CHAPTER #2 CRITICAL THINKING IN
HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The nurse is collecting data from a client. Which of the following best reflects
objective data? - ANSWER-Appearance
Your client has been directly admitted from the doctor's office. The only paperwork
he has brought with him is his admission orders. You are gathering your admission
data when ordered lab work is collected. When documenting your history, physical
examination, assessment, and plan, what would you write under the heading
"Laboratory Data"? - ANSWER-None currently.
The nursing instructor realizes that the nursing student understands all the criteria
necessary for developing expertise when making clinical professional judgments by
identifying the following as being a barrier to diagnostic reasoning. - ANSWER-
seeing things as only right or wrong
The nurse has learned that after completing the assessment phase of the nursing
process, the next step is the diagnostic phase. What does the diagnostic phase allow
for the nurse to do? - ANSWER-Analyze the data
Which of the following would be most important for a nurse when developing critical
thinking skills? - ANSWER-Maintenance of an open mind
A client who is 2 days postoperative reports pain and requests pain medication. After
assessing the client's pain level, the nurse decides to give the client oral oxycodone
hydrochloride-acetaminophen instead of intravenous morphine. This nurse is doing
which step of the nursing process? - ANSWER-implementation
The nursing student demonstrates a need for further teaching when she states which
of the following? - ANSWER-Patients do not need to understand their problems.
An experienced medical-surgical nurse has identified critical thinking as an integral
component of diagnostic reasoning. How can the relationship between these two
concepts be best described? - ANSWER-Critical thinking is the foundation of the
process of diagnostic reasoning.
The nurse collected extensive data during a client assessment and is performing the
first step in the process of data analysis. Successful completion of this step requires
the nurse to do which of the following? - ANSWER-Differentiate between expected
findings and abnormal findings.
A nurse provides care for a client with an elevated temperature. The client is given
the prescribed medication and the nurse checks the client's temperature at repeated
intervals. What step of the nursing process is the nurse using to determine if the
client has achieved the outcome criteria of the treatment? - ANSWER-Evaluation
HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The nurse is collecting data from a client. Which of the following best reflects
objective data? - ANSWER-Appearance
Your client has been directly admitted from the doctor's office. The only paperwork
he has brought with him is his admission orders. You are gathering your admission
data when ordered lab work is collected. When documenting your history, physical
examination, assessment, and plan, what would you write under the heading
"Laboratory Data"? - ANSWER-None currently.
The nursing instructor realizes that the nursing student understands all the criteria
necessary for developing expertise when making clinical professional judgments by
identifying the following as being a barrier to diagnostic reasoning. - ANSWER-
seeing things as only right or wrong
The nurse has learned that after completing the assessment phase of the nursing
process, the next step is the diagnostic phase. What does the diagnostic phase allow
for the nurse to do? - ANSWER-Analyze the data
Which of the following would be most important for a nurse when developing critical
thinking skills? - ANSWER-Maintenance of an open mind
A client who is 2 days postoperative reports pain and requests pain medication. After
assessing the client's pain level, the nurse decides to give the client oral oxycodone
hydrochloride-acetaminophen instead of intravenous morphine. This nurse is doing
which step of the nursing process? - ANSWER-implementation
The nursing student demonstrates a need for further teaching when she states which
of the following? - ANSWER-Patients do not need to understand their problems.
An experienced medical-surgical nurse has identified critical thinking as an integral
component of diagnostic reasoning. How can the relationship between these two
concepts be best described? - ANSWER-Critical thinking is the foundation of the
process of diagnostic reasoning.
The nurse collected extensive data during a client assessment and is performing the
first step in the process of data analysis. Successful completion of this step requires
the nurse to do which of the following? - ANSWER-Differentiate between expected
findings and abnormal findings.
A nurse provides care for a client with an elevated temperature. The client is given
the prescribed medication and the nurse checks the client's temperature at repeated
intervals. What step of the nursing process is the nurse using to determine if the
client has achieved the outcome criteria of the treatment? - ANSWER-Evaluation
