BATES’ GUIDE TO PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION AND HISTORY
TAKING 13TH EDITION BICKLEY TEST
BANK
, Bates’ Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking
13th Edition Bickley Test Bank
CHAPTER 1 Foundations for Clinical Proficiency
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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.
.
ANS: A
O𝑏jective data are what the health professional o 𝑏serves 𝑏y inspecting, percussing, palpating,
and auscultating during the physical examination. Su 𝑏jective data is what the person says
a𝑏out him or herself during history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used
to descri𝑏e data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. 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.
.
ANS: 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
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,to descri𝑏e data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. 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.
.
ANS: A
Together with the patients record and la𝑏oratory studies, the o 𝑏jective and su 𝑏jective data form
the data 𝑏ase. The other items are not part of the patients record, la𝑏oratory studies, or data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remem𝑏ering (Knowledge) REF: p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. 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.
.
ANS: 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.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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, 5. 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.
.
ANS: B
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses
intuitive links.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 3
MSC: Client Needs: General
6. 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.
.
ANS: A
Intuition is characterized 𝑏y pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern
of assessment data and act without consciously la𝑏eling it. The other options are not
correct.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 4
MSC: Client Needs: General
7. The nurse is reviewing information a𝑏out evidence-𝑏ased practice (EBP). Which
statement 𝑏est reflects EBP?
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EXAMINATION AND HISTORY
TAKING 13TH EDITION BICKLEY TEST
BANK
, Bates’ Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking
13th Edition Bickley Test Bank
CHAPTER 1 Foundations for Clinical Proficiency
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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.
.
ANS: A
O𝑏jective data are what the health professional o 𝑏serves 𝑏y inspecting, percussing, palpating,
and auscultating during the physical examination. Su 𝑏jective data is what the person says
a𝑏out him or herself during history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used
to descri𝑏e data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. 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.
.
ANS: 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
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,to descri𝑏e data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. 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.
.
ANS: A
Together with the patients record and la𝑏oratory studies, the o 𝑏jective and su 𝑏jective data form
the data 𝑏ase. The other items are not part of the patients record, la𝑏oratory studies, or data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remem𝑏ering (Knowledge) REF: p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. 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.
.
ANS: 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.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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, 5. 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.
.
ANS: B
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses
intuitive links.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 3
MSC: Client Needs: General
6. 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.
.
ANS: A
Intuition is characterized 𝑏y pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern
of assessment data and act without consciously la𝑏eling it. The other options are not
correct.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 4
MSC: Client Needs: General
7. The nurse is reviewing information a𝑏out evidence-𝑏ased practice (EBP). Which
statement 𝑏est reflects EBP?
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