NUR 634 Midterm Examination Answers. Latest Updated. Chapters 1-4

For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate? - A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care" The components of the health history include all of the following except which one? - Thorax and lungs 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 and relieved by rest. - Subjective Is the following information subjective or objective? Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120. - Objective 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 mid-epigastric area." - Present illness 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? - Personal and social history The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired." Which category does it belong to? - Chief complaint 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? - Review of systems The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient has had three cesarean sections." - Surgeries The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999." - Adult illnesses