PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH
EDITION TESTBANK BY CAROLYN JARVIS
ALL CHAPTERS/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024
,Test Bank Physical Examination and Health Assessment
8th Edition by Jarvis
Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. After completing an initial assessment of a clientele, the nurse practitioner 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.
RIGHT CHOICE: A
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating
during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history
taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A clientele tells the nurse practitioner that he is very nervN
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, and feels hot. These types of data would
be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
RIGHT CHOICE: C
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the
health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical
examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. The clienteles record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
a. Data base.
, b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
RIGHT CHOICE: A
Together with the clienteles record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base.
The other items are not part of the clienteles record, laboratory studies, or data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. When listening to a clienteles breath sounds, the nurse practitioner is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The nurse practitioners next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the clienteles 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. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
RIGHT CHOICE:
C
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a clienteles breath sounds, the nurse practitioner validates the
data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse practitioner has less experience n an area, then he or she asks an expert to
listen.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. The nurse practitioner is conducting a class for new graduate nurse practitioners. During the teaching
session, the nurse practitioner should keep in mind that novice nurse practitioners, without a background of
skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors.
RIGHT CHOICE: B
Novice nurse practitioners operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses
intuitive links. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
, MSC: Client Needs: General
6. Expert nurse practitioners learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
RIGHT CHOICE: A
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurse practitioners learn to attend to a pattern of
assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: General
7. The nurse practitioner is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement
best reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUfRbSesIN
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b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of clienteles.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
d. The clienteles own preferences are not important with
EBP. RIGHT CHOICE: C
EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combination with the
clinicians experience, as well as clientele preferences and values, when making decisions about care and
treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to treat clienteles, and questioning
tradition is important when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
8. The nurse practitioner is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurse
practitioners. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Clientele with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed clientele with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
EDITION TESTBANK BY CAROLYN JARVIS
ALL CHAPTERS/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024
,Test Bank Physical Examination and Health Assessment
8th Edition by Jarvis
Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. After completing an initial assessment of a clientele, the nurse practitioner 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.
RIGHT CHOICE: A
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating
during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history
taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A clientele tells the nurse practitioner that he is very nervN
ouUsR,SisINnaGuTsB
ea.CteOdM
, and feels hot. These types of data would
be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
RIGHT CHOICE: C
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the
health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical
examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. The clienteles record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
a. Data base.
, b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
RIGHT CHOICE: A
Together with the clienteles record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base.
The other items are not part of the clienteles record, laboratory studies, or data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. When listening to a clienteles breath sounds, the nurse practitioner is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The nurse practitioners next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the clienteles 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. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
RIGHT CHOICE:
C
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a clienteles breath sounds, the nurse practitioner validates the
data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse practitioner has less experience n an area, then he or she asks an expert to
listen.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. The nurse practitioner is conducting a class for new graduate nurse practitioners. During the teaching
session, the nurse practitioner should keep in mind that novice nurse practitioners, without a background of
skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors.
RIGHT CHOICE: B
Novice nurse practitioners operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses
intuitive links. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
, MSC: Client Needs: General
6. Expert nurse practitioners learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
RIGHT CHOICE: A
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurse practitioners learn to attend to a pattern of
assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: General
7. The nurse practitioner is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement
best reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUfRbSesIN
t pGrT
acBt.iC
ceOsM
.
b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of clienteles.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
d. The clienteles own preferences are not important with
EBP. RIGHT CHOICE: C
EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combination with the
clinicians experience, as well as clientele preferences and values, when making decisions about care and
treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to treat clienteles, and questioning
tradition is important when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
8. The nurse practitioner is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurse
practitioners. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Clientele with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed clientele with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
