Health Assessment: Why Nurses Listen Before Touching the Belly
How nurses read the body, from the interview and the four exam techniques to skin, lungs, heart, abdomen, nerves, joints and nutrition.
Health Assessment · 50 questions
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1. Why do skilled interviewers usually begin a health history with open-ended questions?
- They make the interview finish faster
- Patients reveal concerns in their own words
- They avoid having to record sensitive answers
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Answer: Patients reveal concerns in their own words
Inviting the patient to tell their story uncovers worries and details that a checklist of yes-or-no questions would miss.
2. Studies of clinical consultations found that patients are typically interrupted after roughly how long?
- About two minutes
- About five minutes
- Less than twenty seconds
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Answer: Less than twenty seconds
Clinicians often redirect within seconds, yet most patients finish their opening statement in under a minute or two if allowed.
3. In the symptom analysis mnemonic OLDCARTS, what does the "O" stand for?
- Onset
- Origin
- Odor
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Answer: Onset
Onset, location, duration, character, aggravating factors, relieving factors, timing and severity give a complete picture of a symptom.
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