Test Bank for Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis & Ann Eckhardt – Questions with Correct Answers 2026

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, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 9TH EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK
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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9e (by Jarvis)
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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment v v v




MULTIPLE CHOICE v




1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and
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his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.


b. Reflective.


c. Subjective.


d. Introspective.


ANS: A v




Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating
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during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history
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taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is n a u s e a. Ct eOd M
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a. Objective.


b. Reflective.


c. Subjective.


d. Introspective.


ANS: C v




Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the
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health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the
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vphysical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
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b. Admitting data. v

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a. Data base.
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b. Admitting data. v

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c. Financial statement. v




d. Discharge summary. v




ANS: A v




Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data
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base. The other items are not part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next
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action should be to:
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician. v v v v




b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard. v v v v v v v




c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
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d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
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ANS: C v




When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure
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accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
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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
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keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more
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likely to make their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.


b. A set of rules.
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d. Advice from supervisors. v v




ANS: B v




Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links.
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v DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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