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TEST BANK FOR BRUNNER & SUDDARTH'S TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING SIXTEENTH EDITION LATEST 2026 ALL CHAPTERS BY JANICE L. HINKLE (AUTHOR), KERRY H. CHEEVER (AUTHOR), KRISTEN OVERBAUGH (AUTHOR), & 1 MORE

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TEST BANK FOR BRUNNER & SUDDARTH'S TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING SIXTEENTH EDITION LATEST 2026 ALL CHAPTERS BY JANICE L. HINKLE (AUTHOR), KERRY H. CHEEVER (AUTHOR), KRISTEN OVERBAUGH (AUTHOR), & 1 MORE

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Textbook Of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Course
Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing

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BRUNNER & SUDDARTH'S TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL-
SURGICAL NURSING SIXTEENTH, NORTH AMERICAN
EDITION
BY JANICE L. HINKLE (AUTHOR), KERRY H. CHEEVER (AUTHOR), KRISTEN
OVERBAUGH (AUTHOR), & 1 MORE

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT 1 PRINCIPLES OF NURSING PRACTICE
CHAPTER 1 PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
CHAPTER 2 MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING
CHAPTER 3 HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION
CHAPTER 4 ADULT HEALTH AND PHYSICAL, NUTRITIONAL, AND CULTURAL ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 5 STRESS AND INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES
CHAPTER 6 GENETICS AND GENOMICS IN NURSING
CHAPTER 7 DISABILITY AND CHRONIC ILLNESS
CHAPTER 8 CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT

UNIT 2 CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 9 PAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 10 PRINCIPLES OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES
CHAPTER 11 SHOCK, SEPSIS, AND MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME
CHAPTER 12 ONCOLOGIC MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 13 PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE

UNIT 3 PERIOPERATIVE CONCEPTS AND NURSING MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 14 PREOPERATIVE NURSING MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 15 INTRAOPERATIVE NURSING MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 16 POSTOPERATIVE NURSING MANAGEMENT

UNIT 4 GAS EXCHANGE AND RESPIRATORY FUNCTION
CHAPTER 17 ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTION
CHAPTER 18 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISORDERS
CHAPTER 19 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE DISORDERS OF THE CHEST AND LOWER
RESPIRATORY TRACT
CHAPTER 20 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NON-ACUTE DISORDERS OF THE CHEST AND LOWER
RESPIRATORY TRACT AND DISORDERS OF THE PULMONARY VASCULATURE
CHAPTER 21 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE

UNIT 5 CARDIOVASCULAR AND CIRCULATORY FUNCTION
CHAPTER 22 ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC FUNCTION
CHAPTER 23 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS
CHAPTER 24 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY VASCULAR DISORDERS
CHAPTER 25 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH STRUCTURAL, INFECTIOUS, AND INFLAMMATORY
CARDIAC DISORDERS
CHAPTER 26 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COMPLICATIONS OF HEART DISEASE
CHAPTER 27 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH VASCULAR DISORDERS AND
DISORDERS OF PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION
CHAPTER 28 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION

UNIT 6 HEMATOLOGIC
FUNCTION
CHAPTER 29 ASSESSMENT OF HEMATOLOGIC FUNCTION AND TREATMENT MODALITIES
CHAPTER 30 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NONMALIGNANT HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS
CHAPTER 31 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS

UNIT 7 IMMUNOLOGIC FUNCTION
CHAPTER 32 ASSESSMENT OF IMMUNE FUNCTION
CHAPTER 33 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS

,CHAPTER 34 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ALLERGIC DISORDERS
CHAPTER 35 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC
DISORDERS

UNIT 8 MUSCULOSKELETAL
FUNCTION
CHAPTER 36 ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION
CHAPTER 37 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 38 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL TRAUMA

UNIT 9 DIGESTIVE AND GASTROINTESTINAL
FUNCTION
CHAPTER 39 ASSESSMENT OF DIGESTIVE AND GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION
CHAPTER 40 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ORAL AND ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 41 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC AND DUODENAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 42 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH INTESTINAL AND RECTAL DISORDERS

UNIT 10 METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE FUNCTION
CHAPTER 43 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH OBESITY
CHAPTER 44 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC DISORDERS
CHAPTER 45 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BILIARY DISORDERS
CHAPTER 46 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 47 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES

UNIT 11 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT FUNCTION
CHAPTER 48 ASSESSMENT OF KIDNEY AND URINARY FUNCTION
CHAPTER 49 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DISORDERS
CHAPTER 50 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH URINARY DISORDERS

UNIT 12 REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION
CHAPTER 51 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FEMALE PHYSIOLOGIC PROCESSES
CHAPTER 52 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FEMALE PHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS
CHAPTER 53 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST DISORDERS
CHAPTER 54 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 55 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WHO ARE LBGTQ

UNIT 13 INTEGUMENTARY FUNCTION
CHAPTER 56 ASSESSMENT OF INTEGUMENTARY FUNCTION
CHAPTER 57 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS AND WOUNDS
CHAPTER 58 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BURN INJURY

UNIT 14 SENSORY FUNCTION
CHAPTER 59 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH EYE AND VISION DISORDERS
CHAPTER 60 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEARING AND BALANCE
DISORDERS

UNIT 15 NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION
CHAPTER 61 ASSESSMENT OF NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION
CHAPTER 62 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC DYSFUNCTION
CHAPTER 63 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS
CHAPTER 64 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC TRAUMA
CHAPTER 65 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC INFECTIONS, AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS,
AND NEUROPATHIES

, CHAPTER 66 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ONCOLOGIC OR DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGIC
DISORDERS

UNIT 16 ACUTE COMMUNITY-BASED CHALLENGES
CHAPTER 67 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES
CHAPTER 68 EMERGENCY NURSING
CHAPTER 69 DISASTER NURSING




CHAPTER 1: PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
HINKLE: BRUNNER & SUDDARTH'S TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING, 16TH
EDITION – TEST BANK




MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A NURSE HAS BEEN OFFERED A POSITION ON AN OBSTETRIC UNIT AND HAS LEARNED THAT THE UNIT OFFERS
THERAPEUTIC ABORTIONS, A PROCEDURE THAT CONTRADICTS THE NURSE'S PERSONAL BELIEFS. WHAT IS THE NURSE'S ETHICAL
OBLIGATION TO THESE CLIENTS?

A. THE NURSE SHOULD ADHERE TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND OFFER SERVICE TO THESE CLIENTS.

B. THE NURSE SHOULD MAKE THE CHOICE TO DECLINE THIS POSITION AND PURSUE A DIFFERENT NURSING ROLE.

C. THE NURSE SHOULD DECLINE TO CARE FOR THE CLIENT’S CONSIDERING ABORTION.

D. THE NURSE SHOULD EXPRESS ALTERNATIVES TO WOMEN CONSIDERING TERMINATING THEIR PREGNANCY.

ANS; B

RATIONALE: TO AVOID FACING THE ETHICAL DILEMMA OF PROVIDING CARE THAT CONTRADICTS THE NURSE’S PERSONAL
BELIEFS, THE NURSE SHOULD CONSIDER WORKING IN AN AREA OF NURSING THAT WOULD NOT POSE THIS DILEMMA. THE
NURSE SHOULD NOT PROVIDE CARE TO THE CLIENT BECAUSE IT IS A CONFLICT OF PERSONAL VALUES. THE NURSE SHOULD NOT
DENY CARE TO THESE CLIENTS AS THIS WOULD BE A BREACH IN THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES. IF THE CLIENT IS NOT
REQUESTING INFORMATION FOR ALTERNATIVES TO ABORTIONS, THEN THE NURSE SHOULD NOT BE PROVIDING THIS
INFORMATION.



PTS: 1 REF: P. 27

NAT: CLIENT NEEDS: SAFE, EFFECTIVE CARE ENVIRONMENT: MANAGEMENT OF CARE

TOP: CHAPTER 1: PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE KEY: INTEGRATED PROCESS: CARING BLM: COGNITIVE LEVEL: APPLY
NOT: MULTIPLE CHOICE

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