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NKU MSN 610 Module 1 Advanced Health Assessment Questions With Complete Solutions
Question 1: List the 7 parts of the adult health history
CORRECT ANSWER : Demographics and ID data, Chief
Compliant, History of Present Illness, Past History, Family History, Personal and Social History, Review of Systems
Question 2: What are the signs of a symptom
CORRECT ANSWER : Onset, Location, Duration,
Characteristic of symptoms, Alleviating / aggravating, Radiating, Timing, Severity
Question 3: What are the four categories of adult illnesses
CORRECT ANSWER : medical, surgical, ob/gyn and
psychiatric
Question 4: In what section would you put information about
education, finances, substance use and tobacco?
CORRECT ANSWER : Personal and Social History
Question 5: Which part of the health history is reserved for yes
or no questions
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CORRECT ANSWER : review of systems
Question 6: When do an assessment on a new patient what type
of evaluation should be completed?
CORRECT ANSWER : Comprehensive assessment
Question 7: Is the chief complaint objective or subjective data
CORRECT ANSWER : subjective
Question 8: What is the first thing that should happen before the
interview with the patient takes place
CORRECT ANSWER : review the patient's chart, become
familiar
Question 9: When you first meet the patient what is the first
thing you should do?
CORRECT ANSWER : introduce yourself and begin to establish
rapport
Question 10: When establishing goals for a visit should it be
limited to the clinician's goals for the patient?
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CORRECT ANSWER : No it should be collaborative and be
goals determined b/t patient and clinician
Question 11: What are the characteristics of pain
CORRECT ANSWER : location, duration, type (light or deep),
abrupt of gradual, continual or intermittent, relationship to body function / positioning, modifying factors, treatment
Question 12: All active medical problems are listed where in the
assessment
CORRECT ANSWER : The problem list - includes all problems
not just what they are being seen for at visit
Question 13: What problem should be listed first
CORRECT ANSWER : The most active or most serious
Question 14: What are the key clinical skills for the APRN
CORRECT ANSWER : Interviewing for health history, physical
assessment, counseling / patient education, clinical judgment / reasoning
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Question 15: What are the skills that are needed for interviewing
CORRECT ANSWER : culturally competent, flexible,
reasonable time frame, patient's Perspective, clinicians mindset, appearance, behavior, eye contact, sitting while note taking, control of environment, non-judgmental approach to questioning
Question 16: What is guided questioning
CORRECT ANSWER : when you move from open ended to
more focused questions related to concerns of the practitioner
Question 17: What is decision making capacity
CORRECT ANSWER : ability to understand information related
to health and make choices based on reason & values and declare choices regarding treatment.
Question 18: What is an ICD-10 code
CORRECT ANSWER : A five digit number used to identify
procedure / diagnoses for the purposes of billing insurance