Jarvis: Physical Examination & Health Assessment 8th Edition by Jarvis: Testbank. All chapters Included

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3. 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 summary. ANS: A Toge... ther with the patient‘s record and laboratory studies, the objective and subjective data form the data base. The other items are not part of the patient‘s record, laboratory studies, or data. DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: p. 2 MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care 4. When 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. d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. ANS: C When unsure of a sound heard while listening to a patient‘s breath sounds, the nurse validates the data to ensure accuracy. If the nurse has less experience in an area, then he or she asks an expert to listen. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis) REF: p. 2 MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care 5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching 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: B Novice nurses operate from a set of defined, structured rules. The expert practitioner uses intuitive links. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) REF: p. 3 MSC: Client Needs: General 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: A Intuition is characterized by pattern recognition [Show More]

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