Data Gathering
35 free questions tagged Data Gathering, each with a full explanation of every option.
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A 76-year-old man with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes is being discharged on a nightly basal insulin. The nurse has explained and demonstrated the injection te…
Nursing · Clinical rotations · common
A registered nurse is preparing to administer flucloxacillin 1 g in 100 mL of sodium chloride 0.9% intravenously over 30 minutes. No infusion pump is available,…
Nursing · Clinical rotations · common
A 9-year-old boy is brought to a regional Victorian hospital 45 minutes after a suspected snakebite to the calf while walking through long grass. A pressure imm…
Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 46-year-old woman with bipolar disorder has been stable on lithium carbonate for five years. She presents with two days of nausea, vomiting and unsteadiness o…
Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common
A 17-year-old girl is admitted for nutritional rehabilitation. She weighs 39 kg with a height of 168 cm, having lost 15 kg over six months through severe dietar…
Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common
A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after taking 20 paracetamol tablets following an argument. He is medically cleared and a psychiatric as…
Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common
A 58-year-old woman presents after a single episode of light vaginal bleeding one week ago. Her last menstrual period was at age 51 and she has never used menop…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 31-year-old primigravida at 33 weeks gestation reports one week of intense generalised itching that is worst at night and most severe over her palms and the s…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 34-year-old woman attends her general practitioner eight weeks after the vaginal birth of her first child. Her pregnancy was complicated by gestational diabet…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · common
A 6-day-old boy born at term is brought to the emergency department after vomiting three times over four hours; the most recent vomitus was dark green. He fed n…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 22-month-old boy is brought to his general practitioner because he is not yet talking. He says 'mum' and 'dada' only, but points to things he wants, waves goo…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 48-year-old man who migrated from southern China ten years ago presents with six weeks of a blocked sensation and reduced hearing in the right ear. On several…
Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 72-year-old woman presents with an ulcer above her left medial malleolus that has been present for eight weeks. She has type 2 diabetes and smoked a packet of…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 68-year-old man presents with a 24-hour history of a painful, swollen right knee and is now unable to bear weight. He takes hydrochlorothiazide for hypertensi…
Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common
A 45-year-old woman presents because a mole on her calf has become darker and larger over three months. It is 8 mm across with an irregular edge and several sha…
Dermatology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 68-year-old man presents with three months of increasing tiredness and breathlessness climbing stairs. He eats a mixed diet, takes no regular medications, and…
Gastroenterology and Hepatology · Clinical rotations · common
A 41-year-old woman presents nine hours after the onset of a severe headache that struck like a blow to the back of the head while she was lifting weights and r…
Neurology · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 76-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation, whose apixaban was stopped three weeks ago after a fall, presents with four hours of severe constant central abdom…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 14-year-old boy presents with sudden severe lower abdominal pain that woke him from sleep two hours ago, accompanied by two episodes of vomiting. He is pale a…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 22-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with 24 hours of lower abdominal pain that began around the umbilicus and is now most marked on the rig…
Surgery and Perioperative Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist