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Evidence-Based Physical

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TEST BANK for Evidence-Based
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Physical Examination: Best Practices
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for Health and Well-Being Assessment
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2nd Edition by Kate Gawlik
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ALL CHAPTERS 1-29 WITH RATIONALES| A+ GRADE
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, Chapter 1. APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH AND WELL-
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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
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respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would
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be:
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a. Objective.

b. Reflective.

c. Subjective.

d. Introspective.

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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 data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 2
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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 nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types of
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data would be:
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a. Objective.

b. Reflective.

c. Subjective.

d. Introspective.

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Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective
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data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and
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auscultating during the physical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not
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used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 2
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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. op




b. Admitting data. op




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d. Discharge summary. op




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Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the
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data base. The other items are not part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: z. 2
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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
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data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an
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expert to listen.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: z. 2
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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
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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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Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive
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op links. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 3 MSC: Client Needs:
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6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously
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labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
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a. Intuition.

b. The nursing process.
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Intuition is characterized by pattern recognition expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of
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assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 4 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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a. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
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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
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EBP. ANS: C
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EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combination with
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the clinicians experience, as well as patient preferences and values, when making decisions about care
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and treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to treat patients, and
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questioning tradition is important when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
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