Final Exam (Weeks 1 - 13): NU650 /
NU 650 (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Health Assessment / Nursing | Questions and Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Regis
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What are subjective findings?
Answer:
symptoms; verbal statements provided by the patient
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What are objective findings?
Answer:
physical findings; signs
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Where are subjective findings documented?
Answer:
Review of systems; chief complaint
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Where are objective findings documented?
Answer:
physical examination
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What are the components of a SOAP note?
Answer:
Patient information - name, gender, age Source of information - self/someone else/HCP Reliability - should be reliable & Trustworthy
- C. - primary symptom causes the patient to seek care
HPI - amplifies C.C., utilizes OLDCARTS; describe chronology of events
Subjective - ROS as patient tells you Objective - physical examination findings/objective findings 2 / 4
Assessment - brief description of potential causes (differentials) Plan - diagnostic/therapeutic or both. describes steps to reach a formal diagnosis or address the problem
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What is implicit bias?
Answer:
a set of unconscious beliefs or associations that lead to a negative evaluation of a person on the basis of their perceived group identity
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What is explicit bias?
Answer:
conscious or deliberate decisions or preferences founded on beliefs, stereotypes, or associations on the basis of a perceived group identitiy
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What is anchoring bias?
Answer:
locking onto prominent findings in initial presentation too early in the diagnostic process, failing to adjust in light of later information 3 / 4
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What is availability heuristic?
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Assumption that a diagnosis is more likely/more frequently occuring, if it more readily comes to mind
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What is confirmation bias?
Answer:
Seeking supportive evidence for a diagnosis at the exclusion of more persuasive information refuting it
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What is diagnostic momentum?
Answer:
prioritizing a diagnosis made by prior clinicians, discounting evidence of alternative explanations
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