chap 17

Question 1

clinical decision making

Answer 1

a process that is evolving using all tools a medic has to select an evidence based choice of action

Question 2

clinical reasoning

Answer 2

use of results of questions to think about associated issue with the patients chief complaint

Question 3

differential diagnosis

Answer 3

weighing of one disease vs another possibly accounting for the patients illness

Question 4

things that are received through history taking

Answer 4

ID life threatening issues
appropriate care
issues of the patients past

Question 5

opening questions

Answer 5

determine why the patient called 911

Question 6

chief complaint

Answer 6

can lead an underlying problem with patient that causes the chief complaint

Question 7

present illness

Answer 7

is the cause of the chief complaint and is used to find out why the patient is having these issues

Question 8

sensitive topics

Answer 8

privacy is essential, be direct and firm, avoid confrontation, nonjudgmental, easily understood language, encourage and document

Question 9

process of clinical reasoning

Answer 9

take al the things the medic does know and narrow it down to what might be the issue, which forms a working hypothesis and leads to a differential diagnosis