health assessment
test bank 1 Exam
Questions and
Complete Solution
Denning [Date] [Course title]
,A - Correct 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 - Correct Ans: 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
A - Correct Ans: 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.
C - Correct Ans: 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.
B - Correct Ans: 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
A - Correct Ans: 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.
C - Correct Ans: 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.
test bank 1 Exam
Questions and
Complete Solution
Denning [Date] [Course title]
,A - Correct 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 - Correct Ans: 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
A - Correct Ans: 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.
C - Correct Ans: 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.
B - Correct Ans: 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
A - Correct Ans: 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.
C - Correct Ans: 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.
