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SEIDELS GUIDE TOPHYSICAL
EXAMINATION 8 TH
EDITION
,Chapter 01: The History and Interviewing Process
Test Bank—Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The primary objective of the initial encounter is to:
a. define the advice and care for the patient.
b. establish the tone of a successful partnership.
c. optimize your ability to help.
d. tell the patient the limits of care.
ANS: B
The first meeting with the patient sets the tone for a successful partnership. It is to discover
the details about patients’ concerns, explore expectations for the encounter, display genuine
interest, and develop a partnership.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: p. 1
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Safe and Effective Care: Management of Care
2. If language is a barrier, the interpreter should be:
a. a family member.
b. a language board.
c. a professional interpreter
d. a staff person.
ANS: C
Someone other than a family member should act as an interpreter to bridge the language
difference between a health care provider and the patient. A professional interpreter rather
than a family member should be used.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Safe and Effective Care: Management of Care
3. Mary Jane has brought in her 16-year-old son, Kyle. She states that he has been sleeping more
and does not hang around his friends, and recently his girlfriend broke up with him. Your most
immediate question is to ask Kyle:
a. “Do you want to see a counselor today?”
b. “Is your father out of jail yet?”
c. “Are you taking any illegal drugs?”
d. “Have you made plans to harm yourself?”
ANS: D
If you sense that a patient is contemplating suicide, you should ask about suicidal ideation
directly. The most important area to address is the potential for suicide. The question “Is your
father out of jail yet?” may be relevant to the history, but is not an immediate concern.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: p. 5
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
,4. Ms. Yale is a 52-year-old patient who presents to the office for evaluation. During the
interview, you say “Tell me what you do when you have knee pain.” The health care provider
is asking information about:
a. health promotion.
b. the description and character of the complaint.
c. the location and duration of the complaint.
d. aggravating and relieving factors of the complaint.
ANS: D
The health care provider is asking a symptom-analysis question to obtain more information
about the aggravating and alleviating factors of the knee pain. Asking the patient to describe a
typical attack of pain would help obtain information about the description and character of the
complaint. The question “When did you last feel well?” would help define the time of onset
and duration of the complaint. A question about health promotion would be directed toward
improving patient health.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 11
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
5. Which question would be considered a “leading question?”
a. “What do you think is causing your headaches?”
b. “You don’t get headaches often, do you?”
c. “On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the severity of your headaches?”
d. “At what time of the day are your headaches the most severe?”
ANS: B
Stating to the patient that he or she does not get headaches would limit the information in the
patient’s answer. Asking the patient what he or she thinks is causing the headaches is an open-
ended question. Asking the patient how he or she would rate the severity of the headaches and
asking what time of the day the headaches are the most severe are direct questions.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
6. To prevent personal appearance from becoming an obstacle in patient care, the health care
professional should:
a. wear a uniform.
b. avoid wearing white.
c. avoid extremes in dress.
d. avoid wearing any jewelry.
ANS: C
Sensible personal habits, along with avoidance of extremes in behavior and dress, contribute
to establishing a trusting relationship between the care provider and the patient.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
7. Which action would best promote accurate translation and confidentiality when the caregiver
does not speak the patient’s language?
a. Ask a person unfamiliar with the patient to translate.
b. Have a friend of the patient translate.
, c. Involve the family with the translation.
d. Use a neighbor as translator.
ANS: A
When you do not speak the patient’s language, family members or friends may pose a
communication barrier and may have issues of confidentiality; a stranger will be a less biased
interpreter. You should ask a person unfamiliar with the patient to translate.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
8. When are open-ended questions generally most useful?
a. During the initial part of the interview.
b. After several closed-ended questions have been asked.
c. While designing the genogram.
d. During the review of systems.
ANS: A
Asking open-ended questions at the beginning of an interview allows you to gather more
information and establishes you as an empathic listener, which is the first step of effective
communication. Interviewing for the purpose of designing a genogram or conducting a review
of systems requires more focused data than can be more easily gathered with direct
questioning. Asking closed-ended questions may stifle the patient’s desire to discuss the
history of the illness.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
9. Behaviors that diffuse anxiety during the interview include:
a. avoiding wearing uniforms or laboratory coats.
b. providing forthright answers to questions.
c. providing all necessary information before the patient has to ask for it.
d. completing the interview as quickly as possible.
ANS: B
To relieve anxiety, the health care professional should answer patient questions forthrightly,
should avoid an overload of information, and should not hurry the conversation. Uniforms, lab
coats, and scrub suits are common in health care. It is impossible to anticipate every question
that a patient may ask. Completing the interview as quickly as possible may make the patient
feel rushed.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing process—assessment MSC: Physiologic Integrity: Physiologic Adaptation
10. Periods of silence during the interview can serve important purposes, such as:
a. allowing the clinician to catch up on documentation.
b. promoting calm.
c. providing time for reflection.
d. increasing the length of the visit.
ANS: C
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