Author Question: The gathering of objective data from the nurse's observations, diagnostic procedures, and health ... (Read 71 times)

Jkov05 · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

The gathering of objective data from the nurse's observations, diagnostic procedures, and health record information that together reviews a client's physical state is a

a. physical assessment. c. functional health pattern.
b. nursing health history. d. subjective data assessment.

Question 2

A client is recovering from a football accident and is participating in physical therapy. When the nurse assesses his muscle strength, she notes that he can ambulate by himself with the assistance of a cane.

When asked, the client squeezes both of the nurse's hands moderately
firm but can only push with some resistance against the nurses' hand. How would you rate his
muscle strength?
a. 0 = no muscular contraction d. 4 = active movement against gravity
and some resistance
b. 1 = barely flicker of contraction e. 5 = active movement against full
resistance with no fatigue
c. 2 = active movement against gravity