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Physical Examination and Health Assessment
8th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis,
All Chapters 1 - 32
Physical41Examination41and41Health41Assessment4 1
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
41 41
Physical41Examination41and41Health41Assessment4 1
,Chapter4101:41Evidence-Based4 1 Assessment
MULTIPLE41CHOICE
1. After41completing41an41initial41assessment41of41a41patient,41the41nurse41has41charted41that41his41respirations
41are41eupneic41and41his41pulse41is415841beats41per41minute.41These41types41of41data41would41be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER:41A
Objective41data41are41what41the41health41professional41observes41by41inspecting,41percussing,41palpating,41and
41auscultating41during41the41physical41examination.41Subjective41data41is41what41the41person41says41about41hi
m41or41herself41during41history41taking.41The41terms41reflective41and41introspective41are41not41used41to41descr
ibe41data.
DIF:41 Cognitive41 Level:41 Understanding41 (Comprehension)
MSC:41Client41Needs:41Safe41and41Effective41Care41Environment:41 Management41 of41Care
2. A41patient41tells41the41nurse41that41he41is41very41nervous,41is41n a u s e a. Ct eOd M
, 41and41feels41hot.41These41types41of41dat
a41would41be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER:41C
Subjective41data41are41what41the41person41says41about41him41or41herself41during41history41taking.41Objective
41data41are41what41the41health41professional41observes41by41inspecting,41percussing,41palpating,41and41auscul
tating41during41the41physical41examination.41The41terms41reflective41and41introspective41are41not41used41to41
describe41data.
DIF:41 Cognitive41 Level:41 Understanding41 (Comprehension)
Physical41Examination41and41Health41Assessment4 1
, MSC:41Client41Needs:41Safe41and41Effective41Care41Environment:41 Management41 of41Care
3. The41patients41record,41laboratory41studies,41objective41 data,41and41subjective41 data41combine41 to41form41the:
a. Data41base.
Physical41Examination41and41Health41Assessment4 1
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
8th Edition by Carolyn Jarvis,
All Chapters 1 - 32
Physical41Examination41and41Health41Assessment4 1
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
41 41
Physical41Examination41and41Health41Assessment4 1
,Chapter4101:41Evidence-Based4 1 Assessment
MULTIPLE41CHOICE
1. After41completing41an41initial41assessment41of41a41patient,41the41nurse41has41charted41that41his41respirations
41are41eupneic41and41his41pulse41is415841beats41per41minute.41These41types41of41data41would41be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER:41A
Objective41data41are41what41the41health41professional41observes41by41inspecting,41percussing,41palpating,41and
41auscultating41during41the41physical41examination.41Subjective41data41is41what41the41person41says41about41hi
m41or41herself41during41history41taking.41The41terms41reflective41and41introspective41are41not41used41to41descr
ibe41data.
DIF:41 Cognitive41 Level:41 Understanding41 (Comprehension)
MSC:41Client41Needs:41Safe41and41Effective41Care41Environment:41 Management41 of41Care
2. A41patient41tells41the41nurse41that41he41is41very41nervous,41is41n a u s e a. Ct eOd M
, 41and41feels41hot.41These41types41of41dat
a41would41be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANSWER:41C
Subjective41data41are41what41the41person41says41about41him41or41herself41during41history41taking.41Objective
41data41are41what41the41health41professional41observes41by41inspecting,41percussing,41palpating,41and41auscul
tating41during41the41physical41examination.41The41terms41reflective41and41introspective41are41not41used41to41
describe41data.
DIF:41 Cognitive41 Level:41 Understanding41 (Comprehension)
Physical41Examination41and41Health41Assessment4 1
, MSC:41Client41Needs:41Safe41and41Effective41Care41Environment:41 Management41 of41Care
3. The41patients41record,41laboratory41studies,41objective41 data,41and41subjective41 data41combine41 to41form41the:
a. Data41base.
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