PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND
HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION
JARVIS TEST BANK WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADE
A+
, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK Test
Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8e (by Jarvis) 2
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 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
2. A Needs:
patient Safe
tells and
the Effective
nurse that Care
he Environment:
is very Management
nervous, of
is
Care and
nauseated, feels hot. These types of data would be:
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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
examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to
describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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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. Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
ANS: A
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Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective
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
is heard. The nurses next
Immediately notify the patients physician.
Document the sound exactly as it
was heard.
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen
to the breath sounds.
Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is
still present.
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of
Care
and subjective data form the data base. The other items are not
part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data. DIF: Cognitive
Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
action should be to:
a.
b.
c.
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HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION
JARVIS TEST BANK WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADE
A+
, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK Test
Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8e (by Jarvis) 2
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 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
2. A Needs:
patient Safe
tells and
the Effective
nurse that Care
he Environment:
is very Management
nervous, of
is
Care and
nauseated, feels hot. These types of data would be:
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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
examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to
describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
NURSINGTB.COM
, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK Test
Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8e (by Jarvis) 3
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. Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
ANS: A
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, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK Test
Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8e (by Jarvis) 4
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective
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
is heard. The nurses next
Immediately notify the patients physician.
Document the sound exactly as it
was heard.
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen
to the breath sounds.
Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is
still present.
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of
Care
and subjective data form the data base. The other items are not
part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data. DIF: Cognitive
Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
action should be to:
a.
b.
c.
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