptere22.ePersonseWitheDisabilities
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focuses on critical thinking, decision-making, problem

, ➢ Chaptere1.eAssessmenteandeClinicaleDecisioneMaking:eAneOverview

MultipleeChoice
Identifyetheechoiceethatebestecompletesetheestatementeoreanswersetheequestion.

e 1. Whichetypeeofeclinicaledecision-makingeisemostereliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick

e 2. Whicheofetheefollowingeisefalse?eToeobtaineadequateehistory,ehealth-careeprovidersemustebe:
A. Methodicaleandesystematic
B. Attentiveetoetheepatient’severbaleandenonverbalelanguag
e
C. Ableetoeaccuratelyeinterpretetheepatient’seresponses
D. Adepteatereadingeintoetheepatient’sestatements

e 3. Essentialepartseofeaehealthehistoryeincludeealleofetheefollowingeexcept:
A. Chiefecomplaint
B. Historyeofetheepresenteillness
C. Currentevitalesigns
D. Alleofetheeaboveeareeessentialehistoryecomponen
ts

e 4. Whicheofetheefollowingeisefalse?eWhileeperformingetheephysicaleexamination,etheeexamineremustebeeableeto:
A. Differentiateebetweenenormaleandeabnormalefindings
B. Recalleknowledgeeofeaerangeeofeconditionseandetheireassociatedesignseandesympto
ms
C. Recognizeehowecertaineconditionseaffectetheeresponseetoeothereconditions
D. Foreseeeunpredictableefindings

e 5. Theefollowingeisetheeleastereliableesourceeofeinformationeforediagnosticestatistics:
A. Evidence-basedeinvestigations
B. Primaryereportseoferesearch
C. Estimationebasedeoneaeprovider’seexperienc
e
D. Publishedemeta-analyses


e 6. Theefollowingecanebeeusedetoeassisteinesoundeclinicaledecision-making:
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thinking, decision-making, problem
A. Algorithmepublishedeineaepeer-
reviewedejournalearticle
B. Clinicalepracticeeguidelines
C. Evidence-basederesearch
D. Alleofetheeabove

e 7. Ifeaediagnosticestudyehasehighesensitivity,ethiseindicatesea:
A. Highepercentageeofepersonsewithetheegiveneconditionewillehaveeaneabnormaleres
ult
B. Lowepercentageeofepersonsewithetheegiveneconditionewillehaveeaneabnormaleres
ult
C. Lowelikelihoodeofenormaleresulteinepersonsewithouteaegivenecondition
D. Noneeofetheeabove

e 8. Ifeaediagnosticestudyehasehighespecificity,ethiseindicatesea:
A. Lowepercentageeof healthyeindividualsewilleshoweaenormaleresult
B. Highepercentageeofehealthyeindividualsewilleshoweaenormaleresult
C. Highepercentageeofeindividualsewitheaedisorderewilleshoweaenormaleresult
D. Lowepercentageeofeindividualsewitheaedisorderewilleshoweaneabnormaleres
ult

e 9. Aelikelihooderatioeabovee1eindicatesethateaediagnosticetesteshowingea:
A. Positiveeresulteisestronglyeassociatedewithetheedisease
B. Negativeeresulteisestronglyeassociatedewitheabsenceeofetheedisea
se
C. Positiveeresulteiseweaklyeassociatedewithetheedisease
D. Negativeeresulteiseweaklyeassociatedewitheabsenceeofetheediseas
e

, e 10. Whicheofetheefollowingeclinicalereasoningetoolseisedefinedeaseevidence-basederesourceebasedeonemathematicalemodeling
toeexpressetheelikelihoodeofeaeconditioneineselectesituations,esettings,eand/orepatients?
A. Clinicalepracticeeguideline
B. Clinicaledecisionerule
C. Clinicalealgorithm

AnswereSection
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thinking, decision-making, problem
MULTIPLEeCHOICE

1. ANS: B
Croskerrye(2009)edescribesetwoemajoretypeseofeclinicalediagnosticedecision-
making:eintuitiveeandeanalytical.eIntuitiveedecision-emakinge(similaretoeAugenblinkedecision-
making)eisebasedeonetheeexperienceeandeintuitioneofetheeclinicianeandeiselessereliableeandepairedewithefairlyecommoneerrors.eI
necontrast,eanalyticaledecision-makingeisebasedeonecarefuleconsiderationeandehasegreaterereliabilityewitherareeerrors.

PTS: 1
2. ANS: D
Toeobtaineadequateehistory,eprovidersemustebeewelleorganized,eattentiveetoetheepatient’severbaleandenonverbalelanguage,eande
ableetoeaccuratelyeinterpretetheepatient’seresponsesetoequestions.eRatherethanereadingeintoetheepatient’sestatements,etheyeclarif
yeanyeareaseofeuncertainty.

PTS: 1
3. ANS: C
Vitalesignseareeparteofetheephysicaleexaminationeportioneofepatienteassessment,enoteparteofetheehealthehistory.

PTS: 1
4. ANS: D
Whileeperformingetheephysicaleexamination,etheeexamineremustebeeableetoedifferentiateebetweenenormaleandeabnormalefindings
,erecalleknowledgeeofeaerangeeofeconditions,eincludingetheireassociatedesignseandesymptoms,erecognizeehowecertaineconditionse
affectetheeresponseetoeothereconditions,eandedistinguishetheerelevanceeofevariedeabnormalefindings.

PTS: 1
5. ANS: C
Sourceseforediagnosticestatisticseincludeetextbooks,eprimaryereportseoferesearch,eandepublishedemeta-
analyses.eAnotheresourceeofestatistics,etheeoneethatehasebeenemostewidelyeusedeandeavailableeforeapplicationetoetheereasoninge
process,eisetheeestimationebasedeoneaeprovider’seexperience,ealthoughetheseeareerarelyeaccurate.eOveretheepastedecade,etheeav
ailabilityeofeevidenceeonewhichetoebaseeclinicalereasoningeiseimproving,eandethereeiseaneincreasingeexpectationethateclinicalere
asoningebeebasedeonescientificeevidence.
Evidence-basedestatisticseareealsoeincreasinglyebeingeusedetoedeveloperesourcesetoefacilitateeclinicaledecision-making.

PTS: 1
6. ANS: D
Toeassisteineclinicaledecision-making,eaenumbereofeevidence-
basederesourcesehaveebeenedevelopedetoeassistetheeclinician.eResources,esucheasealgorithmseandeclinicalepracticeeguid
elines,eassisteineclinicalereasoningewheneproperlyeapplied.

PTS: 1
7. ANS: A
Theesensitivityeofeaediagnosticestudyeisetheepercentageeofeindividualsewithetheetargeteconditionewhoeshoweaneabnormal,eoreposi
tive,eresult.eAehighesensitivityeindicatesethateaegreaterepercentageeofepersonsewithetheegiveneconditionewillehaveeaneabnormalere
sult.

PTS: 1
8. ANS: B
Theespecificityeofeaediagnosticestudyeisetheepercentageeofenormal,ehealthyeindividualsewhoehaveeaenormaleresult.eTheegreate
retheespecificity,etheegreateretheepercentageeofeindividualsewhoewillehaveenegative,eorenormal,eresultseifetheyedoenotehaveeth
eetargetecondition.

PTS: 1
9. ANS: A
Theelikelihooderatioeisetheeprobabilityethateaepositiveetesteresultewillebeeassociatedewitheaepersonewhoehasetheetargeteconditione
andeaenegativeeresultewillebeeassociatedewitheaehealthyeperson.eAelikelihooderatioeabovee1eindicatesethateaepositiveeresulteiseass
ociatedewithetheedisease;eaelikelihooderatioelessethane1eindicatesethateaenegativeeresulteiseassociatedewitheaneabsenceeofetheedis
ease.

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