Exam 4: The Complete Health History

In response to a question about stress,a 39-year-old woman tells the nurse that her husband and mother both died in the past year.Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse is assessing a patient's headache pain.Which questions reflect one or more of the critical characteristics of symptoms that should be assessed? Select all that apply.

Which of these statements represents subjective data the nurse obtained from the patient regarding the patient's skin?

The nurse is performing a functional assessment on an 82-year-old patient who recently had a stroke.Which of these questions would be most important to ask?

A 29-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has "excruciating pain" in her back.Which would be the nurse's appropriate response to the woman's statement?

Which of these responses might the nurse expect during a functional assessment of a patient whose leg is in a cast?

The nurse is preparing to conduct a health history.Which of these statements best describes the purpose of a health history?

The review of systems provides the nurse with:

During an assessment of a patient's family history,the nurse constructs a genogram.Which statement best describes a genogram?

The nurse is assessing a new patient who has recently immigrated to the United States.Which question is appropriate to add to the health history?

The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year-old male patient and is concerned about health promotion activities.Which of these questions would be appropriate to use to assess health promotion activities for this patient?

As part of the health history of a 6-year-old boy at a clinic for a sports physical examination,the nurse reviews his immunization record and notes that his last measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)vaccination was at 15 months of age.What recommendation should the nurse make?

The nurse is preparing to do a functional assessment.Which statement best describes the purpose of a functional assessment?

A patient tells the nurse that he is allergic to penicillin.What would be the nurse's best response to this information?

The nurse is conducting a developmental history on a 5-year-old child.Which questions are appropriate to ask the parents for this part of the assessment? Select all that apply.

The nurse is performing a review of systems on a 76-year-old patient.Which of these statements is correct for this situation?

During an assessment,the nurse uses the CAGE test.The patient answers "yes" to two of the questions.What could this be indicating?

The mother of a 16-month-old toddler tells the nurse that her daughter has an earache.What would be an appropriate response?

The nurse is obtaining a health history on an 87-year-old woman.Which of the following areas of questioning would be most useful at this time?

A 90-year-old patient tells the nurse that he cannot remember the names of the medications he is taking or for what reason he is taking them.An appropriate response from the nurse would be: