A nurse is performing a general assessment. What is he or she assessing when performing light palpation? Select all that apply.

You are performing light and deep palpation on the patient’s abdomen. You know that you will press down ________ for light palpation and ________ for deep palpation.

A patient is complaining of shortness of breath and mild chest pain. You are about to start the focused assessment. What should be the nurse’s first action?

An advantage of using a checklist is:

An advantage of using an anecdotal record is:

During a health history interview, a client has difficulty describing a chief complaint of chest pain. The client hesitates and is having difficulty when trying to explain the symptoms. Which action by the nurse would be most appropriate? 

An experienced medical-surgical nurse has identified critical thinking as an integral component of clinical judgment. How can the relationship between these two concepts be best described?

During a health history interview, a client tells the nurse, “My abdominal pain scares me. I keep thinking it could be an ulcer or even cancer.” The nurse knows that rephrasing is a therapeutic technique used to clarify subjective information and ensure understanding. Which is the best response from the nurse?

The nurse is writing down thoughts about each cue cluster. The nurse is involved in which step of the diagnostic reasoning process?

A nurse is preparing to conduct a physical examination to assess a client’s lungs after a knee replacement surgery. To gather objective data, which sequence and technique are most appropriate for the physical examination?