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Medical History
What is the difference between a differential diagnosis and a clinical diagnosis?
Explain patient factors that should be considered when a patient is treated holistically.
List and describe the six components of the medical history.
Understanding and Communicating with Patients
Define the process of active listening.
Indicate if the following questions are open-ended or closed-ended:
How have you been feeling?
Do you have a headache?
Have you ever broken a bone?
What brings you to the physician?
Are you feeling better?
Do you have high blood pressure?
Tell me about your back pain.
When did the nausea start?
Did your mother have a history of cancer?
Do you smoke?
Define the principles of self-boundaries. How do they relate to the field of medical assisting?
Interviewing the Patient
Identify the defense mechanism displayed by the following patients.
A patient who refuses to believe she has breast cancer.
A 5-year-old child who starts to suck his thumb again when he is ill.
A patient who accuses you of being disrespectful when he has acted that way himself.
A patient who explains that she missed her appointment because she was so busy, and she really didn’t need to follow up on the biopsy results anyway.
Assessing the Patient
Describe the differences between a patient’s signs of a disease and his or her possible symptoms.
Label the following as “subjective” (symptom) or “objective” (sign).
Pain
Nausea
Dizziness
Elevated blood pressure
Labored respirations
Headache
Temperature of skin
Back pain
Color of the skin
Abdominal pain
Physical Examination
Identify three responsibilities of the medical assistant in-room preparation.
Explain three responsibilities of the medical assistant in patient preparation.
Detail three responsibilities of the medical assistant in assisting the provider.
Describe the following methods of assessment.
Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
Mensuration
Manipulation
Summarize the major guidelines for proper body mechanics.
Outline the principles of safe lifting techniques.
Describe the typical physical examination sequence.
Identify the instruments needed for the physical examination that are shown in the following figures and describe their purpose.
Label the positions for examination in the following figures and give an example of a physical examination that is appropriate for each.
Physical Examination
List and define four refractive errors.
Summarize how to perform an audiometric test using both a manual and automatic machine.
Explain the difference between the Weber and Rinne tuning fork tests for hearing loss.
SCIENCE
HEALTH SCIENCE
NURSING
PMA 2018
Please carefully read the instructions and each question. Some sections will include activities, Whi
