Name: Da Chong
There are five questions on this assignment.
1. Ms. Snow is a 78-year-old female has a significant past medical history of rheumatoid arthritis and COPD.
Name five important points to remember when meeting a patient that will facilitate a good interaction with this patient.
1) Displace courtesy by knocking before you enter the room and formally introducing yourself to the patient and others in the room. 2) Ensure patient’s comfort by maintaining privacy throughout interaction. 3) Build connection by maintaining eye contact if cultural practices allow. 4) Through patient summarization, confirm that the patient understands the discussion and plan of care. 5) Show your understanding and acceptance of patient’s …show more content…
Name 7 questions related to the chief complaint using OLDCARTS. 1) When did the pain start? 2) Where is your pain? 3) How long have you had the pain? 4) How would you describe the pain; is it sharp, dull, throbbing, or aching? 5) Does anything make the pain worse? 6) Does anything make the pain better? 7) Is the pain constant, cyclic, or come and go?
3) You are the provider seeing a 36-year-old male for a well patient visit. Your clinical instructor requests that you describe percussion tones.
Name 5 different percussion tones and include the pitch of that specific tone and list an example of where this is most likely heard in the body. 1) A resonant tone is a low pitch sound, percussed over healthy lung tissue. 2) A flat tone is a high pitch sound, percussed over muscles. 3) A dull tone is a moderate to high pitch sound, percussed over the liver. 4) A tympanic tone is a high pitch sound, percussed over the gastric bubble. 5) A hyperresonant tone is a low pitch sound, percussed over emphysematous …show more content…
1) Does obesity and or high cholesterol run in your family? 2) Is anyone in your family constitutionally short or tall statured? 3) Do you have any diabetics in your family? 4) Has anyone in your family have any history of eating disorders such as anorexia and or bulimia? 5) Do you have any family members suffering from alcoholism?
5) Mrs. Oliva is a 58-year-old female with a past medical history of atherosclerosis, hypertension and frequent urinary tract infections. She presents to the clinic with a chief complaint of “low back pain.” She indicates this pain started in June 2017 while she was moving some rocks in her garden.
You would proceed by interviewing the patient and obtaining the history of present illness (HPI).
Create a list of five questions from at least 3 different body systems (e.g., Questions should relate to the chief complaint of back pain, but should stem from at least 3 systems that could potentially be a cause of back pain in a patient.
HINT: Do not use OLDCARTS for this question. Think in terms of review of systems (ROS) questions that would be included in the