Exam 28: Patient Assessment

Which of the following actions is not usually appropriate for showing interest in patients?

Children should always be given a choice whether to take their medication.

Which of the following involves stating an observation or recognition of a patient's feeling?

Mrs.Elizabeth Stewart was recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2.She refuses to meet with a dietician because, she states, "The tests must be wrong.No one in my family has diabetes." Which defense mechanism is she displaying?

A 6-year-old child who refuses to leaver her mother's lap during a physical examination is displaying regression.

Which of the following sections of the medical record includes the physical examination findings?

Abnormalities in the cardiovascular system that are discovered during an ROS include:

Which medical record system has a standard format that makes it easy to read and audit?

The grandmother of a young patient reports that the child has had a temperature of 101.6° for 2 days.This information would be documented in the __________ part of a SOAPE chart note.

A medical assistant who is a good listener consistently:

Helen Conrad, age 54, was recently diagnosed with epilepsy.She is very upset about the news.A therapeutic interaction might be:

Which of the following involves repeating or paraphrasing the patient's comments?

When communicating with a sick child, it is important to direct all questions toward the child's parent.

The initial diagnosis made by the physician after completion of the physical examination is the differential diagnosis.

Which statement best describes what it means to have good rapport with patients?

The medical assistant is responsible for performing the systems review.

Progress notes in the POMR include the use of SOAPE documentation.

You are conducting an interview with a new patient who appears very anxious.Summarize four ways of using therapeutic nonverbal language to enhance the quality of the patient interaction.

Which of the following includes demographic information?

Subjective data include the patient's report of injuries and resultant pain level.