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NURS 251 EXAM 1QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITHVERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT | NEW
UPDATE 2025
what's the difference between subjective and objective data - ANSWER
subjective- what the person says about himself/herself during history taking; also
referred to as symptoms
objective- what you as the health professional observe by inspecting, percussing,
palpating, auscultating, during the physical exam; also referred to as signs
inspection - ANSWER •Looking and examining physical aspects of the body,
posture, appearance, and behavior
•Seeing, hearing, smelling
palpation - ANSWER •Using your hands to touch and feel surface
characteristics
•Light and deep (light- surface, deep- organs, masses, tenderness)
•*WEAR GLOVES* with open wounds, areas, or internal structures of the body
auscultation - ANSWER •Listening for sounds produced by the body
•Stethoscope
percussion - ANSWER •Tapping different areas of the body to assess underlying
structures
,•Different tones elicited depending on tissue type
•Direct or indirect
signs - ANSWER objectively observed indicators of a disorder
symptoms - ANSWER subjective characteristics of disease felt only by the
patient
priority nursing - ANSWER •First-level priority
•Emergent, life threatening, and immediate (airway)
•Second-level priority
•Next in urgency, requiring attention so as to avoid further deterioration
•Third-level priority
•Important to patient's health but can be addressed after more urgent problems
are addressed.
•Collaborative problems
•Approach to treatment involves multiple disciplines.
the nursing process - ANSWER •6 phases:
1.Assessment
2.Diagnosis
3.Outcome identification
,4.Planning
5.Implementation
6.Evaluation
health history - ANSWER •Complete (baseline):
•Total health history and full physical examination describing current and past
health state
•Focused:
•Problem centered: limited, targeted, mainly 1 problem or 1 body system
•Patient presents with a rash
•Episodic or emergency:
•Urgent, rapid collection of information with lifesaving measures
physical assessment techniques - ANSWER •Inspection
•Palpation
•Percussion
•Auscultation
Your patient complains of a severe headache, dizziness, and lightheadedness as
soon as you meet them at the beginning of your shift. What is this information an
example of?
A. Objective Data
B. Subjective Data - ANSWER Correct Answer: B- Subjective Data
, Why? - Headache, dizziness, and lightheadedness are all things
that the patient says they are experiencing. This is not
something that we can observe or measure.
When you enter your patient's room, you observe a 4 inch laceration across your
patient's forehead that's bleeding. What is this information an example of?
A. Objective Data
B. Subjective Data - ANSWER Correct Answer: A- Objective Data
Why?- This is objective data because you are seeing the
laceration and collecting data yourself through inspection.
You can learn alot about your patient through inspection in
the first 30 seconds of being with them.
A nurse takes their patient's blood pressure and the reading is 145/95. What
should the nurse do NEXT?
A. Document the blood pressure of 145/95 and finish the
other vital signs.
B. Contact the physician.
C. Recheck the blood pressure 1-2 more times in the next
few minutes.
D. Recognize this blood pressure as normal. - ANSWER Correct Answer: C-
Recheck the blood pressure 1-2 more
times in the next few minutes.
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