Bates’ Guide To Physical Examination and History ,Bickley Test Bank : Foundations for Clinical Proficiency

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 . Reflective. c . Subjective. d . Introspective. a . Objective. b . Reflective. c . Subjective. d . Introspective. 3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the: a . Data base. b . Admitting data. c . Financial statement. d . Discharge summary. 4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to: a . Immediately notify the patients 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. 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. a . Intuition. b . The nursing process. c . Clinical knowledge. d . Diagnostic reasoning. 7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP? a . EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices. b . EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients. c . EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience. d . The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.