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Health Assessment Final –
Complete Test Bank
Questions & Answers
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After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the a. Objective
nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and
his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data Rationale: Objective data are what the health professional observes by
would be: inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical
examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during
a. Objective history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe
b. Reflective data.
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is c. Subjective
nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
Rationale: Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during
a. Objective history taking. Objective data are what the health professional observes by
b. Reflective inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical
c. Subjective examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe
d. Introspective data.
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When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds
unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next action
should be to: Rationale: 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
a. Immediately notify the patients physician experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
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
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, a. Data base
and subjective data combine to form the:
Rationale: Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the
a. Data base objective and subjective data form the data base. The other items are not part of
the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
b. Admitting data
c. Financial statement
d. Discharge summary
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The nursing process is a sequential method of problem d. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and
solving that nurses use and includes which steps? evaluation
a. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, Rationale: The nursing process is a method of problem solving that includes
discharge, and follow-up assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and
evaluation.
b. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and
discharge planning
c. Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and
discharge planning
d. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification,
planning, implementation, and evaluation
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After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the a. Objective
nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and
his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data Rationale: Objective data are what the health professional observes by
would be: inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical
examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during
a. Objective history taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe
b. Reflective data.
c. Subjective
d. Introspective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is c. Subjective
nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
Rationale: Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during
a. Objective history taking. Objective data are what the health professional observes by
b. Reflective inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical
c. Subjective examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe
d. Introspective data.
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When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds
unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next action
should be to: Rationale: 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
a. Immediately notify the patients physician experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
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
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, a. Data base
and subjective data combine to form the:
Rationale: Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the
a. Data base objective and subjective data form the data base. The other items are not part of
the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
b. Admitting data
c. Financial statement
d. Discharge summary
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The nursing process is a sequential method of problem d. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and
solving that nurses use and includes which steps? evaluation
a. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, Rationale: The nursing process is a method of problem solving that includes
discharge, and follow-up assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and
evaluation.
b. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and
discharge planning
c. Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and
discharge planning
d. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification,
planning, implementation, and evaluation
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