Test Bank for Evidence-Based Physical Examination Best Practices for Health & Well-Being Assessment 2nd Edition by Kate Gawlik , Latest Edition 2025

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Well-Being Assessment 2nd Edition Test Bank E! E! E! E! E!




Chapter 1. APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH AND WELL-
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BEING
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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respiratio
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ns are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a Objective.
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b Reflective.
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c Subjective.
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d Introspective.
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ANS: A E!


Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating,
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and auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says abou
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t him or herself during history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to d
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escribe data. E!




DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 2
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types
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of data would be:
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a Objective.
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b Reflective.
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c Subjective.
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d Introspective.
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ANS: C E!


Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective
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,data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscu
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ltating during the physical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to
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describe data. E!




DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 2
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to for
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a Data base. E!


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b Admitting data. E!


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d Discharge summary. E!


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ANS: A E!


Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form
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the data base. The other items are not part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: z. 2
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. T
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he nurses next action should be to:
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a Immediately notify the patients physician. E! E! E! E!


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b Document the sound exactly as it was heard.E! E! E! E! E! E! E!


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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 th
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e data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an ex
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pert to listen. E ! E!

, DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: z. 2
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, t
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he nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and exper
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ience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
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a Intuition.
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b A set of rules.
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Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intui
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z.
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3 MSC: Client Needs: General
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6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without conscious
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ly labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
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a Intuition.
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b The nursing process.
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Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of ass
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essment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z.
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4 MSC: Client Needs: General
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7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-
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based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
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