NURS 614 health assessment EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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Bates' Advanced Health Assessment Chapters 1 4 & 7 (H
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ealth History HEENT) 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPL
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ETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (85561)
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QUESTION 1 vc




For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriat
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e?
ANSWER

A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
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QUESTION 2 vc




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ANSWER

all the elements of the health history and the complete physical examination
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QUESTION 3 vc




focused or problem-oriented assessment
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ANSWER

for patients that you know well that are returning for routine office care or for patients with specific "ur
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gent care" concerns
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QUESTION 4 vc




Name the components of the health history.
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ANSWER

,Review of systems, present illness, personal and social items. Also: identifying data and source of the his
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tory; reliability, chief complaints, present illness, past history, family history, personal and social history,
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review of systems.
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QUESTION 5 vc




Is the following information subjective or objective? Mr. M. has shortness of breath that
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has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and relieved by rest
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ANSWER

Subjective



QUESTION 6 vc




seven attributes of a symptom
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ANSWER

1. Location 2. Quality 3. Quantity or severity 4. Timing (including onset, duration, and frequency) 5. The
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setting in which it occurs 6. factors that have aggravated or relieved the symptom 7. associated manifest
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ations



QUESTION 7 vc




The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th
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grade. He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the wee
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kend. He works in a glass factory during the week." Which category does it belong to? Pr
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esent illness chief complaint personal and social history review of systems
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ANSWER

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QUESTION 8 vc




The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient has had three c
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esarean sections." Adult illness Surgeries Obstetric/gynecology psychiatric
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ANSWER

Surgeries



QUESTION 9 vc




inspection
ANSWER

, close observation of the details of the patient's appearance, behavior, and movement such as facial expr
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ession, mood, body habitus and conditioning, skin conditions such as petechiae or ecchymoses, eye mov
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ements, pharyngeal color, symmetry of the thorax, height of jugular venous pulsations, abdominal conto
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ur, lower extremity edema, and gait.
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QUESTION 10 vc




palpation
ANSWER

tactile pressure from the palmar fingers or fingerpads to assess areas of skin elevation, depression, war
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mth, or tenderness, lymph nodes, pulses, contours and sizes of organs and masses, and crepitus in the jo
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ints.



QUESTION 11 vc




Percussion
ANSWER

use of the striking or plexor finger, usually the third, to deliver a rapid tap or blow against the distal ple
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ximeter finger, usually the distal third finger of the left hand laid against the surface of the chest or abd
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omen, to evoke a sound wave such as resonance or dullness from the underlying tissue or organs. This s
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ound wave also generates a tactile vibration against the pleximeter finger.
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QUESTION 12 vc




auscultation
ANSWER

use of the diaphragm and bell of the stethoscope to detect the characteristics of heart, lung, and bowel s
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ounds, including location, timing, duration, pitch, and intensity. For the heart, this involves sounds from
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closing of the four valves and flow into the ventricles as well as murmurs. Auscultation also permits det
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ection of bruits or turbulence over arterial vessels.
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QUESTION 13 vc




A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain which increases with brea
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thing. Which anatomic area would you localize the symptom to? Musculoskeletal Reprod
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ANSWER

Chest pain may be due to a musculoskeletal condition, such as costochondritis or intercostal muscle cra
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mp. This would be worsened by motion of the chest wall. Pleuritic chest pain is also a sharp chest pain
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which increases with a deep breath. This type of pain can occur with inflammation of the pleura from p
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neumonia or other conditions and pulmonary embolus.
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