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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
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A) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I sprained my ankle‖
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B) An established patient with the chief complaint of ―I have an upper respiratory
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infection‖
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C) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I am here to establish care‖
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D) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I cut my hand‖
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Ans: C nn
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comprehensive health history is appropriate.
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2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
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A) Review of systems f f
B) Thorax and lungs f f
C) Present illness f
D) Personal and social items f f f f
Ans: B nn
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health history.
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3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
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goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea
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and vomiting. It is located in the mid- epigastric area.‖
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Which of these categories does it belong to?
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Ans: B nn
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complaint, it is included in the history of present illness.
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6. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―The patient completed 8th grade.
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He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the
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weekend. He works in a glass factory during the week.‖
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
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A) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I sprained my ankle‖
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B) An established patient with the chief complaint of ―I have an upper respiratory
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infection‖
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C) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I am here to establish care‖
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D) A new patient with the chief complaint of ―I cut my hand‖
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Ans: C nn
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comprehensive health history is appropriate.
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2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
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A) Review of systems f f
B) Thorax and lungs f f
C) Present illness f
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Feedback: The thorax and lungs are part of the physical examination, not part of the
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health history.
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3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
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goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea
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and vomiting. It is located in the mid- epigastric area.‖
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Which of these categories does it belong to?
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A) Chief complaint f
B) Present illness f
C) Personal and social history f f f
D) Review of systems f f
Ans: B nn
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Feedback: This information describes the problem of abdominal pain, which is the
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present illness. The interviewer
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timing,
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interviewer will still need to obtain information
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factors that aggravate and alleviate the pain. You will notice that it does include
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portions of the pertinent review of systems, but because it relates directly to the
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complaint, it is included in the history of present illness.
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6. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―The patient completed 8th grade.
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He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the
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weekend. He works in a glass factory during the week.‖
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Ans: C nn
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Feedback: Personal and social f f f f history information includes educational level, family of f f f f f f
origin, current household status,
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really tired.‖ Which category does it belong to?
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A) Chief complaint f
B) Present illness f
