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Chapter 32: Health Assessment and Physical Examination Potter et al: Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 6th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse is a preceptor for a nurse who just graduated from nurs... ing school. When caring for a patient, the new graduate nurse begins to explain to the patient the purpose of completing a physical assessment. Which of the following statements made by the new graduate nurse prompts the preceptor to intervene? a. “I will use the information from my assessment to figure out if your antihypertensive medication is working effectively.” b. “Nursing assessment data are used only to provide information about the effectiveness of your medical care.” c. “Nurses use data from their patient’s physical assessment to determine a patient’s educational needs.” d. “Information gained from physical assessment helps nurses better understand their patients’ emotional needs.” ANS: B Nursing assessment data are used to evaluate the effectiveness of all aspects of a patient’s care, not just the patient’s medical care. Assessment data help the nurse evaluate the effectiveness of medications and determine a patient’s health care needs, including the need for patient education. Nurses also use assessment data to identify patients’ psychosocial and cultural needs. DIF: Evaluate REF: 612 OBJ: Discuss the purposes of physical assessment. TOP: Communication and Documentation MSC: CPNRE: Fo..........................CONTINUED [Show More]

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