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TEST BANK
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
4th Canadian Edition (Jarvis, 2024)
All Chapters 1 - 31
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 1;
Critical Thinking and Evidence-Informed Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which type of data is collected by obtaining vital signs?
a. Objective
b. Reflecting
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
ANSWER: a
Objective data are what the health professional observesby
inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the
physical examination. Subjective data are what the person says
about themselves during history taking. The terms reflective and
introspective are not used to describe data.
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management ofCare
2.During an assessment, a patient describes feeling warm,
nauseated, and nervous. Which type of data iscollected?
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
ANSWER: c
Subjective data are what the person says about themselves during
history taking. Objective data are whatthe health professional
observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating
during the physical examination. The terms reflective and
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introspective are not used to describe data.
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of
Care
3.Which part of a patient's health record is created when
combining laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data?
a. Database
b. Admitting data
c. Triage form
d. Discharge summary
ANSWER: a
Together with the patient's record and laboratory studies, the
objective and subjective data form the database. The other items
are not part of the patient's record, laboratory studies, or data.
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management ofCare
4.Which action will the nurse complete if while listening to a
patient's breath sounds, they are unsure of a sound heard?
a.Immediately notify the patient's most responsible
practitioner.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to thebreath
sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the soundis still
present.
TEST BANK
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
4th Canadian Edition (Jarvis, 2024)
All Chapters 1 - 31
, lOMoAR cPSD| 8322407
TABLE OF CONTENTS
, lOMoAR cPSD| 8322407
Chapter 1;
Critical Thinking and Evidence-Informed Assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which type of data is collected by obtaining vital signs?
a. Objective
b. Reflecting
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
ANSWER: a
Objective data are what the health professional observesby
inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the
physical examination. Subjective data are what the person says
about themselves during history taking. The terms reflective and
introspective are not used to describe data.
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management ofCare
2.During an assessment, a patient describes feeling warm,
nauseated, and nervous. Which type of data iscollected?
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
ANSWER: c
Subjective data are what the person says about themselves during
history taking. Objective data are whatthe health professional
observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating
during the physical examination. The terms reflective and
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introspective are not used to describe data.
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of
Care
3.Which part of a patient's health record is created when
combining laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data?
a. Database
b. Admitting data
c. Triage form
d. Discharge summary
ANSWER: a
Together with the patient's record and laboratory studies, the
objective and subjective data form the database. The other items
are not part of the patient's record, laboratory studies, or data.
PTS: 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management ofCare
4.Which action will the nurse complete if while listening to a
patient's breath sounds, they are unsure of a sound heard?
a.Immediately notify the patient's most responsible
practitioner.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to thebreath
sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the soundis still
present.
