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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment • 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. • A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and “feels hot.” These types of data would be: a. Subjective. • The patient’s record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the: a. Data base. • A visiting nurse is making an initial home visit for a patient who has many chronic medical problems. Which type of data base is most appropriate to collect in this setting? a. A follow-up data base to evaluate changes at appropriate intervals b. An episodic data base because of the continuing, complex medical problems of this patient c. A complete health data base because of the nurse’s primary responsibility for monitoring the patient’s health d. An emergency data base because of the need to collect information and make accurate diagnoses rapidly • Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a focused or problem-centered history? a. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the following day. b. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms. • A patient is at the clinic to have her blood pressure checked. She has been coming to the clinic weekly since she changed medications 2 months ago. The nurse should: a. Collect a follow-up data base and then check her blood pressure. • A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department with multiple traumas received in an automobile accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his injuries are quite severe. How would the nurse proceed with data collection? a. Simultaneously ask history questions while performing the examination and initiating life-saving measures. • A 42-year-old patient of Asian descent is being seen at the clinic for an initial examination. The nurse knows that including cultural information in his health assessment is important to