Test Bank for Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis All chapters(1-32) Newest version 2024

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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic
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and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.


b. Reflective.


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d. Introspective.


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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
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historytaking. 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 nervN
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Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what
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the 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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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
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Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data
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base. 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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4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses
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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 patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to
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ensure 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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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
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Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links.
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