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Physical Examination and Health Assessment (9th Edition), Test Bank, Elsevier | Complete Exam Questions and Rationales (2024–2025)

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This document is a complete test bank for Physical Examination and Health Assessment (9th Edition) by Carolyn Jarvis and Ann Eckhardt, covering all chapters 1–32. It includes multiple-choice, multiple-response, and priority-setting questions with correct answers and detailed rationales, making it highly suitable for exam preparation, practice testing, and reinforcing clinical assessment concepts for nursing students.

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Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition by Carolyn
Jarvis, Ann Eckhardt Test Bank / All Chapters 1-32 / Full Complete
2023/2024

, Test Bank for
Physical
Examination
and Health
Assessment, 9th
Edition, Carolyn
Jarvis, ISBN:
9780323510806
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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 Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervN
ouUsR,SisIN
naGuTsB
ea.CteOdM
, and feels hot. These types of data would be:

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)

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.




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c. Financial statement.


d. Discharge summary.


ANS: A

Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective 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)

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 sound that is heard. The nurses next
action should be to:


a. Immediately notify the patients physician.


b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.


c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.


d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.

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ANS: C

When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure
accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)

MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should keep
in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely
to make their decisions using:


a. Intuition.


b. A set of rules.


c. Articles in journals.


d. Advice from supervisors.


ANS: B

Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)





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