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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 3rd (by Jarvis)
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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 3rd (by Jarvis)
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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment Q Q Q
MULTIPLE CHOICE Q
1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and
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his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
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Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating d
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uring the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history taki
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ng. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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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 n e r vNo uUsR, SisIN
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, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: C Q
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the he
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alth professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examinat
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ion. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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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 form the:
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a. Data base. Q
b. Admitting data. Q
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c. Financial statement. Q
d. Discharge summary. Q
ANS: A Q
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base.
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The 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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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. The nurses next
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action should be to:
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician. Q Q Q Q
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
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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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ANS: C Q
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure ac
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curacy. 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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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, the nurse should kee
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p in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more like
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ly to make their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
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c. Articles in journals. Q Q
d. Advice from supervisors. Q Q
ANS: B Q
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links. DI
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F: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 3rd (by Jarvis)
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MSC: Client Needs: General
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6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. These
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responses are referred to as: Q Q Q Q
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.Q Q
c. Clinical knowledge. Q
d. Diagnostic reasoning. Q
ANS: A Q
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data an
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d act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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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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a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUf R
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b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
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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
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clinicians experience, as well as patient preferences and values, when making decisions about care and trea
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tment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to treat patients, and questioning traditi
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on is important when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an example
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of 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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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 3rd (by Jarvis)
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, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 3rd EDITION JARVIS TEST BANK
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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 3rd (by Jarvis)
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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment Q Q Q
MULTIPLE CHOICE Q
1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: A Q
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating d
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uring the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history taki
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ng. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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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 n e r vNo uUsR, SisIN
Q Q Q naGuTsB
Q ea.CteOdM
, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: C Q
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the he
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
alth professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examinat
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ion. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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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 form the:
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a. Data base. Q
b. Admitting data. Q
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c. Financial statement. Q
d. Discharge summary. Q
ANS: A Q
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base.
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The 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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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. The nurses next
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action should be to:
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician. Q Q Q Q
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
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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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ANS: C Q
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure ac
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curacy. 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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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, the nurse should kee
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p in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more like
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ly to make their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
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c. Articles in journals. Q Q
d. Advice from supervisors. Q Q
ANS: B Q
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links. DI
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F: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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Test Bank - Physical Examination and Health Assessment 3rd (by Jarvis)
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MSC: Client Needs: General
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6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. These
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responses are referred to as: Q Q Q Q
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.Q Q
c. Clinical knowledge. Q
d. Diagnostic reasoning. Q
ANS: A Q
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data an
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d act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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Q 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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a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUf R
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Q acBt.iC
ceOsM
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b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
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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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Q ANS: C Q
EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combination with the
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
clinicians experience, as well as patient preferences and values, when making decisions about care and trea
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tment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice techniques to treat patients, and questioning traditi
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on is important when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an example
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of 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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