ROS

Question 1

Topics to include

Answer 1

General, skin/hair/nails, lymph nodes, blood, head, eyes, nose, mouth, throat/neck, resp, CV, GI, GU, MS, nervous, mental status, endocrine

Question 2

General

Answer 2

denies major illness, recent weight change, weakness, malaise, fatigue, fever, chills, night sweats

Question 3

Skin, hair, nails

Answer 3

denies rashes/lesions/pruritus

Question 4

lymph nodes

Answer 4

denies enlargement, pain

Question 5

blood

Answer 5

denies anemia, bruising, easy bleeding

Question 6

head

Answer 6

denies HA, trauma, vertigo, syncope, seizures, memory loss, masses

Question 7

eyes

Answer 7

denies discharge, redness, visual loss, diplopia, trauma, glasses, photophobia, blurring

Question 8

ears

Answer 8

hearing loss, tinnitus, discharge, pain, OM

Question 9

nose

Answer 9

denies discharge, obstruction, epistaxis, allergies, frequent colds

Question 10

mouth

Answer 10

denies sores, bleeding, teeth, abn taste, TMJ

Question 11

throat/neck

Answer 11

denies swelling, lumps, voice change, ST, swelling, masses, goiter

Question 12

breasts

Answer 12

lumps, pain, nipple discharge, last mammogram

Question 13

endocrine

Answer 13

polyphagia, polydipsia, polyuria, temperature intolerance

Question 14

resp

Answer 14

dyspnea, orthopnea, wheezing, cough, pneumonia, asthma

Question 15

CV

Answer 15

CP, palpitations, peripheral edema, murmurs, HTN, known heart disease

Question 16

GI

Answer 16

appetite, denies N/V, abd, pain, diarrhea, constipation, hernia, dysphagia, melena, BRBPR, pain, hemorrhoids, GERD

Question 17

GU

Answer 17

polyuria, oliguria, dysuria, hematuria, incontinence, nocturia, pain, UTI, STD hx, lesions, discharge, or masses

Question 18

MS

Answer 18

denies weakness, atrophy, swelling, joint pain

Question 19

neuro

Answer 19

paralysis, incoordination, pain, paresthesias, anesthesia

Question 20

mental status

Answer 20

suicidal/homicidal ideation, relations with family, lability of mood, hallucination, delusion, depression, anxiety, somnolence, changes in sleep, sexuality probs