NUR 530 Assessment Quiz 1 – Study Guide, Notes & Practice
Questions (2026 Updated)
Nicotera’s favorite opening question - correct answer ✔✔"Do you consider yourself a healthy
person?"
What can complicate the interview process? - correct answer ✔✔Well-meaning family
members who try to give the patient's history for them
What is the difference between a symptom and a sign? - correct answer ✔✔Symptom- patient
describes complaint
Sign- observations made by clinician
Health history is all _________ - correct answer ✔✔subjective
Physical exam is all _________ - correct answer ✔✔objective
Assessment order - correct answer ✔✔Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation
PQRST - correct answer ✔✔Provocative/palliative
Quality
Region/radiation
Severity
Timing
COLDSPA - correct answer ✔✔Character
Onset
, Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated factors
What is included in a comprehensive mental exam? - correct answer ✔✔LOC, attention,
memory, sensory perception, thought processes and content, insight, judgement, affect, mood
What is included in a MMSE? What is the max score? - correct answer ✔✔Orientation
Registration (recite 3 words)
Attention/calculation (count backwards by 7)
Recall (later in interview say 3 words)
Language (naming, recite, reading, writing, draw a shape)
Max score 30 points
Sex vs Sexuality vs Gender - correct answer ✔✔Sex: biologic phenotype at birth
Sexuality: gender of person attracted to
Gender: how someone sees themselves
Transwoman vs Transman - correct answer ✔✔Transwoman: biological male who ID's as female
Transman: biological female who ID's as male
Culture vs. Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔culture is learned and defines norms and values
ethnicity is identity based on common physical, social or political characteristics
Questions (2026 Updated)
Nicotera’s favorite opening question - correct answer ✔✔"Do you consider yourself a healthy
person?"
What can complicate the interview process? - correct answer ✔✔Well-meaning family
members who try to give the patient's history for them
What is the difference between a symptom and a sign? - correct answer ✔✔Symptom- patient
describes complaint
Sign- observations made by clinician
Health history is all _________ - correct answer ✔✔subjective
Physical exam is all _________ - correct answer ✔✔objective
Assessment order - correct answer ✔✔Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation
PQRST - correct answer ✔✔Provocative/palliative
Quality
Region/radiation
Severity
Timing
COLDSPA - correct answer ✔✔Character
Onset
, Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated factors
What is included in a comprehensive mental exam? - correct answer ✔✔LOC, attention,
memory, sensory perception, thought processes and content, insight, judgement, affect, mood
What is included in a MMSE? What is the max score? - correct answer ✔✔Orientation
Registration (recite 3 words)
Attention/calculation (count backwards by 7)
Recall (later in interview say 3 words)
Language (naming, recite, reading, writing, draw a shape)
Max score 30 points
Sex vs Sexuality vs Gender - correct answer ✔✔Sex: biologic phenotype at birth
Sexuality: gender of person attracted to
Gender: how someone sees themselves
Transwoman vs Transman - correct answer ✔✔Transwoman: biological male who ID's as female
Transman: biological female who ID's as male
Culture vs. Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔culture is learned and defines norms and values
ethnicity is identity based on common physical, social or political characteristics
