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The nurse is going to perform a physical exam. Which of the following lists the correct
order in which most exams are performed?
a. Inspect, percuss, auscultate, palpate
b. Palpate, percuss, auscultate, inspect
c. Auscultate, percuss, palpate, inspect
d. Inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate - ANSWER d
Which one of the following is not one of the characteristics that nurses must develop for
critical thinking?
a. Perseverance
b. Independence
c. Egocentricity
d. Confidence - ANSWER c
Students lack the experience and base knowledge on which to make a valid judgment. It
is therefore important for them not to act on which of the following?
a. Intuition
b. Trial and error
c. Knowledge only gained from textbooks
d. Inference - ANSWER a
The nursing student is thinking about the Nursing Process in action. Which of the
following lists correctly the components of assessing the patient, in order?
a. Collecting data, documenting data, organising data, validating data
,b. Collecting data, analysing data, organising data, documenting data
c. Collecting data, organising data, validating data, documenting data
d. Collecting data, prioritising data, validating data, documenting data - ANSWER c
At which of the following positions is least likely to be used in order to perform an
examination of the female reproductive tract?
a. Prone
b. Lithotomy
c. Dorsal recumbent
d. Sims - ANSWER a
A nurse is performing a physical examination on a client who describes abdominal pain.
One of the assessment skills the nurse will use to detect tenderness with pressure is:
a. Inspection
b. Palpation
c. Percussion
d. Auscultation - ANSWER b
A nurse continues to challenge the policy of administering rectal suppositories to
residents in a long-term care facility at bedtime rather than during daytime hours. She is
told that this is the best time for staff and that's the routine that has been practiced for a
long time. The nurse continues to research whether there would be a better time,
especially in the best interest of the residents. Which of the critical-thinking attitudes is
this nurse practicing?
a. Integrity
b. Perseverance
c. Curiosity
d. Confidence ANSWER c
Hyperresonance and tympany are characteristics of the following when performing a
, physical examination:
a. Heart sounds
b. Ear and nose sounds
c. Percussion
d. Palpation - ANSWER c
Nursing in a complex world requires the nurse to be a critical thinker. The essence of
critical thinking is:
a. Arguing a point and standing your ground
b. Focus on your thoughts to make decisions
c. Analysing how best to criticise orders
d. None of the above - ANSWER b
Regulation of respiratory rate is controlled by all of the following except:
a. Movement of diaphragm - INCORRECT
b. Carotid pressure
c. Chemoreceptors
d. Medulla oblongata - ANSWER b
Which one of the following determinants of blood pressure would account for a client
having a blood pressure reading of 120/100?
a. Pumping action of the heart
b. Blood viscosity
c. Blood volume
d. Peripheral vascular resistance - ANSWER d
Vital signs give significant information regarding the status of an individual's:
a. General well-being
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