Jarvis, Forbes and Watt: Jarviss Physical Examination Health Assessment, 3rd edn 2021 by Elsevier Australia

Jarvis, Forbes and Watt: Jarvis’s Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 3rd edn © 2021 by Elsevier Australia

Jarvis, Forbes & Watt: Jarvis’s Physical Examination & Health

Assessment, 3rd ANZ edition

Chapter 1: The context and frameworks of health assessment

Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• The nurse asks their client about family history of cardiovascular disease. What type

of data would this be classified as?

• Objective
• Subjective
• Informed
• Precise

ANS: b

What the person states about themselves is considered subjective data.

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• The nurse observes their client’s respiratory rate. What type of data would this be

classified as?

• Objective
• Subjective
• Informed
• Precise

ANS: a

Data gathered by observing, inspecting, percussing, palpating and auscultation is considered objective data.

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• According to the World Health Organization, what is health defined as?
• The presence of wellbeing and absence of disease
• Situations in which people are born, grow and live
• The state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
• The absence of disease and infirmity

ANS: c

The World Health Organization (WHO) (2019) defines health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’.

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• Which of the following is NOT a recognition of the social model of health?
• The importance of health promotion and disease prevention.

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• The importance of encouraging a healthy lifestyle.
• The social, economic and environmental determinants of health and illness.
• The importance of working with sectors outside the health sector.

ANS: b

The social health model recognises:

• The social, economic and environmental determinants of health and illness • The importance of health promotion and disease prevention • The importance of community participation in decision making • The importance of working with working with sectors outside the health sector • That equity is an important outcome of health service intervention

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• What model recognises the view of health being the absence of disease?
• Social model of health
• Biomedical model of health
• Holistic model of health
• Health promotion and disease prevention

ANS: b

The biomedical model of western tradition views health as the absence of disease.

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• What standard of care do consumers have the right to expect in Australia?
• Clients with private health insurance receive priority.
• Every person has the right of the highest standard of care.
• Every taxpayer has the right to the highest standard of care.
• Clients with a healthy, active lifestyle have priority over those who do not.

ANS: b

One of the principles of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights recognises that every person has the right to the highest standard of care.

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• Which statement illustrates the biomedical model of western traditional views?
• Health is viewed as the absence of disease.
• Optimal health is viewed as high-level wellness.
• Health and disease are considered a cyclical process.
• The treatment of disease is nursing’s primary focus.

ANS: a

The biomedical model of western tradition views health as the absence of disease.

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• Which of the following models of health aims to improve health outcomes, prevent

and reduce illness and address the inequalities and disadvantage that exist within the community?

• Biomedical model
• Holistic health model
• Social model
• Wellness model

ANS: c

The social model of health acknowledges the effect of social, economic, cultural and political factors and conditions on a person’s state of health and wellbeing.

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Jarvis, Forbes and Watt: Jarvis’s Physical Examination & Health Assessment, 3rd edn © 2021 Elsevier Australia

Jarvis, Forbes & Watt: Jarvis’s Physical Examination & Health

Assessment, 3rd ANZ edition

Chapter 02: Critical thinking in health assessment

Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• After completing an initial assessment on a patient, the nurse has charted that his

respirations are eupnoeic and his pulse is 58. This type of data would be:

• objective.
• reflective.
• subjective.
• introspective.

ANS: a

Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating and auscultating during the physical exam.

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• A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, that he is nauseated, and that he

‘feels hot’. This type of data would be:

• objective.
• reflective.
• subjective.
• introspective.

ANS: c

Subjective data are what the person says about themself during history taking.

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• Novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience to draw from, are

more likely to make their decisions using:

• intuition.
• a set of rules.
• articles in journals.
• advice from supervisors.

ANS: b

Novice nurses operate from a set of rules.

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