Name : REYNA, Kristinelou Marie N.

SAS 2 Steps of Health Assessment

ANSWER RATIONALE
1. C.
Subjective data are information from the client's point of view
(“symptoms”), including feelings, perceptions, and concerns obtained
through interviews. Since blurred vision is a subjective symptom,
therefore, it is a subjective type of data.

2. C.
Inviting the patient’s story, Identifying and responding to emotional clues
and expanding and clarifying the patient’s story belongs in Working phase
of interview.

3. D.
During introductory phase in the interview, the goal is to develop rapport
with the client at the beginning of the interview.

4. B.
The primary sources of data are subjective and objective data collected
from the patient.

5. C.
Objective data are observable and measurable data (“signs”) obtained
through observation, physical examination, and laboratory and diagnostic
testing. Skin warm to touch is an example of objective data collected
during physical assessment to the patient.

6. B.
Childhood illnesses, such as measles, rubella, mumps, whooping cough,
chickenpox, rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, and polio, are included in the
Past History.

7. A.
The Health Patterns section provides a guide for gathering personal/social
history from the patient and daily living routines that may influence health
and illness.

8. D.
Health history is a record of information about a person's health. It may
include information about age, date of birth, and gender of the patient.

9. B.
History of present illness is a complete, clear, and chronologic account of
the problems prompting the patient to seek care. It includes the onset of
the problem, the setting in which it has developed, its manifestations, and
any treatments as well as risk factors or other pertinent information
related to the symptom.
10. C.
Under Family History, an outline or diagram on a genogram the age and
health, or age and cause of death, of each immediate relative, including
parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren are included.