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


b. Reflective.


c. Subjective.


d. Introspective.


ANS: A bb




Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and
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auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or
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herself during history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe
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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 n e r vNo uUsR, SisIN
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be:
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a. Objective.


b. Reflective.


c. Subjective.


d. Introspective.


ANS: C bb




Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are
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what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating
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during the physical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to
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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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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
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c. Financial statement. bb




d. Discharge summary. bb




ANS: A bb




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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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The
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nurses next action should be to:
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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
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listen.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the
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nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from
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which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.


b. A set of rules.
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d. Advice from supervisors. bb bb




ANS: B bb




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6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling
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it. These responses are referred to as:
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a. Intuition.


b. The nursing process.
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d. Diagnostic reasoning. bb




ANS: A bb




Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment
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data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding
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(Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: General
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7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement best
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reflects EBP?
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b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
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c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
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d. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
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ANS: C bb




EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combination
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with the clinicians experience, as well as patient preferences and values, when making decisions
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about care and treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to treat
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patients, and questioning tradition is important when no compelling and supportive
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research evidence exists.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an
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example of a first-level priority problem?
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b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
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