Jarvis Physical
Examination
and Health
Assessment
Test Bank 7th
edition
Test Bank:
Physical
Examination &
Health
Assessment 7e
(Jarvis 2015... [Show More] )
Table of Contents
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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
Chapter 02: Cultural Competence
Chapter 03: The Interview
Chapter 04: The Complete Health History
Chapter 05: Mental Status Assessment
Chapter 06: Substance Use Assessment
Chapter 07: Domestic and Family Violence Assessments
Chapter 08: Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical Setting
Chapter 09: General Survey, Measurement, Vital Signs
Chapter 10: Pain Assessment: The Fifth Vital Sign
Chapter 11: Nutritional Assessment
Chapter 12: Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 13: Head, Face, and Neck, Including Regional Lymphatics
Chapter 14: Eyes
Chapter 15: Ears
Chapter 16: Nose, Mouth, and Throat
Chapter 17: Breasts and Regional Lymphatics
Chapter 18: Thorax and Lungs
Chapter 19: Heart and Neck Vessels
Chapter 20: Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System
Chapter 21: Abdomen
Chapter 22: Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 23: Neurologic System
Chapter 24: Male Genitourinary System
Chapter 25: Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
Chapter 26: Female Genitourinary System
Chapter 27: The Complete Health Assessment: Adult
Chapter 28: The Complete Physical Assessment: Infant, Child, and Adolescent
Chapter 29: Bedside Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient
Chapter 30: The Pregnant Woman
Chapter 31: Functional Assessment of the Older Adult
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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 would be:
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) REF: p. 2
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) REF: p. 2
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) REF: p. 2
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) REF: p. 2
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) REF: p. 3
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
Intuition is characterized by pattern recognitionexpert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and
act without consciously labeling it. The other options are not correct.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 4
MSC: Client Needs: General [Show Less]
