ATI LPN
Timby's Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing Thirteenth, North American Edition
Chapter 4 : Interviewing and Physical Assessment Questions
Question 1 of 5
When asking questions about the client's marital status, the nurse is gathering information about which of the following?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The psychosocial history and cultural history include the client's age, occupation, religious affiliation, cultural background, health beliefs, marital status, and home and working environments. When gathering information about the history of the present illness, the nurse asks the client to describe all present problems, including the onset, frequency, and duration of symptoms. A functional assessment determines how well the client can perform activities of daily living. The chief complaint is the current reason the client is seeking care.
Question 2 of 5
Which assessment technique involves a systematic observation of the client?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Inspection is the systematic and thorough observation of the client and specific areas of the body. Auscultation involves listening with a stethoscope for normal and abnormal sounds generated by organs and structures such as the heart, lungs, and intestines. Palpation is assessing the characteristics of an organ or body part by touching and feeling it with the hands or fingertips. Percussion is tapping a portion of the body to determine whether there is tenderness or to elicit sounds that vary according to the density of underlying structures.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following are statements clients make about how they feel?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Subjective data include statements clients make about what they feel. Objective data are facts obtained through observation, physical examination, and diagnostic testing. Cultural data include cultural background and health beliefs.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is completing a physical examination on a client who reports abdominal pain. Which are facts the nurse will obtain during the physical examination?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Objective data are facts obtained through observation, physical examination, and diagnostic testing. Feelings related to subjective data are symptoms. Subjective data are statements clients make about what they feel. Complaints are reasons the client is seeking care.
Question 5 of 5
Questions about current and past use of prescription medications would probably be part of which of the following?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The client's past health history includes identifying childhood diseases and prior hospitalizations. History of present illness is gathered when the nurse asks the client to describe all present problems, including the onset, frequency, and duration of symptoms. A chief complaint is the current reason the client is seeking care. A functional assessment determines how well the client can perform activities of daily living.