NSG 316 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a general survey? - Answers - a study of the whole person, covering the
general health state and any obvious physical characteristics
What is included in a general survey? - Answers - physical appearance, body structure,
mobility, and behavior
What is ADOPIE? - Answers - Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome/ Identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
What is a comprehensive assessment (Complete Total Health Assessment)? - Answers
- a complete health history and a full physical examination where they describe current
and past health states and form a baseline to measure all future changes (ex. home
healthcare setting)
What is a Focused Based Assessment (Episodic/ Problem-centered)? - Answers - a
limited or short-term problem concerned with one problem, one cue (ex. urgent care)
What is a Follow-Up Database? - Answers - evaluating the status of all identified
problems and noting if changes have occurred (ex. primary care physician appointment)
What is an Emergency Database? - Answers - RAPID collection of data, often compiled
with lifesaving measure (ex. emergency room)
How do you know the source of information given is reliable? - Answers - they will give
the same answer even when the question is rephrased or repeated 3 times with the
same answer
How do you know if the patient is actually ill just by how they communicate? - Answers -
a sick patient will communicate poorly
What is PQRST - Answers - Provocative/ Palliative
Quality/ Quantity
Region/ Radiation
Severity Scale 1-10
Timing/ Onset
, What is a good way to depict gender, relationships, and age of immediate blood
relatives in at least three generations such as parents, grandparents, and siblings? -
Answers - GENOGRAM (family tree)
- identifies increased disease or illness they might be prone to
What affects health promotion and disease prevention throughout the life span? -
Answers - Age
Smoking/ Drinking
Weight
Genetics
What are ADL's? - Answers - Bathing, dressing, eating, transferring, walking, and
toileting
What are IADL's? - Answers - independent living situations like housekeeping,
shopping, cooking, doing laundry, using the telephone, managing finances
What are AADL's? - Answers - their social relationships and resources such as nutrition,
self-concept and coping, as well as their home environment
What is the Katz Index of Independence in ADL? - Answers - the concept of physical
disability and measures physical function in older adults and the chronically ill
What is the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL's)? - Answers -
measures functional abilities necessary for independent community living
What are examples of AADL's - Answers - occupational and recreational activities such
as occupational therapists, the Up-and-Go Test, physical performance test, and
performance activities of daily living
How does the Health History Sequence go? - Answers - Biographical Data
Source of History
Reason for Seeking Care
Present Health or History of present illness
Past Health
Family History
Review of Systems (ROS)
Functional Assessment (IADL's)
What is a pneumonic to remember the Health History Sequence? - Answers - Bill Sat
Right Past Pete For Raw Fish
Biographical Data - Answers - Patients..
Name
Address/Phone Number
Age/Birthdate
What is a general survey? - Answers - a study of the whole person, covering the
general health state and any obvious physical characteristics
What is included in a general survey? - Answers - physical appearance, body structure,
mobility, and behavior
What is ADOPIE? - Answers - Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome/ Identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
What is a comprehensive assessment (Complete Total Health Assessment)? - Answers
- a complete health history and a full physical examination where they describe current
and past health states and form a baseline to measure all future changes (ex. home
healthcare setting)
What is a Focused Based Assessment (Episodic/ Problem-centered)? - Answers - a
limited or short-term problem concerned with one problem, one cue (ex. urgent care)
What is a Follow-Up Database? - Answers - evaluating the status of all identified
problems and noting if changes have occurred (ex. primary care physician appointment)
What is an Emergency Database? - Answers - RAPID collection of data, often compiled
with lifesaving measure (ex. emergency room)
How do you know the source of information given is reliable? - Answers - they will give
the same answer even when the question is rephrased or repeated 3 times with the
same answer
How do you know if the patient is actually ill just by how they communicate? - Answers -
a sick patient will communicate poorly
What is PQRST - Answers - Provocative/ Palliative
Quality/ Quantity
Region/ Radiation
Severity Scale 1-10
Timing/ Onset
, What is a good way to depict gender, relationships, and age of immediate blood
relatives in at least three generations such as parents, grandparents, and siblings? -
Answers - GENOGRAM (family tree)
- identifies increased disease or illness they might be prone to
What affects health promotion and disease prevention throughout the life span? -
Answers - Age
Smoking/ Drinking
Weight
Genetics
What are ADL's? - Answers - Bathing, dressing, eating, transferring, walking, and
toileting
What are IADL's? - Answers - independent living situations like housekeeping,
shopping, cooking, doing laundry, using the telephone, managing finances
What are AADL's? - Answers - their social relationships and resources such as nutrition,
self-concept and coping, as well as their home environment
What is the Katz Index of Independence in ADL? - Answers - the concept of physical
disability and measures physical function in older adults and the chronically ill
What is the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL's)? - Answers -
measures functional abilities necessary for independent community living
What are examples of AADL's - Answers - occupational and recreational activities such
as occupational therapists, the Up-and-Go Test, physical performance test, and
performance activities of daily living
How does the Health History Sequence go? - Answers - Biographical Data
Source of History
Reason for Seeking Care
Present Health or History of present illness
Past Health
Family History
Review of Systems (ROS)
Functional Assessment (IADL's)
What is a pneumonic to remember the Health History Sequence? - Answers - Bill Sat
Right Past Pete For Raw Fish
Biographical Data - Answers - Patients..
Name
Address/Phone Number
Age/Birthdate
