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MULTIPLE CHOICE 3
1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and hi
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s 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 3
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating duri
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ng the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during historytaking
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. 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 nervN
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a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: C 3
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the heal
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th professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination.
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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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a. Data base. 3
b. Admitting data. 3
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c. Financial statement. 3
d. Discharge summary. 3
ANS: A 3
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base. The
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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 ac
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tion should be to:
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician. 3 3 3 3
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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 3
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure ac
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curacy. 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 keepin
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mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to m
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ake their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
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d. Advice from supervisors. 3 3
ANS: B 3
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links. DIF:
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Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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sical Examinatio 3
n andHealth Asse
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ssment, 8thEditi 3 3
on, Carolyn Jarvi
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s, ISBN: 9780323
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510806
, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK
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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8e (by Jarvis)
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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment 3 3 3
MULTIPLE CHOICE 3
1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and hi
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s 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 3
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating duri
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ng the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during historytaking
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. 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 nervN
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ea.C
teOdM
3 , and feels hot. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: C 3
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the heal
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th professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination.
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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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a. Data base. 3
b. Admitting data. 3
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c. Financial statement. 3
d. Discharge summary. 3
ANS: A 3
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base. The
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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 ac
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tion should be to:
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician. 3 3 3 3
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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 3
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure ac
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curacy. 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 keepin
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mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to m
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ake their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
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c. Articles in journals. 3 3
d. Advice from supervisors. 3 3
ANS: B 3
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links. DIF:
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Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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