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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 A
types of data would be:
Objective data are what the health professional
a. Objective. observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and
auscultating during the physical examination.
Subjective data is what the person says about him or
b. Reflective. herself during history taking. The terms reflective
and introspective are not used to describe data
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is
nauseated, and feels hot. C
These types of data would be:
Subjective data are what the person says about him
a. Objective. or herself during history taking. Objective data are
what the health professional observes by inspecting,
b. Reflective. percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the
physical examination. The terms reflective and
introspective are not used to describe data.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective A
data, and subjective data combine to form the:
Together with the patients record and laboratory
a. Data base. studies, the objective and subjective data form the
data base.The other items are not part of the
b. Admitting data. patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the
nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The
nurses next action
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should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patients physician. C
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard. When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a
patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience
to the breath sounds. in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether
the sound is still present.
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate B
nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse
should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined,
background of skills and experience from which
structured rules.The expert practitioner uses
to draw, are more likely to make their decisions
intuitive links.
using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors.
A
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of
assessment data and act without consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as: Intuition is characterized by pattern recognition
expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of
assessment data and act without consciously
a. Intuition. labeling it. The other options are not correct.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.