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NUR 550 Drexel Health Assessment Midterm 2024/2025 verified Solution
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NUR 550 Drexel Health
Assessment Midterm
What are the seven attributes of every symptom? Answer: 1).Location
2).Quality
3).Quantity or severity
4).Timing: including onset, duration, and frequency
5).Setting in which it occurs
6).Aggravating and relieving factors
7).Associated manifestation
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 Answer: A.Subjective
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A. Present illness
B. Review of systems
C. Personal and social history
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D. Chief complaint Answer: D. Chief complaint
The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient has had
three cesarean sections."
A. Surgeries
B. Obstetrics/gynecology
C. Psychiatric
D. Adult illnesses Answer: A. Surgeries
A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of joint pain. The
pain is new, located in the wrists and fingers bilaterally, with some subjective
fever. The patient denies a rash; she also denies recent travel or camping
activities. She has a family history significant for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on
this information, which of the following pathologic processes would be the most
correct?
A. Traumatic
B. Hematologic
C. Inflammatory
D. Infectious Answer: C. Inflammatory
Mr. Larson is a 42-year-old widowed father of two children, ages 4 and 11. He
works in a sales office to support his family. Recently he has injured his back and
you are thinking he would benefit from physical therapy, three times a week, for
an hour per session. What would be your next step?
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A. Write the physical therapy prescription.
B. Discuss the plan with Mr. Larson.
C. Have your office staff explain directions to the physical therapy center.
D. Tell Mr. Larson that he will be going to physical therapy three times a week.
Answer: B. Discuss the plan with Mr. Larson.
When you enter your patient's examination room, his wife is waiting there with
him. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A. Ask if it's okay to carry out the visit with both people in the room.
B. Carry on as you would ordinarily. The permission is implied because his wife is
in the room with him.
C. First ask his wife what she thinks is going on.
D. Ask his wife to leave the room for reasons of confidentiality. Answer: A.
Ask if it's okay to carry out the visit with both people in the room.
Alexandra is a 28-year-old editor who presents to the clinic with abdominal pain.
The pain is a dull ache, located in the right upper quadrant, that she rates as a 3 at
the least and an 8 at the worst. The pain started a few weeks ago, it lasts for 2 to
3 hours at a time, it comes and goes, and it seems to be worse a couple of hours
after eating. She has noticed that it starts after eating greasy foods, so she has cut
down on these as much as she can. Initially it occurred once a week, but now it is
occurring every other day. Nothing makes it better. From this description, which
of the seven attributes of a symptom has been omitted?
A. Setting in which the symptom occurs
B. Quality
C. Associated manifestations
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