TEST BANK Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis, All Chapters 1 - 32 / Full Complete

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.

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b. Admitting u data.

c. Financial u statement.


d. Discharge u summary.


ANSWER: uA

Together u with u the u patients u record uand u laboratory u studies, u the u objective u and u subjective u data u form u the
u data u base.uThe uother u items u are u not u part u of u the u patients u record, u laboratory u studies, u or u data.

DIF: u Cognitive u Level: u Remembering u (Knowledge)

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

4. When u listening u to u a u patients u breath u sounds, u the u nurse u is u unsure u of u a u sound uthat u is u heard. uThe
u nurses u nextuaction u should u be u to:


a. Immediately u notify u the u patients u physician.


b. Document u the u sound u exactly u as u it uwas u heard.


c. Validate u the u data u by uasking u a u coworker u to u listen u to uthe u breath u sounds.


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


ANSWER: uC

When u unsure u of u a u sound u heard u while u listening u to ua u patients u breath u sounds, u the u nurse u validates u the u data u to
u ensureuaccuracy. uIf uthe u nurse u has u less uexperience u in uan u area, u then u he uor u she u asks u an u expert u to u listen.

DIF: u Cognitive u Level: u Analyzing u (Analysis)

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

5. The unurse uis uconducting ua uclass ufor unew ugraduate u nurses. uDuring u the uteaching usession, uthe unurse
ushould u keep uin u mind u that u novice u nurses, u without u a u background u of u skills u and u experience u from u which
u to u draw, u are u more u likelyuto u make u their u decisions u using:



a. Intuition.


b. A u set u of urules.


c. Articles uin u journals.


d. Advice u from u supervisors.


ANSWER: uB

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

u links.uDIF: u Cognitive u Level: u Understanding u (Comprehension)


MSC: u Client u Needs: u General