Test Bank for Bates’ Guide to
Physical Examination and
History Taking, 13th Edition
by Lynn S. Bickley |
2025/2026 Clinical
Assessment Exam Prep |
Chapters 1–27 Complete PDF
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
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting,
percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination.
Subjective data is what
the person says about him or herself during history taking. The terms reflective
and introspective are not used to describe data.
,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
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history
taking. Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting,
percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. The
terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and
subjective data form the data base. The other items are not part of the patients
record, laboratory studies, or data.
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
,When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the
nurse validates the data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an
area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
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 Advice from supervisors. - ANSWER-B
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert
practitioner uses intuitive links.
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
b The nursing process. c Clinical knowledge.
d Diagnostic reasoning. - ANSWER-A
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognition expert nurses learn to attend to a
pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other
options are not correct.
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP?
, a EBP relies on tradition for support of best
practices.
b EBP is simply the use of best practice
techniques for the treatment of patients c EBP
emphasizes the use of best evidence with the
clinicians experience. d The patients own
preferences are not important with EBP. -
ANSWER-C
EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence
in combination with the clinicians experience, as well as patient preferences and
values, when making decisions about care and treatment. EBP is more than simply
using the best practice techniques to treat patients, and questioning tradition is
important when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate
nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a Patient with postoperative pain b Newly
diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs
diabetic teaching c Individual with a small
laceration on the sole of the foot d Individual
with shortness of breath and respiratory
distress - ANSWER-D
First-level priority problems are those that are emergent, life threatening, and
immediate (e.g., establishing an airway, supporting breathing, maintaining
circulation, monitoring abnormal vital signs)
Physical Examination and
History Taking, 13th Edition
by Lynn S. Bickley |
2025/2026 Clinical
Assessment Exam Prep |
Chapters 1–27 Complete PDF
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
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting,
percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination.
Subjective data is what
the person says about him or herself during history taking. The terms reflective
and introspective are not used to describe data.
,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
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history
taking. Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting,
percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. The
terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and
subjective data form the data base. The other items are not part of the patients
record, laboratory studies, or data.
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
,When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the
nurse validates the data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an
area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
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 Advice from supervisors. - ANSWER-B
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert
practitioner uses intuitive links.
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
b The nursing process. c Clinical knowledge.
d Diagnostic reasoning. - ANSWER-A
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognition expert nurses learn to attend to a
pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other
options are not correct.
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP?
, a EBP relies on tradition for support of best
practices.
b EBP is simply the use of best practice
techniques for the treatment of patients c EBP
emphasizes the use of best evidence with the
clinicians experience. d The patients own
preferences are not important with EBP. -
ANSWER-C
EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence
in combination with the clinicians experience, as well as patient preferences and
values, when making decisions about care and treatment. EBP is more than simply
using the best practice techniques to treat patients, and questioning tradition is
important when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate
nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a Patient with postoperative pain b Newly
diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs
diabetic teaching c Individual with a small
laceration on the sole of the foot d Individual
with shortness of breath and respiratory
distress - ANSWER-D
First-level priority problems are those that are emergent, life threatening, and
immediate (e.g., establishing an airway, supporting breathing, maintaining
circulation, monitoring abnormal vital signs)
