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Chapter 1-5 Jarvis Health Assessment Exam Questions and Answers
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Chapter 1-5: Jarvis Health AssessmentExam
Evidence based practice - Answers -a systematic approach emphasizing the best
research evidence, the clinicians experience, patient preferences and values, physical
examination, and assessment.
Subjective Data - Answers -SYMPTOMS: What the person says about him or herself
during history taking.
Objective Data - Answers -SIGNS: What the health professional observes by inspecting,
palpating, percussing and osculating during the physical examination.
Diagnostic Reasoning - Answers -the process of taking the information provided and
drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses. (deductive reasoning and formation of
hypothesis)
Sources of Data - Answers -Client
Family
Healthcare Providers
Chart/Medical Records
Hypothesis - Answers -A tentative explanation for a cue or a set of cues that can be a
basis for further investigation.
Critical Thinking - Answers -simultaneously problem-solving while self improving one's
own thinking ability
Nursing Diagnosis - Answers -used to evaluate the response of the whole person to
actual or potential health problems
Medical Diagnosis - Answers -used to evaluate the cause and ethnology of disease;
focus is on the function or malfunction of a specific organ system
Assessment - Answers -the collection of data about an individual's health state
Complete Database - Answers -a complete health history and full physical examination
Focused Database - Answers -one used for a limited or short term problem; what
brought the patient there
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