Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
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:
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Chapter 01: Evidence-Based Assessment
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:
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and “feels hot.” These types of data would be:
3. The patient’s record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
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:
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:
6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
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9. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
10. Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
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