PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH
ASSESSMENT PRACTICE SOLUTION VIEW
AHEAD EXAM WITH TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
• After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per
minute. These types of data would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. Answer: A
• A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels
hot. These types of data would be:
a.
,Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. Answer: C
• The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data combine to form the:
a.
Data base.
b.
Admitting data.
c.
Financial statement.
d.
Discharge summary. Answer: A
• When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
, a.
Immediately notify the patients physician.
b.
Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c.
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d.
Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
Answer: C
• The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses,
without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are
more likely to make their decisions using:
a.
Intuition.
b.
A set of rules.
c.
Articles in journals.
d.
ASSESSMENT PRACTICE SOLUTION VIEW
AHEAD EXAM WITH TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
• After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per
minute. These types of data would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. Answer: A
• A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels
hot. These types of data would be:
a.
,Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. Answer: C
• The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data combine to form the:
a.
Data base.
b.
Admitting data.
c.
Financial statement.
d.
Discharge summary. Answer: A
• When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
, a.
Immediately notify the patients physician.
b.
Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c.
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d.
Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
Answer: C
• The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses,
without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are
more likely to make their decisions using:
a.
Intuition.
b.
A set of rules.
c.
Articles in journals.
d.
