The nurse is assessing a patient's headache pain. Which questions ...

[K@]

The nurse is assessing a patient's headache pain. Which questions reflect one or more of the critical characteristics of symptoms that should be assessed? Select all that apply.
 
  a. Where is the headache pain?
  b. Did you have these headaches as a child?
  c. On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is the pain?
  d. How often do the headaches occur?
  e. What makes the headaches feel better?
  f.
  Do you have any family history of headaches?

Question 2

The nurse is assessing a new patient who has recently immigrated to the United States. Which question is appropriate to add to the health history?
 
  a. Why did you come to the United States?
  b. When did you come to the United States and from what country?
  c. What made you leave your native country?
  d. Are you planning to return to your home?

[Pswine]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C, D, E
The mnemonic PQRSTU may help the nurse remember to address the critical characteristics that need to be assessed: (1) P: provocative or palliative; (2) Q: quality or quantity; (3) R: region or radiation; (4) S: severity scale; (5) T: timing; and (6) U: understand the patient's perception. Asking, Where is the pain? reflects region. Asking the patient to rate the pain on a 1 to 10 scale reflects severity. Asking How often... reflects timing. Asking what makes the pain better reflects provocative. The other options reflect health history and family history.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Biographic data, such as when the person entered the United States and from what country, are appropriate additions to the health history. The other answers do not reflect appropriate questions.

[K@]

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[mohan]

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