BATES GUIDE TO PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
AND HISTORY TAKING 12TH EDITION TEST
BANK TEST BANK 2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ History Taking. Answer: A step within the patient assessment process
that provides detail about the patient's chief complaint and an account of
the patient's signs and symptoms.
⩥ Thorough and Accurate Examination. Answer: deepens relationships
with patients, focuses assessment, sets the direction of clinical thinking
⩥ Essential elements of clinical care. Answer: Empathic listening,
Ability to interview patients of all ages, moods, and backgrounds,
Techniques for examining the different body systems, Process of clinical
reasoning.
⩥ Comprehensive Assessment. Answer: An assessment that includes a
complete health history and physical assessment; it is done annually on
an outpatient basis, following admission to a hospital or long-term care
facility, or every 8 hours for patients in intensive care.
, ⩥ Focus or Problem-Oriented Assessment. Answer: For patients you
know well who are returning for routine office follow-up care or for
patients with specific "urgent care" concerns
⩥ Factors to consider during patient assessment. Answer: Magnitude and
severity of the patient's problems, Need for thoroughness, Clinical
setting—inpatient or outpatient, primary or
subspecialty care, Time available
⩥ Subjective Data. Answer: information perceived only by the affected
person
⩥ Objective Data. Answer: information perceptible to the senses; may
be verified by another person
⩥ Seven components of the Comprehensive Adult Health History.
Answer: Identifying Data and Source of the History,Chief Complaint(s),
Present Illness, Past History, Family History, Personal and Social
History, Review of Systems
⩥ Initial Information. Answer: Date and Time of History, Identifying
Data: These include age, gender, marital status, and occupation, The
source of history or referral can be the patient, a family member or
friend, an officer, a consultant, or the medical record.
AND HISTORY TAKING 12TH EDITION TEST
BANK TEST BANK 2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ History Taking. Answer: A step within the patient assessment process
that provides detail about the patient's chief complaint and an account of
the patient's signs and symptoms.
⩥ Thorough and Accurate Examination. Answer: deepens relationships
with patients, focuses assessment, sets the direction of clinical thinking
⩥ Essential elements of clinical care. Answer: Empathic listening,
Ability to interview patients of all ages, moods, and backgrounds,
Techniques for examining the different body systems, Process of clinical
reasoning.
⩥ Comprehensive Assessment. Answer: An assessment that includes a
complete health history and physical assessment; it is done annually on
an outpatient basis, following admission to a hospital or long-term care
facility, or every 8 hours for patients in intensive care.
, ⩥ Focus or Problem-Oriented Assessment. Answer: For patients you
know well who are returning for routine office follow-up care or for
patients with specific "urgent care" concerns
⩥ Factors to consider during patient assessment. Answer: Magnitude and
severity of the patient's problems, Need for thoroughness, Clinical
setting—inpatient or outpatient, primary or
subspecialty care, Time available
⩥ Subjective Data. Answer: information perceived only by the affected
person
⩥ Objective Data. Answer: information perceptible to the senses; may
be verified by another person
⩥ Seven components of the Comprehensive Adult Health History.
Answer: Identifying Data and Source of the History,Chief Complaint(s),
Present Illness, Past History, Family History, Personal and Social
History, Review of Systems
⩥ Initial Information. Answer: Date and Time of History, Identifying
Data: These include age, gender, marital status, and occupation, The
source of history or referral can be the patient, a family member or
friend, an officer, a consultant, or the medical record.
