NSG 500 Advanced Health Assessment Exam
1 Questions & Answers Wilkes University
1. During an initial interview with your patient, you ask the patient, "Can you
describe that for me?" Which statement best describes the question?
A. It is the most risky type of question because the patient can say anything.
B. The question is asking for specific information.
C. The patient has discretion about the extent of the.
D. The can lead the interviewer away from the purpose of the inter- view.
Answer c. the patient has discretion (freedom) about the extent of the
2. Because an adolescent is frequently reluctant to talk during an interview, it is best
to
A. tell the patient that you must have straight
Answers to your questions.
B. ensure confidentiality regarding the information discussed.
C. inform the patient that adolescents have trouble expressing their feelings.
D. obtain the history from a parent or other family member.
Answer B ensure confidentiality regarding the information discussed
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,3. For which age group is a functional assessment most critical?
A. Children
B. Adolescents
C. Adults
D. Older adults
Answer d. older adults
4. Which of the following will best facilitate an interview with a deaf person?
A. speaking loudly
B. Using gestures.
C. Sitting or standing at eye level
D. Sitting to the side of the patient.
Answer c. sitting or standing at the eye level
5. Which of the following questions may lead to an inaccurate response?
A. "Where do you feel the pain?"
B. "How does this situation make you feel?"
C. "What happened after you noticed your injury?"
D. "That was a horrible experience, wasn't it?"
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, Answer d. That was a horrible experience, wasn't it
6. Ms. Carol Turner, a 38-year-old female, brings her 1-year-old son in for health care.
Which of the following requests made would be most appropriate at the beginning of an
interview?
A. "Mom, please place your son in your lap."
B "Carol, please place your son in your lap."
C "Mrs. Turner, please place your son in your lap."
D "Sweetie, please place your son in your lap."
Answer c. Mrs Turner please place your son in your lap
7. During an interview, a patient describes abdominal pain that often awakens him at
night. Which of the following responses by the interviewer would facili- tate the
interviewing process?
A. "Constipation can cause abdominal pain."
B "Do you need a sleeping medication?"
C "Pain is always worse at night, isn't it?"
D "Tell me what you mean by 'often.'"
Answer d. tell me more what you mean by often
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1 Questions & Answers Wilkes University
1. During an initial interview with your patient, you ask the patient, "Can you
describe that for me?" Which statement best describes the question?
A. It is the most risky type of question because the patient can say anything.
B. The question is asking for specific information.
C. The patient has discretion about the extent of the.
D. The can lead the interviewer away from the purpose of the inter- view.
Answer c. the patient has discretion (freedom) about the extent of the
2. Because an adolescent is frequently reluctant to talk during an interview, it is best
to
A. tell the patient that you must have straight
Answers to your questions.
B. ensure confidentiality regarding the information discussed.
C. inform the patient that adolescents have trouble expressing their feelings.
D. obtain the history from a parent or other family member.
Answer B ensure confidentiality regarding the information discussed
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,3. For which age group is a functional assessment most critical?
A. Children
B. Adolescents
C. Adults
D. Older adults
Answer d. older adults
4. Which of the following will best facilitate an interview with a deaf person?
A. speaking loudly
B. Using gestures.
C. Sitting or standing at eye level
D. Sitting to the side of the patient.
Answer c. sitting or standing at the eye level
5. Which of the following questions may lead to an inaccurate response?
A. "Where do you feel the pain?"
B. "How does this situation make you feel?"
C. "What happened after you noticed your injury?"
D. "That was a horrible experience, wasn't it?"
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, Answer d. That was a horrible experience, wasn't it
6. Ms. Carol Turner, a 38-year-old female, brings her 1-year-old son in for health care.
Which of the following requests made would be most appropriate at the beginning of an
interview?
A. "Mom, please place your son in your lap."
B "Carol, please place your son in your lap."
C "Mrs. Turner, please place your son in your lap."
D "Sweetie, please place your son in your lap."
Answer c. Mrs Turner please place your son in your lap
7. During an interview, a patient describes abdominal pain that often awakens him at
night. Which of the following responses by the interviewer would facili- tate the
interviewing process?
A. "Constipation can cause abdominal pain."
B "Do you need a sleeping medication?"
C "Pain is always worse at night, isn't it?"
D "Tell me what you mean by 'often.'"
Answer d. tell me more what you mean by often
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