PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH
EDITION TESTBANK BY CAROLYN JARVIS
ALL CHAPTERS/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024
,Test Bank Physical Examination and Health Assessment
8th Edition by Jarvis
Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. After completing an initial assessment of a clientele, the Professional 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.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-A
Reasoning :->>> 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 historytaking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-C
Reasoning :->>> 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.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. The hospital patient record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
, a. Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-A
Reasoning :->>> Together with the hospital patient record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective
data form the data base. The other items are not part of the hospital patient record, laboratory studies, or data.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. When listening to a hospital patient breath sounds, the Professional nurse is unsure of a sound that is
heard. The nurse practitioners next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the hospital patient physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
ACCURATE
CHOICE:-C
Reasoning :->>> When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a hospital patient breath sounds, the
Professional nurse validates the data to ensure accuracy. If the Professional nurse has less experience n an area,
then he or she asks an expert to listen.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. The Professional nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurse practitioners. During the teaching
session, the Professional nurse should keep in mind that novice nurse practitioners, without a background of
skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-B
Reasoning :->>> Novice nurse practitioners operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert
, practitioner uses intuitive links. DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: General
6. Expert nurse practitioners learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-A
Reasoning :->>> Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurse practitioners learn to attend to a
pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Understanding
(Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: General
7. The Professional nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement
best reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUfRbSesIN
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b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of hospital patient.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
d. The hospital patient own preferences are not important
with EBP. ACCURATE CHOICE:-C
Reasoning :->>> EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in
combination with the clinicians experience, as well as clientele preferences and values, when making
decisions about care and treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to treat
hospital patient, and questioning tradition is important when no compelling and supportive research evidence
exists.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
8. The Professional nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurse
practitioners. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Clientele with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed clientele with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
EDITION TESTBANK BY CAROLYN JARVIS
ALL CHAPTERS/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024
,Test Bank Physical Examination and Health Assessment
8th Edition by Jarvis
Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. After completing an initial assessment of a clientele, the Professional 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.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-A
Reasoning :->>> 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 historytaking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A clientele tells the Professional nurse that he is very nervN
ouUsR,SisINnaGuTsB
ea.CteOdM
, and feels hot. These types of data would
be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-C
Reasoning :->>> 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.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. The hospital patient record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
, a. Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-A
Reasoning :->>> Together with the hospital patient record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective
data form the data base. The other items are not part of the hospital patient record, laboratory studies, or data.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. When listening to a hospital patient breath sounds, the Professional nurse is unsure of a sound that is
heard. The nurse practitioners next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the hospital patient physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
ACCURATE
CHOICE:-C
Reasoning :->>> When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a hospital patient breath sounds, the
Professional nurse validates the data to ensure accuracy. If the Professional nurse has less experience n an area,
then he or she asks an expert to listen.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. The Professional nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurse practitioners. During the teaching
session, the Professional nurse should keep in mind that novice nurse practitioners, without a background of
skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-B
Reasoning :->>> Novice nurse practitioners operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert
, practitioner uses intuitive links. DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: General
6. Expert nurse practitioners learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
ACCURATE CHOICE:-A
Reasoning :->>> Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurse practitioners learn to attend to a
pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Understanding
(Comprehension) MSC: Client Needs: General
7. The Professional nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement
best reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUfRbSesIN
t pGrT
acBt.iC
ceOsM
.
b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of hospital patient.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
d. The hospital patient own preferences are not important
with EBP. ACCURATE CHOICE:-C
Reasoning :->>> EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in
combination with the clinicians experience, as well as clientele preferences and values, when making
decisions about care and treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to treat
hospital patient, and questioning tradition is important when no compelling and supportive research evidence
exists.
DIFFICULTY:- Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
8. The Professional nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurse
practitioners. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Clientele with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed clientele with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
