Chapter 12: Physical Assessment

Chapter 12: Physical Assessment

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The nurse is collecting data during an initial assessment. What can be seen, heard, measured, or felt and is objective?

ANS:  C

A sign can be seen, heard, measured, or felt.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 93          OBJ:   1

TOP:   Assessment    KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  NCLEX: N/A

2. As part of an assessment, the nurse asks the patient for subjective information related to the present illness. What are the subjective findings perceived by the patient?

ANS:  B

Symptoms are subjective indications of illness that are perceived by the patient.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 93          OBJ:   1

TOP:   Assessment    KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  NCLEX: N/A

3. Any disturbance of a structure or function of the body is a pathologic condition. What is the term for this condition?

ANS:  C

A disease is any disturbance of a structure or function of the body.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 94          OBJ:   2

TOP:   Disease          KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  NCLEX: N/A

4. The nurse is assessing a patient for collection of subjective and objective data. What will this data provide the basis for making?

ANS:  D

Nurses rely on assessment of signs and symptoms to formulate a nursing diagnosis.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 94          OBJ:   11

TOP:   Assessment    KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment   MSC:  NCLEX: N/A

5. The nurse is discussing the origin of diabetes with a diabetic patient. What will the nurse discuss as the most appropriate explanation for the cause of this disease?

ANS:  C

Diabetes mellitus results from dysfunction of the pancreas.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 94          OBJ:   2

TOP:   Disease          KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Evaluation

MSC:  NCLEX: Physiological Integrity