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NUR2204 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED Demographic data pt reason for seeking healthcare/chief complaint history of present illness COLDSPA, allergies, medication list, personal/past history / past medical and surgical history chronic illnes...

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NUR2204 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED


Demographic data

pt reason for seeking healthcare/chief complaint

history of present illness

COLDSPA, allergies, medication list,

personal/past history / past medical and surgical history

chronic illnesses, dates of hospitalizations, reasons

family health history

think genogram

psychosocial history

typical day of patient, lifestyle, sleep and rest, use of alcohol, tobacco/ecigs, marijuana,

caffeine, drugs. etc.

complete health history

history about everything that has happened to them since they were a child, goes

together with a complete physical examination; not common

interval health history

health check every few months; come in every few months if they have diabetes to be

checked or hypertension/high cholesterol; more common; done in visits after database

collected, may update any or all parts of complete history

problem/chief complaint-focused health history

,go to primary care physician for when you are ill; problem-focused health history, what

is happening now; collects data about a specific problem system or region, usually

written as patient quotations for chief complaint "patient reports headache for 3 days

non-verbal and verbal behavior (how are they dressed? are they disheveled? are

they well-groomed? do they remember events? can they give a coherent

explanation of their health status? can they recall past events?) if not, note that

they are unreliable historian

how can you assess the reliability of the patient as a historian?

character/description of symptoms

what does C in coldspa stand for

onset (when did it begin)

what does O in coldspa stand for

location of symptom, radiation, or changes?

what does L in coldspa stand for

duration (how long does it last? how long has it been happening?)

what does D in coldspa stand for

severity (pain scale 1-10)

what does S in coldspa stand for

pattern of symptom and alleviating/aggravating factors

what does P in coldspa stand for

associated factors and accompanying symptoms

what does A in coldspa stand for

IPPA (inspection, percussion, palpation, auscultation)

, What are the techniques of a physical exam?

inspection

what does the I in IPPA mean

palpation

what does the first P in IPPA mean

percussion

what does the second P in IPPA mean

auscultation

what does the A in IPPA mean

non-judgmental, open-ended questioning

how do you elicit the most information from a patient?

demo with a stuffed animal or doll; EXAMINE PAINFUL AREA LAST

what is helpful to use when examining a child and doing a demo for them?

pull the auricle down and back

how do you examine a child's ears?

pull the auricle up and back

how do you examine an adult's ears?

to hear soft, low sounds such as BRUITS

when do you listen using the bell of the stethoscope?

over aneurysms such as abdominal aortic aneurysm, over narrowing of an artery

such as carotid stenosis or renal artery stenosis, any time there is turbulent

blood flow in a vessel, and over the artery of the thyroid in hyperthyroidism

where are bruits commonly heard?

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