NR 509 / NR509 Advanced Physical Assessment
Week 1 Midterm Exam
Questions with Verified Answers - Chamberlain
Consist of 100 multiple choices Questions with Answers
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>> Objective
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>> Subjective
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>> Data base
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 breath sounds
D. Assess it again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present
Ans>> Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to breath sounds
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teach- ing
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>> A set of rules.
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>> Intuition
7. The nurse is reviewing information about EBP. Which statement best re-
flects EBP?
A. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices
B. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of
patients
C. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience
D. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
Ans>> EBP empha- sizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience
, 8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem
A. Patient with postoperative pain
B. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
C. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
D. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
Ans>> Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
9. When considering priority settings of problems, the nurse keeps in mind
that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
A. Low self-esteem
B. Lack of knowledge
C. Abnormal laboratory values
D. Severely abnormal vital signs
Ans>> Abnormal laboratory values
10. Which critical thinking skill helps see relationships among the data?
A. Validation
B. Clustering related cues
C. Identifying gaps in data
D. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
Ans>> Clustering related cues
11. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a
Week 1 Midterm Exam
Questions with Verified Answers - Chamberlain
Consist of 100 multiple choices Questions with Answers
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>> Objective
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>> Subjective
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>> Data base
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 breath sounds
D. Assess it again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present
Ans>> Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to breath sounds
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teach- ing
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>> A set of rules.
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>> Intuition
7. The nurse is reviewing information about EBP. Which statement best re-
flects EBP?
A. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices
B. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of
patients
C. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience
D. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
Ans>> EBP empha- sizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience
, 8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem
A. Patient with postoperative pain
B. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
C. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
D. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
Ans>> Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
9. When considering priority settings of problems, the nurse keeps in mind
that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
A. Low self-esteem
B. Lack of knowledge
C. Abnormal laboratory values
D. Severely abnormal vital signs
Ans>> Abnormal laboratory values
10. Which critical thinking skill helps see relationships among the data?
A. Validation
B. Clustering related cues
C. Identifying gaps in data
D. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
Ans>> Clustering related cues
11. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a
