Diagnostic and Therapeutic

Difficulty breathing is:

• Cyanosis

• Dyspnea

• Tachypnea

• Wheezing

Which position is used for a rectal temperature?

• Prone

• Supine

• Fowlers

• Sims

A patient with oral bleeding would need to be in which position?

• High fowler's

• Lithotomy

• Low fowler's

• Sims

Which tool would be used on a patient that needed vision checked due to having trouble seeing?

• Ishihara

• Picture cards

• Snellen

• Tonometer

Period of dyspnea followed by periods of apnea is:

• Cheyne-stokes

• Asthma

• Tachypnea

• Apnea

If the patient just finished a cup of coffee and you need to take their temperature, you should do what?

• Tell the patient to rest and you will check on them tomorrow

• Take the temperature rectally

• Come back in 15 minutes and check

• Tell them NEVER to drink coffee again

Symptoms are documented in which part of the patient's chart?

• Chief complaint

• Family history

• Medical history

• Present illness

Which is an objective finding?

• Green drainage

• Pain

• Insomnia

• Nausea

Which step in the patient care process is exercising an injured joint?

• Plan patient care

• Implement patient care

• Evaluate patient care

• Revise patient care

A previous illness would be which part of the patient interview?

• Demographic data

• Financial info

• Medical history

• Privacy information