JARVIS PHYSICAL EXAM & HEALTH
ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS AND
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: - Answer-Objective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These
types of data would be: - Answer-Subjective
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to
form the: - Answer-Data Base
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The nurses next action should be to: - Answer-Validate the data by asking a coworker to
listen to the breath sounds
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session,
the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using: - Answer-
A set of rules
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as: - Answer-Intuitition
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP? - Answer-EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with
the clinicians experience
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses.
Which is an example of a first-level priority problem? - Answer-Individual with shortness
of breath and respiratory distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-
level priority problems include which of these aspects? - Answer-Abnormal laboratory
values
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data? - Answer-
Clustering related cues
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies
on the appropriateness of the __________ diagnosis. - Answer-Nursing
ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS AND
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: - Answer-Objective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These
types of data would be: - Answer-Subjective
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to
form the: - Answer-Data Base
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The nurses next action should be to: - Answer-Validate the data by asking a coworker to
listen to the breath sounds
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session,
the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using: - Answer-
A set of rules
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as: - Answer-Intuitition
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP? - Answer-EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with
the clinicians experience
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses.
Which is an example of a first-level priority problem? - Answer-Individual with shortness
of breath and respiratory distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-
level priority problems include which of these aspects? - Answer-Abnormal laboratory
values
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data? - Answer-
Clustering related cues
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies
on the appropriateness of the __________ diagnosis. - Answer-Nursing
