NUR 530 ASSESSMENT QUIZ 1 |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Nicoteri's favorite opening question - ANSWERS-"Do you consider yourself a
healthy person?"
What can complicate the interview process? - ANSWERS-Well-meaning family
members who try to give the patient's history for them
What is the difference between a symptom and a sign? - ANSWERS-
Symptom- patient describes complaint
Sign- observations made by clinician
Health history is all _________ - ANSWERS-subjective
Physical exam is all _________ - ANSWERS-objective
Assessment order - ANSWERS-Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation
PQRST - ANSWERS-Provocative/palliative
Quality
Region/radiation
Severity
Timing
, COLDSPA - ANSWERS-Character
Onset
Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated factors
cultural relativism - ANSWERS-not judging a culture but trying to understand
it on its own terms (opposite of ethnocentrism)
Nuclear family - ANSWERS-Mother, father and children living as a unit
binuclear family - ANSWERS-a type of family consisting of divorced parents
living in two separate households with children belonging to both households
extended family - ANSWERS-a family that extends beyond the nuclear
family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live
nearby or in one household.
Reconstituted/blended family - ANSWERS-step-parents, step-kids, 1/2
siblings
Most common and concerning symptoms of skin - ANSWERS-Growths
Rashes
Hair loss or nail changes
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Nicoteri's favorite opening question - ANSWERS-"Do you consider yourself a
healthy person?"
What can complicate the interview process? - ANSWERS-Well-meaning family
members who try to give the patient's history for them
What is the difference between a symptom and a sign? - ANSWERS-
Symptom- patient describes complaint
Sign- observations made by clinician
Health history is all _________ - ANSWERS-subjective
Physical exam is all _________ - ANSWERS-objective
Assessment order - ANSWERS-Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation
PQRST - ANSWERS-Provocative/palliative
Quality
Region/radiation
Severity
Timing
, COLDSPA - ANSWERS-Character
Onset
Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated factors
cultural relativism - ANSWERS-not judging a culture but trying to understand
it on its own terms (opposite of ethnocentrism)
Nuclear family - ANSWERS-Mother, father and children living as a unit
binuclear family - ANSWERS-a type of family consisting of divorced parents
living in two separate households with children belonging to both households
extended family - ANSWERS-a family that extends beyond the nuclear
family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live
nearby or in one household.
Reconstituted/blended family - ANSWERS-step-parents, step-kids, 1/2
siblings
Most common and concerning symptoms of skin - ANSWERS-Growths
Rashes
Hair loss or nail changes
