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Physical Examination and Health Assessment
9th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis,
All Chapters 1 - 32 / Full Complete
, Physical Examination and Health Assessment
TABLE OF CONTENTS
, Physical Examination and Health Assessment
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 and his 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
auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or
herself during history taking. 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
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, dand dfeels dhot. dThese dtypes dof
ddata dwould dbe:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER: dC
Subjective ddata d are dwhat dthe d person d says d about dhim dor d herself d during d history dtaking.
d Objective d data d are dwhat d the d health dprofessional dobserves dby dinspecting, dpercussing,
dpalpating, dand dauscultating dduring dthe dphysical d examination. dThe d terms dreflective d and
dintrospective d are dnot d used dto d describe ddata.
DIF: d Cognitive d Level: d Understanding d (Comprehension)
MSC: dClient dNeeds: dSafe d and d Effective dCare dEnvironment: d Management d of dCare
, 3. The dpatients d record, dlaboratory d studies, dobjective d data, d and d subjective d data dcombine d to
d form dthe:
a. Data dbase.
Physical dExamination dand dHealth dAssessment d
b. Admitting d data.