FINAL PAPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS ACCURATE
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◉ What can complicate the interview process?.
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?.
Answer: Symptom- patient describes complaint
Sign- observations made by clinician
◉ Health history is all _________.
Answer: subjective
◉ Physical exam is all _________.
Answer: objective
◉ Assessment order.
Answer: Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation
◉ PQRST.
Answer: Provocative/palliative
, Quality
Region/radiation
Severity
Timing
◉ COLDSPA.
Answer: Character
Onset
Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated factors
◉ What is included in a comprehensive mental exam?.
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?.
Answer: Orientation
Registration (recite 3 words)
Attention/calculation (count backwards by 7)
Recall (later in interview say 3 words)