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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment +i +i +i




MULTIPLE CHOICE +i




1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic an
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d his 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 +i




Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating
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during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history t
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aking. 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 n e r vNo uUsR, SisIN
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a. Objective.


b. Reflective.


c. Subjective.


d. Introspective.


ANS: C +i




Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the
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health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical
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examination. 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. +i




b. Admitting data. +i




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c. Financial statement. +i




d. Discharge summary. +i




ANS: A +i




Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base
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. The 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 ne
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xt action should be to:
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician. +i +i +i +i




b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard. +i +i +i +i +i +i +i




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 +i




When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure
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accuracy. 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
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keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are m
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ore likely to make their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.


b. A set of rules.
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d. Advice from supervisors. +i +i




ANS: B +i




Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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