ROS

Question 0

Skin

Answer 0

Texture, pruritic, rashes, lesions, color changes, nails, hair

Question 1

General

Answer 1

Energy level, sleep, Pt report overall health

Question 2

Eyes

Answer 2

Scotoma (blind spot), diplopia (double vision), glaucoma (increased pressure within eyeball), discomfort, visual acuity problems, glasses, contacts

Question 3

Ears

Answer 3

Earaches, drainage, tinnitus (ringing or buzzing), hearing loss, hearing aids

Question 4

Nose and Sinus

Answer 4

Epistaxis (nose bleeds), obstruction, trauma, sinusitis, postnasal drip

Question 5

Mouth and Throat

Answer 5

Ulceration, sore throat/tongue, hoarseness, voice changes, bleeding, last dental exam

Question 6

Neck

Answer 6

Masses, goiter (enlarged thyroid gland/neck swelling), pain, dysphasia (difficulty in swallowing), limitations of ROM

Question 7

Chest/Breasts

Answer 7

Lumps, pain, tenderness, change in size, nipple discharge

Question 8

Cardiovascular

Answer 8

Chest pain discomfort, dyspnea (difficulty in breathing) on exertion, orthopenea (sob when supine), platypnea (sob when sitting), paroxysmal (spasm, sudden fit) sob, nocturnal dyspnea, edema, potato on, syncope, hypertension, history of murmurs, claudication (limping, cramping pain in leg due to arterial obstruction), thrombophlebitis (inflammation on wall of vein), blood clot, varicose veins

Question 9

Respiratory

Answer 9

Cough, abd sputum, hemoptysis (coughing up blood), dyspnea, wheezing, pleuritic pain (sharp, stabbing chest pain worsened by cough or breath), environmental exposure to harmful agents, chest X-ray (date)

Question 10

Gastrointestinal

Answer 10

Dysphasia (difficulty in swallowing), heartburn, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, food intolerance, indigestion, gas, abd pain, jaundice, gall bladder fxn, changes on bowel habits or color of stool, diarrhea, constipation, laxatives, blood in stool, hemorrhoids (swollen veins in region of rectum/anus), melana (passing of black (dried blood) stool), hematemesis (vomiting of blood)

Question 11

Genitourinary

Answer 11

Change in frequency, nocturia (waking up to pass urine), incontinence, dysuria, kidney stones, vd, pid (pelvic inflammatory disease)

Question 12

Hemotologic

Answer 12

Easy bruising, abnormal bleeding, anemia, transfusion, enlarged LN or spleen

Question 13

Endocrine

Answer 13

Polydipsia (great thirst), polyphagia (excessive hunger), heat/cold intolerance, change in color of skin, dizziness, change in sexual function

Question 14

Musculoskeletal

Answer 14

Back pain, joint pain, swelling, tenderness, morning stiffness, LOM (?), amount interference with activities

Question 15

Neurological

Answer 15

Headache, light-headedness, vertigo, convulsions, stroke, focal weakness, speech problems, memory loss, tremor, gait problems, numbness, paresthesia, incoordination, head/neck trauma center

Question 16

Mental status

Answer 16

Summarize assess of memory, orientation, intellectual/cognitive processes, judgment, affective processes

Question 17

Emotional

Answer 17

Anxiety, phobias, depression, other emotional problems, sociopathic behavior