TEST BANK FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 9TH EDITION BY CAROLYNJARVIS, ANN ECKHARDT ALL CHAPTERS 1-32 / FULL COMPLETE 2024/2025

Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. 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. ANS: A Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating du ring 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 patient tells the nurse that he is very nervNouUsR,xSisINnGauTsBea.CteOd,Mxand feels hot. These types of data would be: a. Objective. b. Reflective. c. Subjective. d. Introspective. ANS: 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 examinati on. 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 patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the: a. Dataxbase. b. Admitting data. c. Financial statement. d. Discharge summary. ANS: A Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base.Th e other items are not part of the patients 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 patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nursesxnext 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. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. NURSINGTB.COM ANS: C When unsure of a sound heard while listeningx to a patients breath sounds, the nursexvalidates the data toxensureaccur acy. If the nurse has less experience inxan area, then he or she asks an expert to listen. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) MSC: Client Needs: Safe andxEffective Care Environment: Management of Care 5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. Duringothe teaching session, the nurse should keepin mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likelyto make their decisions using: a. Intuition. b. A set of rules. c. Articles in journals. d. Advice from supervisors. ANS: B Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. Thexexpert practitioner uses intuitive links.DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: General 6. The nursexis reviewing information about evidence- based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflectsEBP? a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUfxRbeSsItNxpGrTacBt.iCceOsM. b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for thextreatment of patients. c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience. d. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP. ANS: C EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combination with the cl inicians experience, as well as patient preferences and values, when making decisions about care and treatm ent. EBP is more than simply usingxthe best practice techniques to treat patients, 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 7. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. Theser esponses are referred to as: a. Intuition. b. The nursing process. c. Clinical knowledge. d. Diagnostic reasoning. ANS: A Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data anda ct without consciously labeling it. The other options arexnot correct. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: General 8. The nurse is conducting a class onxpriority setting for a groupxof new graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem? a. Patient with postoperative pain b. Newly diagnosed patient withx diabetes who needs diabetic teaching STUVIA.COM c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress ANS: D First- level priority problems are those that are emergent, life threatening, and immediate (e.g., establishing anairway, sup porting breathing, maintaining circulation, monitoring abnormal vital signs). DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care 9. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second- level priority problemsinclude which of these aspects? a. Low self-esteem b. Lack of knowledge c. Abnormal laboratory values d. Severely abnormal vital signs ANS: C NURSINGTB.COM Second- level priority problems are those that requirex promptxintervention to forestall further deterioration (e.g.,mental status change, acute pain, abnormal laboratory values, risks to safety or security). DIF: Cognitive Level: Understandingx (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: Safe andxEffective Care Environment: Management of Care 10. Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data? a. Validation b. Clustering related cues c. Identifying gaps in data d. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant ANS: B Clustering related cuesxhelps the nurse see relationships among the data. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care 11. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies on the appropriateness of the diagnosis. a. Nursing b. Medical c. Admission d. Collaborative ANS: A An accurate nursing diagnosis provides the basis for the selection of nursing interventions to achieve outcomes fo r which the nurse is accountable. The other items do not contribute to the development of appropriate nursing inter ventions. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Managementx ofxCare 12. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving thatxnurses use and includes which steps? a. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up NURSINGTB.COM b. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning c. Admission, diagnosis, treatment,x evaluation, and discharge planning d. Assessment, diagnosis,x outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation ANS: D The nursing process is a method of problem solving that includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomeidentification, pl anning, implementation, and evaluation. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care 13. A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems? a. Breathing, pain, and sleep b. Breathing, sleep, and pain c. Sleep, breathing, and pain d. Sleep, pain, and breathing ANS: A First- level priority problems arex immediate priorities, remembering the ABCs (airway, breathing, andcirculation), fol lowed by second-level problems, and then third-level problems. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care 14. Which of these would be formulated by a nurse using diagnostic reasoning? a. Nursing diagnosis b. Medical diagnosis c. Diagnostic hypothesis d. Diagnostic assessment ANS: C Diagnostic reasoning calls for the nurse to formulate a diagnostic hypothesis; the nursing process calls for anurs ing diagnosis. NURSINGTB.COM DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: General 15. Barriers to incorporating EBP include: a. Nurses lack of researchxskills in evaluating the quality of research studies. b. Lack of significant research studies. c. Insufficient clinical skills of nurses. d. Inadequate physical assessment skills. ANS: A As individuals, nurses lack research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies, are isolated from other col leagues who are knowledgeable in research, and often lack the time to visit the library to read research. The other responses are not considered barriers. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: General 16. Whatxstep of the nursing process includes data collection by health history, physical examination, andi nterview?