Physical Examination and Health Assessment
TEST BANK
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
9th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis,
All Chapters 1 - 32 / Full Complete
, Physical Examination and Health Assessment
TABLE OF CONTENTS
, Physical Examination and Health Assessment
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.
ANSWER: 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 fpatient ftells fthe fnurse fthat fhe fis fvery fnervous, fis fnausea.C
teOdM
, fand ffeels fhot. fThese ftypes fof fdata
fwould fbe:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER: fC
Subjective fdata fare fwhat fthe fperson fsays f about fhim for f herself fduring fhistory ftaking. f Objective
f data f are fwhat f the f health fprofessional fobserves fby finspecting, fpercussing, fpalpating, fand
fauscultating fduring fthe fphysical f examination. fThe f terms freflective f and fintrospective f are fnot
f used fto f describe fdata.
DIF: f Cognitive f Level: f Understanding f (Comprehension)
MSC: fClient fNeeds: fSafe f and fEffective fCare fEnvironment: f Management f of fCare
, 3. The fpatients frecord, flaboratory fstudies, fobjective fdata, f and fsubjective f data fcombine f to f form
fthe:
a. Data fbase.
Physical fExamination fand fHealth fAssessment f
b. Admitting fdata.
TEST BANK
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
9th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis,
All Chapters 1 - 32 / Full Complete
, Physical Examination and Health Assessment
TABLE OF CONTENTS
, Physical Examination and Health Assessment
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.
ANSWER: 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 fpatient ftells fthe fnurse fthat fhe fis fvery fnervous, fis fnausea.C
teOdM
, fand ffeels fhot. fThese ftypes fof fdata
fwould fbe:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER: fC
Subjective fdata fare fwhat fthe fperson fsays f about fhim for f herself fduring fhistory ftaking. f Objective
f data f are fwhat f the f health fprofessional fobserves fby finspecting, fpercussing, fpalpating, fand
fauscultating fduring fthe fphysical f examination. fThe f terms freflective f and fintrospective f are fnot
f used fto f describe fdata.
DIF: f Cognitive f Level: f Understanding f (Comprehension)
MSC: fClient fNeeds: fSafe f and fEffective fCare fEnvironment: f Management f of fCare
, 3. The fpatients frecord, flaboratory fstudies, fobjective fdata, f and fsubjective f data fcombine f to f form
fthe:
a. Data fbase.
Physical fExamination fand fHealth fAssessment f
b. Admitting fdata.
