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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
charted that his respirationsare eupneic (normal) and his pulse is 58
beats per minute. These types of data would be:
a. Objective.
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A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and
feels hot. These types ofdata would be
C. Subjective.
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The patient's record, laboratory studies, objective data, and
subjective data combine to formthe:
a. Data base.
When listening to a patient's breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of
a sound that is heard. Thenurses next action should be to:
C. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath
sounds.
The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in
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describing health is essentialbecause:
C. Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and
personal behavior.
, The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a newly admitted
patient. An example of
objective information obtained during the physical
assessment includes the:D. 2 5 cm scar on the right
lower forearm.
A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who
has many chronic medicalproblems. Which type of database is
most appropriate to collect in this setting?
C. A complete health database because of the nurses primary
responsibility for monitoring thepatients health
Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse
performs a focused orproblem-centered history?
D. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms.
A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She
has been coming to theclinic weekly since she changed
medications 2 months ago. The nurse should:
a. Collect a follow-up database and then check her blood pressure.
A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department
with multiple traumas received in an automobile accident. He is alert
and cooperative, but his injuries are quite severe.How would the
nurse proceed with data collection?
b. Simultaneously ask history questions while performing the
examination and initiating life-saving measures.
A 42-year-old patient of Asian descent is being seen at the clinic