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, Test Bank F o r Bates’ Guide To Physical Examination and History
Taking 13th Edition Bickley latest updated
questions ans verified answers.
CHAPTER 1 Foundations for Clinical
Proficiency MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind
that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
2. 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
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,taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF:
p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, 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
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, Bates’ Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking 13th
Edition Bickley Test Bank latest updated
to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF:
p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. 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.
.
- ANSWER: 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) REF: p. 2 MSC: Client Needs: Safe
and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound
that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
WWW.THENURSINGMASTERY.COM
, Test Bank F o r Bates’ Guide To Physical Examination and History
Taking 13th Edition Bickley latest updated
questions ans verified answers.
CHAPTER 1 Foundations for Clinical
Proficiency MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind
that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
2. 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
2
,taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF:
p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, 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
3
, Bates’ Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking 13th
Edition Bickley Test Bank latest updated
to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF:
p. 2
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. 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.
.
- ANSWER: 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) REF: p. 2 MSC: Client Needs: Safe
and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound
that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
WWW.THENURSINGMASTERY.COM
