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3. The Interview
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4. The Complete Health History
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5. Mental Status Assessmentao ao




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7. Family Violence and Human Trafficking
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8. Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical Setting
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9. General Survey and Measurement
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10. Vital Signs ao




11. Pain Assessment
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13. Skin, Hair, and Nails
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14. Head, Face, Neck, and Regional Lymphatics
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15. Eyes
16. Ears
17. Nose, Mouth, and Throat
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18. Breasts, Axillae, and Regional Lymphatics
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20. Heart and Neck Vessels
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22. Abdomen
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25. Male Genitourinary System
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26. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
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27. Female Genitourinary System ao ao




28. The Complete Health Assessment: Adult
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29. The Complete Physical Assessment: Infant, Young Child, and Adolescent
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30. Bedside Assessment and Electronic Documentation
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31. Pregnancy
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,Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
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Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 9th Edition
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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations
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are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.
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c. Subjective.
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Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, a
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nd auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about
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him or herself during history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to desc
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ribe data. ao




2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and “feels hot.” These types of
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data would be: ao ao



a. Objective.
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Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective d
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ata are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscult
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ating during the physical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to d
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escribe data. ao




3. The patient’s record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form t
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he:
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d. Discharge summary. ao




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Together with the patient’s record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data for
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m the data base. The other items are not part of the patient’s record, laboratory studies, or data.
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4. When listening to a patient’s breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The
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nurse’s next action should be to: ao ao ao ao ao



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, 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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When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patient’s breath sounds, the nurse validates t
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he data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an e
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xpert to listen. ao ao




5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nu
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rse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience fro
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m which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.
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c. Articles in journals. ao ao



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Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuit
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ive links. ao




6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously l
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abeling it. These responses are referred to as:
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a. Intuition.
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Intuition is characterized by pattern recognition— ao ao ao ao ao



expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. Th
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e other options are not correct.
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7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-
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based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
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a. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
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b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
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c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician’s experience.
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d... The patient’s own preferences are not important with EBP.
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EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combinat
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ion with the clinician’s experience, as well as patient preferences and values, when making dec
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isions about care and treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to
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treat patients, and questioning tradition is important when no compelling and supportive resea
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rch evidence exists.
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8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which i
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s an example of a first-level priority problem?
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