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All Chapters 1-63 with Accurate Questions and Answers
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Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate, safe care through a
definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support persons’ progress toward positive outcomes?
a. Physician’s orders
b. Progress notes
c. Nursing care plan
d. Client health history
ANS: C
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate, safe care
through a definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support persons’ progress toward positive
outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity:
Reduction of Risk
2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant others in meeting their needs
and the identified outcomes of the plan of care. What is the correct term for these nursing behaviors?
a. Assessments
b. Interventions
c. Planning
d. Evaluation
ANS: B
Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant others in
meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
TOP: Interventions KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity:
Reduction of Risk
3. The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all actions and the possibility of being called
on to explain or justify them. What term best describes this concept?
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a. Reliability
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b. Maturity
c. Accountability
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d. Liability
ANS: C
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be called on to explain or
justify them.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7
TOP: Accountability KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction
of Risk
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The nurse manager is providing an inservice about conflict resolution. What modes of conflict resolution
should be addressed? (Select all that apply.)
a. Suppression
b. Accommodation
c. Compromise
d. Avoidance
e. Collaboration
f. Competition
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation, collaboration, compromise, avoidance, and
competition.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
OBJ: 7 TOP: Conflict ResolutionKEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
a. Effective communication
b. Rigid rules and regulations
c. Delegates appropriately
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d. Acts as a role model
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e. Consistently handles conflict
f. Focuses on individual development
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ANS: A, C, D, E
Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication, consistency in managing conflict,
knowledge and competency in all aspects of delivery of care, effective role model for staff, uses participatory
approach in decision making, shows appreciation for a job well done, delegates work appropriately, sets
objectives and guides staff, displays caring, understanding, and empathy for others, motivates and empowers
others, is proactive and flexible, and focuses on team development.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5
TOP: Leadership KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
COMPLETION
1. is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals verbally,
nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
ANS:
Communication
Communication is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals verbally,
nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2 TOP: Communication KEY: Nursing
Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the client’s health status.
ANS:
Assessment
Assessment is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the client’s health
status.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1 | 2
TOP: Assessment KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
ANS:
Bioethics
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TEST BANK Medical Surgical Nursing 7th Edition by
Gu
Adrianne D. Linton, Mary A. Matteson
ru
All Chapters 1-63 with Accurate Questions and Answers
1
, Te
ch
Gu
Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing
ru
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate, safe care through a
definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support persons’ progress toward positive outcomes?
a. Physician’s orders
b. Progress notes
c. Nursing care plan
d. Client health history
ANS: C
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate, safe care
through a definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support persons’ progress toward positive
outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity:
Reduction of Risk
2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant others in meeting their needs
and the identified outcomes of the plan of care. What is the correct term for these nursing behaviors?
a. Assessments
b. Interventions
c. Planning
d. Evaluation
ANS: B
Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant others in
meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
TOP: Interventions KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity:
Reduction of Risk
3. The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all actions and the possibility of being called
on to explain or justify them. What term best describes this concept?
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a. Reliability
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b. Maturity
c. Accountability
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d. Liability
ANS: C
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be called on to explain or
justify them.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7
TOP: Accountability KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction
of Risk
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The nurse manager is providing an inservice about conflict resolution. What modes of conflict resolution
should be addressed? (Select all that apply.)
a. Suppression
b. Accommodation
c. Compromise
d. Avoidance
e. Collaboration
f. Competition
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation, collaboration, compromise, avoidance, and
competition.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
OBJ: 7 TOP: Conflict ResolutionKEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
a. Effective communication
b. Rigid rules and regulations
c. Delegates appropriately
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d. Acts as a role model
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e. Consistently handles conflict
f. Focuses on individual development
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ANS: A, C, D, E
Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication, consistency in managing conflict,
knowledge and competency in all aspects of delivery of care, effective role model for staff, uses participatory
approach in decision making, shows appreciation for a job well done, delegates work appropriately, sets
objectives and guides staff, displays caring, understanding, and empathy for others, motivates and empowers
others, is proactive and flexible, and focuses on team development.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5
TOP: Leadership KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
COMPLETION
1. is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals verbally,
nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
ANS:
Communication
Communication is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals verbally,
nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2 TOP: Communication KEY: Nursing
Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the client’s health status.
ANS:
Assessment
Assessment is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the client’s health
status.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1 | 2
TOP: Assessment KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
ANS:
Bioethics
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