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Bates’ Guide To Physical Examination and History
Taking 14th Edition Bickley Test Bank (exam test with
correct answers)


CHAPTER 1 Foundations for Clinical ll ll ll



ProficiencyMULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
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respirationsare eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
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a Objective.
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b Reflective.
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c Subjective.
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d Introspective.
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ANS: A ll



Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating,
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and auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says
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abouthim or herself during history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to
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describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types
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ofdata would be:
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a Objective.
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b Reflective.
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c Subjective.
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d Introspective.
.

ANS: C ll



Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objectivedata
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are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and
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auscultating during the physical examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used
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,to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 2
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to
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formthe:
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a Data base. ll



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b Admitting data. ll



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c Financial statement. ll



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d Discharge summary. ll



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ANS: A ll



Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data
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formthe data base. The other items are not part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: p. 2
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard.
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Thenurses next action should be to:
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a Immediately notify the patients physician. ll ll ll ll



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b Document the sound exactly as it was heard. ll ll ll ll ll ll ll



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c Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
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d Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
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ANS: C ll



When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the
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data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an
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expertto listen.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: p. 2
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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,5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the
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nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
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experiencefrom which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
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a Intuition.
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b A set of rules.
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c Articles in journals. ll ll



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d Advice from supervisors. ll ll



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ANS: B ll



Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner usesintuitive
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links.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p.
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3MSC: Client Needs: General
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6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
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consciouslylabeling it. These responses are referred to as:
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a Intuition.
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b The nursing process. ll ll



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c Clinical knowledge. ll



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d Diagnostic reasoning. ll



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ANS: A ll



Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern
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ofassessment data and act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p.
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4MSC: Client Needs: General
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7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
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statementbest reflects EBP?
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, a EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
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b EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
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c EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
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d The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
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ANS: C ll



EBP is a systematic approach to practice that emphasizes the use of best evidence in
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combinationwith the clinicians experience, as well as patient preferences and values, when
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making decisions about care and treatment. EBP is more than simply using the best practice
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techniques to treat patients, and questioning tradition is important when no compelling and
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supportive research evidence exists.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) REF: p. 5
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Whichis
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an example of a first-level priority problem?
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a Patient with postoperative pain ll ll ll



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b Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
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c Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll



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d Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress ll ll ll ll ll ll ll



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ANS: D ll



First-level priority problems are those that are emergent, life threatening, and immediate (e.g.,
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establishing an airway, supporting breathing, maintaining circulation, monitoring abnormal
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vitalsigns) (see Table 1-1).
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 4
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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9. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-
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levelpriority problems include which of these aspects?
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