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Physical Assessment and Health History Quiz

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What is the purpose of obtaining a health history from a patient?

To prescribe medication immediately

To identify problems and formulating nursing diagnoses (correct)

To request laboratory tests without any analysis

To schedule surgery without further evaluation

Why is health history considered an essential part of patient assessment?

To obtain critical information about the patient's health status (correct)

To learn about the patient's daily exercise routine

To gather information about the patient's favorite foods

To increase the cost of healthcare services

What should a nurse aim to achieve by the end of taking a patient's health history?

Avoid making any clinical decisions

Passively listen to the patient without guiding them

Have an idea of possible causes of the patient's illness (correct)

Immediately diagnose the illness

In which way does obtaining a health history help in client care?

By identifying problems and formulating nursing diagnoses Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the purposes of guiding a patient into giving out information during health history taking?

To ensure critical information is obtained for better clinical decisions Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of eliciting the 'exact nature of symptom' in a health history?

To determine the frequency of the symptom Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to ask about 'change over time' when evaluating a symptom?

To identify what brings the symptom on and off Signup and view all the answers

In a health history, asking about 'what makes it worse' aligns with which mnemonic commonly used for pain assessment?

PQRST Signup and view all the answers

When assessing a patient's past medical history, which of the following conditions should be specifically asked for according to the text?

Asthma Signup and view all the answers

Which component of health history involves questions about family health, diseases running in the family, and deaths and causes in the family?

Family History Signup and view all the answers