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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment z z z
MULTIPLE CHOICE z
1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and his
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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 z
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating duri
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ng the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during historytaking.
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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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a. Objective.
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d. Introspective.
ANS: C z
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the healt
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h professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. T
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he 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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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
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a. Data base. z
b. Admitting data. z
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c. Financial statement. z
d. Discharge summary. z
ANS: A z
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base. The
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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 nurses next acti
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on should be to:
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician. z z z z
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard. z z z z z z z
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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ANS: C z
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure acc
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uracy. 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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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 nurse should keepin
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mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to ma
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ke their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.
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c. Articles in journals. z z
d. Advice from supervisors. z z
ANS: B z
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links. DIF: C
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ognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8e (by Jarvis)
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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment z z z
MULTIPLE CHOICE z
1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and his
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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 z
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating duri
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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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a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
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ANS: C z
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the healt
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h professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. T
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he 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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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
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a. Data base. z
b. Admitting data. z
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c. Financial statement. z
d. Discharge summary. z
ANS: A z
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base. The
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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 nurses next acti
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician. z z z z
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard. z z z z z z z
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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ANS: C z
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure acc
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uracy. 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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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 nurse should keepin
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mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to ma
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ke their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.
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c. Articles in journals. z z
d. Advice from supervisors. z z
ANS: B z
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links. DIF: C
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ognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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