HA Final Exam-Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 8e Edition by Carolyn Jarvis PhD APN CNP-Test Bank

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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. Ref... lective. c. Subjective. d. Introspective1. 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. Introspective2. 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.. The patient’s record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the: a. Data base. b. Admitting data. c. Financial statement. d. Discharge summaryWhen listening to a patient’s breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurse’s next action should be to: a. Immediately notify the patient’s physician. b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard. c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds. Drone IT d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.The nurse recognizes that working with children with a different cultural perspective may be especially difficult because: a. Children have spiritual needs that are influenced by their stages of development. b. Children have spiritual needs that are direct reflections of what is occurring in their homes. c. Religious beliefs rarely affect the parents’ perceptions of the illness. d. Parents are often the decision makers, and they have no knowledge of their children’s spiritual needs.. After a symptom is recognized, the first effort at treatment is often self-care. Which of the following statements about self-care is true? “Self-care is: a. Not recognized as valuable by most health care providers.” b. Usually ineffective and may delay more effective treatment.” c. Always less expensive than biomedical alternatives.” d. Influenced by the accessibility of over-the-counter medicines.”The nurse is reviewing the hot/cold theory of health and illness. Which statement best describes the basic tenets of this theory? a. The causation of illness is based on supernatural forces that influence the humors of the body. b. Herbs and medicines are classified on their physical characteristics of hot and cold and the humors of the body. c. The four humors of the body consist of blood, yellow bile, spiritual connectedness, and social aspects of the individual. d. The treatment of disease consists of adding or subtracting cold, heat, dryness, or wetness to restore the balance of the humors of the body [Show More]

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