RNSG 1215 - Chapter 1 - Evidence-Based Assessment Questions with complete solutions

Subjective Data - ANSWER-What person says about themselves during history taking Objective Data - ANSWER-What the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination What makes up the patient's database? - ANSWER-Subjective data + objective data + patient's record + lab studies T/F: Database info allow the nurse to make a clinical judgment or diagnosis about the pt's health state. - ANSWER-True KEY is organization of assessment based on complete factually based data Diagnostic Reasoning - ANSWER-Analyzing health data + drawing conclusions to identify diagnoses Hypothetico-Deducting Process: Steps - ANSWER-1. Attend to available cues 2. Formulate diagnostic hypotheses 3. Gather data relative to hypotheses 4. Evaluating each hypothesis w/ new data collected - arrive at final diagnosis *Serve as basis for ongoing investigation Cue - ANSWER-Piece of info/lab/imaging data or a sign/symptom Hypothesis - ANSWER-Tentative explanation for cues used to further investigation Nursing Process (6) - ANSWER-1. Assessment