PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH
ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION BY CAROLYN JARVIS
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PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH
ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION BY CAROLYN JARVIS
TESTBANK, FULL VERSION ALL CHAPTERS
INCLUDED|| LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE 2025
GRADED A+
Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic andhis pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
*ANSWER_ A
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating,
and auscultatingduring 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.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervNouUsR, SisINnaGuTsBea.CteOdM, and
feels hot. These types of data would be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
*ANSWER_ C
Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective
data are what thehealth professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and
auscultating during the physical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used
to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to
form the:
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a. Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
*ANSWER_ A
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form
the data base.The other items are not part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The nurses nextaction should be to:
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.