PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH
ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
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 types of data would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. - Correct Answers -A
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data
would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
, d.
Introspective. - Correct Answers -C
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form
the:
a.
Data base.
b.
Admitting data.
c.
Financial statement.
d.
Discharge summary. - Correct Answers -A
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The
nurses next action should be to:
a.
Immediately notify the patients physician.
b.
Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c.
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d.
ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
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 types of data would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. - Correct Answers -A
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data
would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
, d.
Introspective. - Correct Answers -C
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form
the:
a.
Data base.
b.
Admitting data.
c.
Financial statement.
d.
Discharge summary. - Correct Answers -A
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The
nurses next action should be to:
a.
Immediately notify the patients physician.
b.
Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c.
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d.
