HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM JARVIS
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 FULL STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE RESPONSES
◉ What is the goal of a screening tool. Answer: To find out if the
problem exists
◉ Three questions to detect partner violence. Answer: - Have you
ever been hit, kicked, punched, or otherwise hurt by someone within
the past year?
- Do you feel safe in your current relationship?
- Is there a partner from a previous relationship who is making you
feel unsafe now?
◉ HITS questionnaire. Answer: The wording of the question is "In
the last year how often did your partner:
1) Hurt you physically?"
2) Insult or talk down to you?"
3) Threaten you with physical harm?"
4) Scream or curse at you?"
◉ FICA. Answer: Faith
,Importance and Influence
Community
Address/action in care
◉ Format of interview. Answer: CC
HPI
PMH
PSH
FH
SH
ROS
◉ Is pain subjective or objective. Answer: Subjective
◉ PMH. Answer: 1) Allergies
2) Childhood and adult illnesses
3) Immunizations
4) Diagnostic and lab results
◉ Symptom analysis tool. Answer: OLDCARTS
,◉ Complete history. Answer: Most often recorded the first time you
see the patient
◉ Inventory history. Answer: - Related to but does not replace the
complete history
- Touches on major points without complete detail
- Entire history will be completed in more than one session
◉ Problem (or focused) history. Answer: Taken when a problem is
acute so that only the need of the moment is given full attention
◉ Interim history. Answer: - Designed to chronicle events that have
occurred since your last meeting with the patient
- Substance determined by nature of problem and need of the
moment
- Should always be complemented by the patient's previous medical
record
◉ Transduction of pain. Answer: Action potential moves to the
spinal cord
◉ Transmission of pain. Answer: Pain impulse moves from spinal
cord to the brain
, ◉ Modulation of pain. Answer: Neurons from the brain stem release
neurotransmitters that block the pain impulse
◉ Steps in pain. Answer: 1) Noxious stimuli and transduction
2) Transmission
3) Perception of pain
4) Modulation
◉ Neuropathic pain. Answer: - Pain within nervous system
- Abnormal processing of pain from nerve fibers
- Often chronic
◉ Visceral pain. Answer: - Originates from larger internal organs
- Often described as crampy
- Physical pain based on site of organ
◉ Somatic pain. Answer: Originates from MS system
◉ Referred pain. Answer: Pain is felt from a different site other than
where it originates
◉ Gallbladder referred pain. Answer: The shoulder
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 FULL STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE RESPONSES
◉ What is the goal of a screening tool. Answer: To find out if the
problem exists
◉ Three questions to detect partner violence. Answer: - Have you
ever been hit, kicked, punched, or otherwise hurt by someone within
the past year?
- Do you feel safe in your current relationship?
- Is there a partner from a previous relationship who is making you
feel unsafe now?
◉ HITS questionnaire. Answer: The wording of the question is "In
the last year how often did your partner:
1) Hurt you physically?"
2) Insult or talk down to you?"
3) Threaten you with physical harm?"
4) Scream or curse at you?"
◉ FICA. Answer: Faith
,Importance and Influence
Community
Address/action in care
◉ Format of interview. Answer: CC
HPI
PMH
PSH
FH
SH
ROS
◉ Is pain subjective or objective. Answer: Subjective
◉ PMH. Answer: 1) Allergies
2) Childhood and adult illnesses
3) Immunizations
4) Diagnostic and lab results
◉ Symptom analysis tool. Answer: OLDCARTS
,◉ Complete history. Answer: Most often recorded the first time you
see the patient
◉ Inventory history. Answer: - Related to but does not replace the
complete history
- Touches on major points without complete detail
- Entire history will be completed in more than one session
◉ Problem (or focused) history. Answer: Taken when a problem is
acute so that only the need of the moment is given full attention
◉ Interim history. Answer: - Designed to chronicle events that have
occurred since your last meeting with the patient
- Substance determined by nature of problem and need of the
moment
- Should always be complemented by the patient's previous medical
record
◉ Transduction of pain. Answer: Action potential moves to the
spinal cord
◉ Transmission of pain. Answer: Pain impulse moves from spinal
cord to the brain
, ◉ Modulation of pain. Answer: Neurons from the brain stem release
neurotransmitters that block the pain impulse
◉ Steps in pain. Answer: 1) Noxious stimuli and transduction
2) Transmission
3) Perception of pain
4) Modulation
◉ Neuropathic pain. Answer: - Pain within nervous system
- Abnormal processing of pain from nerve fibers
- Often chronic
◉ Visceral pain. Answer: - Originates from larger internal organs
- Often described as crampy
- Physical pain based on site of organ
◉ Somatic pain. Answer: Originates from MS system
◉ Referred pain. Answer: Pain is felt from a different site other than
where it originates
◉ Gallbladder referred pain. Answer: The shoulder
