1. What questions would you ask initially for a patient coming in for complaints

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1. What questions would you ask initially for a patient coming in for complaints of a headache?

2. What would you look at as far as the objective assessment?
3. What is abstract thinking and what questions could ask to ascertain if they are understanding?


1. What questions would you ask initially for a patient coming in for complaints of a headache?

2. What would you look at as far as the objective assessment?
3. What is abstract thinking and what questions could ask to ascertain if they are understanding?




2. What would you look at as far as the objective assessment?
3. What is abstract thinking and what questions could ask to ascertain if they are understanding?



2. What would you look at as far as the objective assessment?
3. What is abstract thinking and what questions could ask to ascertain if they are understanding?


2. What would you look at as far as the objective assessment?
3. What is abstract thinking and what questions could ask to ascertain if they are understanding?

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11.Has there been a recent head injury or fall?

2) physical examination can be done to assess the headache.

3) Primary goal is to make a good rapport with patient. Then start asking questions in a sequence. Better to avoid yes or no questions so they can give a brief description of answers. So it helps patient as well as data collector to concentrate and get valuable information. Ask relatives or by standers the same questions. Ask questions with examples like aggrevating factors of headache can be extreme cold, cough.

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