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BEING
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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirati
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ons are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a Objective.
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c Subjective.
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d Introspective.
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and auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says abo
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ut him or herself during history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to
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describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 2
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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 nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types
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of data would be:
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a Objective.
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ANS: C vg
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 2
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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 for
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a.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: z. 2
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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.
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The nurses next action should be to:
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c Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
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he data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an
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expert to listen.
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, DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: z. 2
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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,
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the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and exp
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erience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
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itive links.
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3 MSC: Client Needs: General
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6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciou
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sly labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
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a Intuition.
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essment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z.
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4 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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Being Assessment 1st Edition Test Bank vg vg vg vg vg
Chapter 1. APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH AND WELL-
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BEING
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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirati
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ons are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a Objective.
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b Reflective.
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c Subjective.
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d Introspective.
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ANS: A vg
Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating,
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and auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says abo
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ut him or herself during history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to
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describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 2
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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 nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types
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of data would be:
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a Objective.
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b Reflective.
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d Introspective.
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ANS: C vg
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,data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscu
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ltating during the physical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to
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describe data. vg
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z. 2
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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 for
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m the:
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a.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: z. 2
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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.
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The nurses next action should be to:
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a Immediately notify the patients physician. vg vg vg vg
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d Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
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ANS: C vg
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expert to listen.
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, DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: z. 2
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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,
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the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and exp
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erience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
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a Intuition.
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ANS: B vg
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itive links.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z.
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3 MSC: Client Needs: General
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6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciou
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sly labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
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a Intuition.
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c Clinical knowledge. vg
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ANS: A vg
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essment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: z.
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4 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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