health assessment test bank 1
A - ANS. 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
C - ANSA 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
A - ANSThe 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.
C - ANSWhen 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.
B - ANSThe 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
A - ANSExpert 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.
C - ANSThe 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.
D - ANSThe 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
C - ANSWhen considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that
second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
a. Low self-esteem
b. Lack of knowledge
A - ANS. 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
C - ANSA 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
A - ANSThe 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.
C - ANSWhen 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.
B - ANSThe 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
A - ANSExpert 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.
C - ANSThe 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.
D - ANSThe 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
C - ANSWhen considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that
second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
a. Low self-esteem
b. Lack of knowledge
