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ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT MIDTERM
EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXM
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWE RS (VERIFIED ANSWERS )
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A 51-year-old woman calls with complaints of weight loss and constipation. She reports
enlarged hemorrhoids and rectal bleeding. You advise her to: -
ANSWER- come to the laboratory for a stool guaiac test.
Mr. Kevin Marks is a new health care provider. What is the best method to develop cultural competence? - ANSWER- Realize that cultural values are difficult to change and must be respected.
Placing the base of a vibrating tuning fork on the midline vertex of the patient's head is a test for - ANSWER- lateralization of sound.
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During an interview, you have the impression that a patient may be considering suicide.Which action is essential - ANSWER- Ask whether the patient has considered self-harm.
A detailed description of the symptoms related to the chief
complaint is presented in the: - ANSWER- history of present
illness.
Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics and culture? - ANSWER- There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics and distinguishing physical characteristics.
Which technique is most likely to result in the patient's understanding of questions? - ANSWER- Use the patient's own terms if possible.
Mrs. Britton is a 34-year-old patient who presents to the office with complaints of skin rashes. You have noted a 4' 3-cm, rough, elevated area of psoriasis. This is an example of a - ANSWER- A. plaque. 2 / 4
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Your patient returns for a blood pressure check 2 weeks after a visit during which you performed a complete history and physical. This visit would be documented by creating
a(n): - ANSWER- progress note.
Mrs. Hartzell is a 34-year-old patient who has presented for nutritional counseling because she is a vegetarian. Deficiency of which of the following is a concern in the vegetarian diet? - ANSWER- Vitamin B12
Fluorescing lesions are best distinguished using a(n): -
ANSWER- Wood's lamp.
When assessing abdominal pain in a college-age woman, one
must include: - ANSWER- the first day of the last menstrual
period.
During percussion, a dull tone is expected to be heard over: -
ANSWER- the liver.
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In issues surrounding ethical decision making, beneficence
refers to the: - ANSWER- need to do good for the patient.
Nuchal rigidity is most commonly associated with: - ANSWER-
- meningeal irritation.
Subjective and symptomatic data are: - ANSWER- placed in the
history section.
As part of your health promotion education for a new patient, you explain that the risk factors for skin cancer include - ANSWER- repeated trauma or irritation to skin.
Mrs. Tuber is a 36-year-old patient who comes into the health center with complaints that her fingernails are not growing. Which structure is the site of new nail growth? - ANSWER- C. Matrix
To correctly document absent bowel sounds, one must listen
continuously for: - ANSWER- 5 minutes.
Which of the following is an "ABCD" characteristic of malignant melanoma? - ANSWER- Asymmetric borders
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