Instructions: Please read the text and answer the questions below.

Chapter 10 text

A PATIENT IS VISITING HER GENERAL PRACTITIONER. SHE IS OBVIOUSLY IN ACUTE PAIN:

— Hello Mrs. Neel, what brings you here today?

— I feel terrible! I haven’t slept all night! I’m in a lot of pain!

— Where does it hurt?

— It’s my stomach, Doctor, right here, on the right side of my belly.

— All right, and when did it start hurting?

— About two days ago. I ate mussels for dinner, and the stomachache started that night.

— Did you vomit, or do you feel nauseous?

— I vomited during the first night, and again this morning. I don’t really feel nauseous.

— Do you have a fever?

— A little, 37.8^oC.

— Your pain is very severe, right? Can you rate it on a scale between 0 and 10?

— ­Hum… About 7.

— Ok, and does it hurt when you cough?

— Yes, it does.

— All right Mrs. Neel. Please follow me to the examination room and take your shirt off.

The doctor examines her and reaches a diagnosis.

— Well, Mrs. Neel, I think you need to be hospitalized as soon as possible. You have appendicitis, and you need surgery.

— Oh my god! I have to call my husband to make plans.

— Yes, but don’t worry Mrs. Neel. Everything will be ok. I will take care of you.

Which of the following is NOT a nice way of welcoming a patient: