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Physical Examination and Health Assessment
4th Canadian Edition (Jarvis, 2025)
All Chapters 1 - 31
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Critical Thinking and Evidence-Informed Assessment
MULTIPLEHCHOICE
1. Which type of data is collected by obtaining vital signs?
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a. Objective
b. Reflecting
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
ANSWER:Ha
Objective data are what the health professional observesby
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Hinspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during
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the physical examination. Subjective data are what the per
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son says about themselves during history taking. The terms
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reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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PTS:H1
DIF:HCognitiveHLevel:HUnderstandingH(Comprehension)
MSC:HClientHNeeds:HSafeHandHEffectiveHCareHEnvironment:HManagementHofHCar
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2.During an assessment, a patient describes feeling w
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arm, nauseated, and nervous. Which type of data iscol
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lected?
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
ANSWER:Hc
Subjective data are what the person says about themselves
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during history taking. Objective data are whatthe health pr
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ofessional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, an
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d auscultating during the physical examination. The terms r
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eflective and
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