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NU 518 Exam 1 Study Questions and answers (verifiedanswers graded A+) latest update 2024/2025
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be
appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory
infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - CORRECT
ANSWER: C
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which
one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - CORRECT ANSWER: B
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.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - CORRECT ANSWER: A
,Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - CORRECT ANSWER: B
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
midepigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - CORRECT ANSWER: B
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?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - CORRECT ANSWER: C
,The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - CORRECT ANSWER: A
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?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - CORRECT ANSWER: D
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - CORRECT ANSWER: B
The following information is best placed in which category?
, "The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in
1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - CORRECT ANSWER: A
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the
patient has
never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - CORRECT ANSWER: A
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations
are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
A Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - CORRECT ANSWER: A
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These
types of
data would be:
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