During an examination, the nurse can assess mental status by which activity?
a. Examining the patient's electroencephalogram
b. Observing the patient as he or she performs an intelligence quotient (IQ) test
c. Observing the patient and inferring health or dysfunction
d. Examining the patient's response to a specific set of questions
Question 2The 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.
a. How much junk food does your child eat?
b. How many teeth has he lost, and when did he lose them?
c. Is he able to tie his shoelaces?
d. Does he take a children's vitamin?
e. Can he tell time?
f.
Does he have any food allergies?
Question 3The 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.
a. Where is the headache pain?
b. Did you have these headaches as a child?
c. On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is the pain?
d. How often do the headaches occur?
e. What makes the headaches feel better?
f.
Do you have any family history of headaches?
Question 4The nurse is assessing a new patient who has recently immigrated to the United States. Which question is appropriate to add to the health history?
a. Why did you come to the United States?
b. When did you come to the United States and from what country?
c. What made you leave your native country?
d. Are you planning to return to your home?
Question 5The nurse is preparing to complete a health assessment on a 16-year-old girl whose parents have brought her to the clinic. Which instruction would be appropriate for the parents before the interview begins?
a. Please stay during the interview; you can answer for her if she does not know the answer.
b. It would help to interview the three of you together.
c. While I interview your daughter, will you please stay in the room and complete these family health history questionnaires?
d. While I interview your daughter, will you step out to the waiting room and complete these family health history questionnaires?
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