Test Bank Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 9th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis, and Ann L. Eckhardt, (All Chapters 1-32 | Newest Update 2026) + Nclex Case Studies with Answers

Test Bank for Physical Examination and Health Assessment
9th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis, Ann

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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic an
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dh is pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.


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Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating dur
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ing the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history taking.
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T he terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is n a use a. Ct eOd M
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a. Objective.


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Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the
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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
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Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base.
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Th e other items are not part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
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4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses ne
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xta ction should be to:
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c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
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d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
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When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensureaccurac
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y. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
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5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should keep
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in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likel
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yto m ake their decisions using:
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6. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-
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based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflectsEBP
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a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUfRbeSsItN pGrTa cBt .iCc eOsM
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c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
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d. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
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EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combination with the cli
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mportant when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
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7. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. Thes
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er esponses are referred to as:
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Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and
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ac t without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an exampl
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eo f a first-level priority problem?
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a. Patient with postoperative pain
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b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
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