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 ,patient ,tells ,the ,nurse ,that ,he ,is ,very ,nervous, ,is ,nausea.CteOdM
, ,and ,feels ,hot. ,These ,types ,of ,data ,would ,be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER: ,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)
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.
, Physical Examination and Health Assessment
b. Admitting , data.
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 ,patient ,tells ,the ,nurse ,that ,he ,is ,very ,nervous, ,is ,nausea.CteOdM
, ,and ,feels ,hot. ,These ,types ,of ,data ,would ,be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER: ,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)
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.
, Physical Examination and Health Assessment
b. Admitting , data.
