Deck 5: Patient Assessment

Question 1

What device is typically a portable battery operated device that is put on a patients' finger and used to measure arterial oxygen saturation and heart rate?

A) ECG
B) Stethoscope
C) Pulse oximeter
D) Sphygmomanometer

Answer 1

Pulse oximeter

Question 2

Which of the following is assessed by visual observation of the right side of a patients' neck while the patient is reclining with their head slightly turned to the left with the chin extended?

A) Systolic blood pressure
B) Jugular venous pressure
C) Ankle brachial pressure
D) Arterial pressure

Answer 2

Jugular venous pressure

Question 3

With a person who has diabetes, the person is not able to metabolize _______________.

A) amino acids
B) glucose
C) fats
D) carbohydrates

Answer 3

glucose

Question 4

What does the "S" stand for in the OPQRST mnemonic acronym for pain?

A) Subjective
B) Secondary
C) Severity
D) Signs and Symptoms

Question 5

OPQRST is considered a focused assessment for the evaluation of pain which has brought the patient in for this particular event.   What type of questions relate to what the patient was doing when the signs and symptoms first started to occur?

A) Quality of pain
B) Time
C) Onset
D) Provocational pain

Question 6

In the SOAP mnemonic acronym, what does the "P" stand for?

A) Past medical history
B) Pain
C) Plan
D) Provocation

Question 7

Which of the following would be documented by description and by duration?

A) Severity of pain
B) Time
C) Radiation
D) Quality of pain

Question 8

What HIPAA standard includes anything about the patients' existence in the health care setting?

A) Privacy in electronic transactions of medical records
B) Privacy
C) Security protection of patient information
D) Ethics

Question 9

Which of the following refers to how the pain exists in the body?

A) Radiation
B) Severity
C) Quality
D) Provocation

Question 10

What is released when ventricular pressure changes due to worsening symptoms of heart failure?

A) Very low density lipoprotein (VLDL)
B) Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1C)
C) High Sensitivity C- Reactive Protein (hsCRP)
D) B-Type Natriuretic Peptides (BNP)

Question 11

In the OPQRST assessment mnemonic, when the patient identifies what makes the pain worse, this relates to which of the following?

A) Quality
B) Severity
C) Radiation
D) Provocation

Question 12

Which of the following is a leading cause of secondary hypertension?

A) Diabetes
B) Poor diet
C) Lack of exercise
D) Obesity

Question 13

When using the SAMPLE assessment mnemonic, under which category would you record eating or diet habits, daily routines, social circle, and life stressors?

A) Last oral intake
B) Events of today
C) Past medical history
D) Allergies

Question 14

When using the SOAP assessment mnemonic, where you would place information about what is observed by the medical personnel?

A) Plan
B) Subjective
C) Objective
D) Assessment

Question 15

Patients must give _____________for release of personally identifiable information.

A) verbal consent
B) requested information
C) insurance information
D) written consent

Question 16

What does blood pressure measure?

A) Heart rate
B) Electrical activity of the heart
C) Arterial blood oxygen saturation
D) Average blood glucose

Question 17

Which of the following are formed by individual beliefs, which are often based on upbringing, religious beliefs, and education?

A) Protocols
B) Guidelines
C) Laws
D) Ethics

Question 18

High levels of which of the following may indicate an increased risk for coronary artery disease?

A) Lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a)
B) Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
C) Very low density lipoprotein (VLDL)
D) High-density lipoprotein (HDL)

Question 19

What type of assessment is often used in an emergency room, urgent care center, or at the scene of an accident?

A) SAMPLE
B) OPQRST
C) SOAP
D) HIPAA

Question 20

What test measures the load on the resting heart mediated by respiratory gating?

A) Carotid ultrasound
B) Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI)
C) Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis
D) Lipid panel

Question 21

Which of the following measures plaque in the arteries?

A) LDL
B) Lp(a)
C) HDL
D) VLDL

Question 22

What measurement indicates the calories burned in relationship to amount of food ingested?

A) Protein
B) Triglycerides
C) Lipoprotein
D) Cholesterol

Question 23

When completely an electronic transfer of information, you will need to obtain the patient's __________ before transferring any information.

A) medical history
B) written approval
C) insurance information
D) verbal approval

Question 24

The cholesterol category triglycerides is a type of ____________.

A) plaque
B) fat
C) protein
D) lipoprotein

Question 25

Which of the following are considered noninvasive, standard protocol assessment testing because these tests can give a snapshot into a patients' immediate health situation?

A) HbA1C blood test
B) Lipid panel
C) ABPI tests
D) Vital signs

Question 26

Blood pressure is measured in ______________.

A) units of millimeters of mercury
B) calories
C) beats per minute
D) milligrams per deciliters

Question 27

What test is used to detect inflammation within the body?

A) hsCRP blood test
B) HbA1C blood test
C) Glycated hemoglobin blood tests
D) BNP blood test

Question 28

Six patient vital statistics typically called "vital signs" are used with patients prior to having a(n) _________.

A) HbA1C test
B) lipid panel
C) ECG
D) ABPI test

Question 29

Which of the following causes microvascular damage in nerves throughout the body and in the nephrons of the kidneys?

A) Gestational diabetes
B) Insulin resistance
C) Hyperhidrosis
D) Glycation

Question 30

Where in the body is C-Reactive Protein produced?

A) Blood
B) Liver
C) Heart
D) Kidneys

Question 31

What test measures a weighted average plasma glucose concentration over prolonged periods of time?

A) Lipid panel
B) hsCRP blood test
C) Glycated hemoglobin blood test
D) BNP blood test

Question 32

Health care professionals should maintain high ethics by knowing and following established _____________.

A) WHO goals or guidelines
B) confidentiality disclaimers
C) Patient Healthcare Bill of Rights
D) office protocols

Question 33

What assessment method encourages the patient to actively provide answers and to provide additional information that may be relevant?

A) SOAP
B) OPQRST
C) SAMPLE
D) HIPAA

Question 34

Which of the following requires health personnel to protect patients' personal information and to safeguard the electronic exchange of personal information?

A) WHO
B) Code of Ethics
C) NIH
D) HIPAA

Question 35

What is the purpose of hemoglobin?

A) To increase cardiac output when ventricular pressure changes due to stress
B) To carry oxygen from the lungs to all the cells in the body
C) To metabolize blood glucose
D) To detect inflammation within the body