A Piece of Objective Data Collected Upon Initial Assessment of the Patient

question 1262

Multiple Choice

A piece of objective data collected upon initial assessment of the patient is the

• A) review of systems.
• B) history of present illness.
• C) chief complaint.
• D) vital signs.

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Definitions:

Personal Fable

The part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent’s sense of uniqueness and invincibility.

Formal-Operational Thought

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals develop the ability to think about abstract concepts, hypothetical situations, and use logic.

Piaget's Ideas

The theories of cognitive development proposed by Jean Piaget, emphasizing how children progress through distinct stages of development.

Transitivity

Principle that says if a relation holds between a first object and a second object, and holds between the second object and a third object, then it holds between the first object and the third object. Piaget argued that an understanding of transitivity is characteristic of concrete operational thought.