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Table of Contents
Table of 1
Contents
Chapter 01: Evidence-Based 2
Assessment Chapter 02: Cultural 15
Competence Chapter 03: The Interview 31
Chapter 04: The Complete Health 49
History Chapter 05: Mental Status 64
Assessment Chapter 06: Substance 81
Use Assessment 87
Chapter 07: Domestic and Family Violence Assessments 93
Chapter 08: Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical 112
Setting Chapter 09: General Survey, Measurement, Vital Signs 134
Chapter 10: Pain Assessment: The Fifth Vital 142
Sign Chapter 11: Nutritional Assessment 156
Chapter 12: Skin, Hair, and Nails 177
Chapter 13: Head, Face, and Neck, Including Regional 195
Lymphatics Chapter 14: Eyes 212
Chapter 15: Ears 229
Chapter 16: Nose, Mouth, and Throat 247
Chapter 17: Breasts and Regional 267
Lymphatics Chapter 18: Thorax and Lungs 285
Chapter 19: Heart and Neck Vessels 304
Chapter 20: Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System 321
Chapter 21: Abdomen 338
Chapter 22: Musculoskeletal System 359
Chapter 23: Neurologic System 384
Chapter 24: Male Genitourinary 402
System Chapter 25: Anus, Rectum, 416
and Prostate 438
Chapter 26: Female Genitourinary System 451
Chapter 27: The Complete Health Assessment: Adult 454
Chapter 28: The Complete Physical Assessment: Infant, Child, and 460
Adolescent Chapter 29: Bedside Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient 473
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.
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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
852 3
Test Bank:
Physical
Examination
& Health
Assessment
th
7 Edition
(Jarvis )
CHAPTERS 1-31 COMPLETE
TESTBANK
, lOMoARcPSD| 578
852 3
th
Test Bank: Physical Examination & Health Assessment 7 1
Edition
Table of Contents
Table of 1
Contents
Chapter 01: Evidence-Based 2
Assessment Chapter 02: Cultural 15
Competence Chapter 03: The Interview 31
Chapter 04: The Complete Health 49
History Chapter 05: Mental Status 64
Assessment Chapter 06: Substance 81
Use Assessment 87
Chapter 07: Domestic and Family Violence Assessments 93
Chapter 08: Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical 112
Setting Chapter 09: General Survey, Measurement, Vital Signs 134
Chapter 10: Pain Assessment: The Fifth Vital 142
Sign Chapter 11: Nutritional Assessment 156
Chapter 12: Skin, Hair, and Nails 177
Chapter 13: Head, Face, and Neck, Including Regional 195
Lymphatics Chapter 14: Eyes 212
Chapter 15: Ears 229
Chapter 16: Nose, Mouth, and Throat 247
Chapter 17: Breasts and Regional 267
Lymphatics Chapter 18: Thorax and Lungs 285
Chapter 19: Heart and Neck Vessels 304
Chapter 20: Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System 321
Chapter 21: Abdomen 338
Chapter 22: Musculoskeletal System 359
Chapter 23: Neurologic System 384
Chapter 24: Male Genitourinary 402
System Chapter 25: Anus, Rectum, 416
and Prostate 438
Chapter 26: Female Genitourinary System 451
Chapter 27: The Complete Health Assessment: Adult 454
Chapter 28: The Complete Physical Assessment: Infant, Child, and 460
Adolescent Chapter 29: Bedside Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient 473
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.
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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
