NUR631-Advanced Health
Assessment Test 1
c) a new patient with the CC of "I am here to establish care"
the patient is new to the provider so a comprehensive health history is needed - Correct Answer - 1.
For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand"
B) thorax and lungs
these are part of the physical examination - Correct Answer - 2. The components of the health
history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items
A) subjective
this is information given by the patient - Correct Answer - 3. Is the following information subjective
or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and
relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
,B) objective
this is information obtained by the examiner - Correct Answer - 4. Is the following information
subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
B) Present illness
HPI - Correct Answer - 5. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient
has had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The
severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the
mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
C) personal and social history - Correct Answer - 6. The following information is recorded in the
health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He currently lives with his wife and two children.
He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
,A) chief complaint
pt's own words - Correct Answer - 7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "I
feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
D) review of systems - Correct Answer - 8. The following information is recorded in the health
history: "Patient denies chest pain, palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
B) surgeries - Correct Answer - 9. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
A) adult illnesses
*a stent is a major procedure but does not involve a surgeon* - Correct Answer - 10. The following
information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
, B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
A) adult illnesses - Correct Answer - 11. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never
been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
A)musculoskeletal - Correct Answer - A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain
which increases with breathing. Which anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
A) Musculoskeletal
B) Reproductive
C) Urinary
D) Endocrine
C)cardiac - Correct Answer - A patient comes to the emergency room for evaluation of shortness of
breath. To which anatomic region would you assign the symptom?
A) Reproductive
B) Urinary
C) Cardiac
D) Hematologic
C) cardiac - Correct Answer - A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which of the following
anatomic regions can be responsible for a cough?
A) Ophthalmologic
B) Auditory
C) Cardiac
D) Endocrine
Assessment Test 1
c) a new patient with the CC of "I am here to establish care"
the patient is new to the provider so a comprehensive health history is needed - Correct Answer - 1.
For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand"
B) thorax and lungs
these are part of the physical examination - Correct Answer - 2. The components of the health
history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items
A) subjective
this is information given by the patient - Correct Answer - 3. Is the following information subjective
or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and
relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
,B) objective
this is information obtained by the examiner - Correct Answer - 4. Is the following information
subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
B) Present illness
HPI - Correct Answer - 5. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient
has had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The
severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the
mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
C) personal and social history - Correct Answer - 6. The following information is recorded in the
health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He currently lives with his wife and two children.
He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
,A) chief complaint
pt's own words - Correct Answer - 7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "I
feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
D) review of systems - Correct Answer - 8. The following information is recorded in the health
history: "Patient denies chest pain, palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
B) surgeries - Correct Answer - 9. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
A) adult illnesses
*a stent is a major procedure but does not involve a surgeon* - Correct Answer - 10. The following
information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
, B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
A) adult illnesses - Correct Answer - 11. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never
been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
A)musculoskeletal - Correct Answer - A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain
which increases with breathing. Which anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
A) Musculoskeletal
B) Reproductive
C) Urinary
D) Endocrine
C)cardiac - Correct Answer - A patient comes to the emergency room for evaluation of shortness of
breath. To which anatomic region would you assign the symptom?
A) Reproductive
B) Urinary
C) Cardiac
D) Hematologic
C) cardiac - Correct Answer - A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which of the following
anatomic regions can be responsible for a cough?
A) Ophthalmologic
B) Auditory
C) Cardiac
D) Endocrine
