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PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL TEXTBOOK! THIS
MATERIAL [Test Bank for BATES’ GUIDE TO PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION AND HISTORY TAKING 13TH EDITION BICKLEY]
COMPRISES OF STUDY QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR
YOUR TEST. QUESTION MAYBE SAME OR SIMILAR TO YOUR TEST.




Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by Bickley Test Bank 13th edition

, DIARA NURSING STUDY NOTES


CHAPTER 1 Foundations for Clinical Proficiency

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

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.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2

MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

2.A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would
be:

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 the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the
physical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.




Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by Bickley Test Bank 13th edition

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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2

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 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) REF: p. 2

MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

4. When listening to a patient’s breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses
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 the sound is still present.

ANS: C

When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to
ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: p. 2

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
keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are
more likely to make their decisions using:

A Intuition.

B A set of rules.

Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by Bickley Test Bank 13th edition

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C Articles in journals.

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) REF: p. 3

MSC: Client Needs: General

6.Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it.
These responses are referred to as:

A Intuition.

B The nursing process.

C Clinical knowledge.

D Diagnostic reasoning.



ANS: A

Intuition is characterized by pattern recognition expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment
data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)

REF: p. 4 MSC: Client Needs: General

7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflects
EBP?

A EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.

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 clinician’s experience.

D The patient’s 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
clinician’s experience, as well as patient preferences and values, when making decisions about care and


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