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TEST BANK For Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition, 2024 by Carolyn Jarvis, Verified Chapters 1 - 32, Complete Newest Version TEST BANK For Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition, 2024 by Carolyn Jarvis, Verified Chapters 1 - 32, Complete Newest Version TEST BANK F...
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.
ANS: 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.
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: 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.
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:
Test Bank for Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition by Jarvis
, a. Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
ANS: 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.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
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ANS: C
When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensureaccuracy. If the nurse has less
experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should keepin mind that novice nurses,
without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likelyto make their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
Test Bank for Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition by Jarvis
, d. Advice from supervisors.
ANS: B
Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links.DIF: Cognitive Level:
Understanding (Comprehension)
MSC: Client Needs: General
6. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflectsEBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for supportNoUf RbSesI N
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b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
d. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.ANS: C
EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in combination with the clinicians experience, as well
as patient preferences and values, when making decisions about care and treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice
techniques to treat patients, and questioning tradition is important when no compelling and supportive research evidence exists.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
7. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. Theseresponses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
ANS: A
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data andact without consciously
labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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Test Bank for Physical Examination and Health Assessment 9th Edition by Jarvis
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