PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 9TH EDITION
BY CAROLYNJARVIS, ANN ECKHARDT TEST BANK / ALL CHAPTERS
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, Test Bank for
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Physical Examin x
ation and Health
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Assessment, 9th x
Edition, Carolyn x x
Jarvis, ISBN: 978
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0323510806
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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.
ANS: A
Objectivexdataxare what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating du
ring the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history taking.
The terms reflective and introspective are notx usedxto describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understandingx (Comprehension)
MSC: Clientx Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment:x Management of Care
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervN
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,xand feels hot. These types of data would be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: C
Subjective data are whatxthe person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are whatx the
health professional observesxby inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examinati
on. The terms reflectivex and introspectivex are notx used to describe data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understandingx (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:
a. Dataxbase.
b. Admitting data.
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c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
ANS: A
Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the datax base.Th
e other items are not part of the patients record, laboratory studies, orx data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
MSC: Clientx Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
4. When listeningx to a patients breath sounds, thex nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nursesx next
action 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.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether thex sound is still present.
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ANS: C
When unsure of a sound heard while listeningx toxa patients breath sounds, the nursex validates the data toxensureaccur
acy. If the nurse has less experience inxan area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe andx Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduateonurses. Duringothe teaching session, the nursexshouldokeepin
mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, arex more likelyto
make their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors.
ANS: B
Novice nurses operatex from a set of defined, structured rules. Thex expert practitioner uses intuitive links.DIF:
Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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