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Test Bank Physical Examination and Health Assessment,
9th Edition by CarolynJarvis

,TABLE OF CONTENT

Chapter 1. Evidence-Based Assessment
Chapter 2. Cultural Assessment
Chapter 3. The Interview
Chapter 4. The Complete Health History
Chapter 5. Mental Status Assessment
Chapter 6. Substance Use Assessment
Chapter 7. Family Violence and Human Trafficking
Chapter 8. Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical Setting
Chapter 9. General Survey and Measurement
Chapter 10. Vital Signs
Chapter 11. Pain Assessment
Chapter 12. Nutrition Assessment
Chapter 13. Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 14. Head, Face, Neck, and Regional Lymphatics
Chapter 15. Eyes
Chapter 16. Ears
Chapter 17. Nose, Mouth, and Throat
Chapter 18. Breasts, Axillae, and Regional Lymphatics
Chapter 19. Thorax and Lungs
Chapter 20. Heart and Neck Vessels
Chapter 21. Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System
Chapter 22. Abdomen
Chapter 23. Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 24. Neurologic System
Chapter 25. Male Genitourinary System
Chapter 26. Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
Chapter 27. Female Genitourinary System
Chapter 28. The Complete Health Assessment: Adult
Chapter 29. The Complete Physical Assessment: Infant, Young Child,
and Adolescent
Chapter 30. Bedside Assessment and Electronic Documentation
Chapter 31. Pregnancy
Chapter 32. Functional Assessment of the Older Adult

,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 wouldbe:


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)

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.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (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. 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 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)

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.

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)



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

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