LSUHSC HA TOP Exam Guide Questions and CORRECT Answers

The nurse is preparing to examine a 6-year-old child. Which action is most appropriate? A. The thorax, abdomen, and genitalia are examined before the head. B. Talking about the equipment being used is avoided because doing so may increase the childs anxiety. C. The nurse should keep in mind that a child at this age will have a sense of modesty. D. The child is asked to undress from the waist up. Ans: A. Objective Exp: 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 hm or herself during history taking. The terms REFLECTIVE and INTROSPECTIVE are not used to describe data. - After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his reparations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be: A. Objective B. Reflective C. Subjective D Introspective