Updated/Latest Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis 2025–2026 Comprehensive Test Bank Questions and Answers for Health Assessment Examination Preparation Clinical Skills Development Patient Evaluation and NCLEX Success

,Table of Contents
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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
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Chapter 02: Cultural Assessment
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Chapter 03: The Interview
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Chapter 04: The Complete Health History
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Chapter 05: Mental Status Assessment
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Chapter 06: Substance Use Assessment
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Chapter 07: Domestic and Family Violence Assessment
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Chapter 08: Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical Setting
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Chapter 09: General Survey and Measurement
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Chapter 10: Vital Signs
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Chapter 11: Pain Assessment
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Chapter 12: Nutrition Assessment
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Chapter 13: Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Chapter 14: Head, Face, Neck, and Regional Lymphatics
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Chapter 15: Eyes
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Chapter 16: Ears
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Chapter 17: Nose, Mouth, and Throat
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Chapter 18: Breasts, Axillae, and Regional Lymphatics Chapter
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19: Thorax and Lungs
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Chapter 20: Heart and Neck Vessels
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Chapter 21: Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System Chapter
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22: Abdomen
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Chapter 23: Musculoskeletal System
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Chapter 24: Neurologic System
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LChapter 25: Male Genitourinary System
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Chapter 26: Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
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Chapter 27: Female Genitourinary System
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Chapter 28: The Complete Health Assessment: Adult
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Chapter 29: The Complete Physical Assessment: Infant, Child, and Adolescent
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Chapter 30: Bedside Assessment and Electronic Documentation
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Chapter 31: The Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 32: Functional Assessment of the Older Adult
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1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and
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his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data wouldbe:
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a. Objective.


b. Reflective.


c. Subjective.


d. Introspective.


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Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating
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during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history
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taking. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.


b. Reflective.


c. Subjective.


d. Introspective.


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Subjective data are what the person says about him or herself during history taking. Objective data are what the
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health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical
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examination. The terms reflective and introspective are not used to describe data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
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a. Data base. L




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d. Discharge summary. L




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Together with the patients record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base.
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The other items are not part of the patients record, laboratory studies, or data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next
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action should be to:
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c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
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d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
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When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure
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accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should keep
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Lin mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more
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likely to make their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.


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Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
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