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Test bank for Medical-Surgical Nursing - Chapter 3 questions and verified answers
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1. A 25-year0old patient is admitted with a fractured femur after a motor vehicle crash.
During the health history, the nurse asks the patient about any alcohol or substance
abuse. What function health pattern is being assessed? - ANS-Health perception-health
management pattern.
2. A 58-year-old man is being admitted to the hospital for a thoractotomy and lung
resection. Which assessment will the nurse perform? - ANS-Comprehensive
assessment.
3. A 78-year-old man is admitted to the hospital for dyspnea related to bacterial
pneumonia. The main reason the nurse interviews the patient is to obtain: - ANS-A
health hstory about the patient's past and present health status.
4. Auscultation - ANS-Using a stethescope in order to listen to sounds produced by the
body to assess normal conditions and deviations from expected findings.
5. Clear and full lung sounds in a patient with chronic bronchitis is an example of what? -
ANS-A pertinent negative finding.
6. Comprehensive assessment - ANS-Detailed health history and physical exam
7. Database - ANS-All health information for a patient including the nursing history and
physical examination, the medical history, laboratory and diagnostic tests and other
information contributed by other health care professionals.
8. Emergency assessment - ANS-Rapid, specific questioning of a patient while assessing
and maintaining vital functions.
9. Focues assessment - ANS-abbreviated assessment used to evaluate are with previously
identified problem.
10. Functional Health Patterns - ANS-A framework used to organize subjective data to aid in
the development of nursing diagnoses.
11. General survey - ANS-The nurse's general impression of the patient.
12. Inspection - ANS-Visual inspection of the body utilized to assess normal and abnormal
conditions.
13. Nursing history - ANS-A collection of subjective data including allergies, mediucations
surgeries, etc. obtained by the nurse.
14. Objective data - ANS-Data that can be observed or measured.
15. Objective data - ANS-Signs: Obtained from physical exam
16. On the first encounter, the nurse will complete a general survey. Which features are
included in the general survey? - ANS-Body features, state of consciousness and
arousal, speech, body movements, obvious physical signs, nutritional status and speech.
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