Jarvis: physical exam and health assessment chapter 1
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1. 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.: A
2. 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.: C
3. 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.: A
4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound
that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
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a.
Immediately notify the patients 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.: C
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teach-
ing session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, 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.: B
6. Expert nurses 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.: A
7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP).
Which statement best reflects EBP?
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_60sija
1. 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.: A
2. 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.: C
3. 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.: A
4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound
that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
, Jarvis: physical exam and health assessment chapter 1
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a.
Immediately notify the patients 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.: C
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teach-
ing session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, 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.: B
6. Expert nurses 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.: A
7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP).
Which statement best reflects EBP?
