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Chapter 01: Overview of
Professional Nursing Concepts
for Medical-Surgical Nursing
Ignatavicius: Medical-Surgical
Nursing, 10th Edition
MULTIP
LE
CHOICE
1. A new nurse is working
with a preceptor on a medical-
surgical unit. The preceptor
advises the new nurse that
which is the priority when
working as a professional
nurse?
a. Attending to holistic client
needs
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errors
d. Providing client-focused
care
ANS: B
All actions are appropriate for
the professional nurse.
However, ensuring client safety
is the priority. Health care
errors have been widely
reported for 25 years, many of
which result in client injury,
death, and increased health care
costs. There are several
national and international
organizations that have either
recommended or mandated
safety initiatives.
Every nurse has
responsibility to the
guard the
client’s safety.
are important The other actions
for quality nursing, but they are
not as vital as providing safety.
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answer.
DIF: Understanding TOP:
Integrated Process: Nursing
Process: Intervention KEY:
Client safety
MSC:
Safe Client
and NeedsCare
Effective Category:
Environment: Safety
Infection Control and
2. A nurse is orienting a new
client and family to the
medical-surgical unit. What
information does the nurse
provide to best help the client
promote his or her own safety?
a.family
Encourage
to be the client
active and
partners.
b.handHave the client
hygiene in monitor
caregivers.
c.opportunity
Offer the to
family
stay the
with the
client.
d. Tell the client to always
wear his or her armband.
ANS: A
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the client to be active in his or
her health care as a safety
partner is the most critical. The
other actions are very limited in
scope and do not provide the
broad protection that being
active and involved does.
DIF: Understanding TOP:
Integrated Process:
Teaching/Learning KEY:
Client safety
MSC:
Safe Client
and NeedsCare
Effective Category:
Environment: Safety and
Infection Control
3. A nurse is caring for a
postoperative client on the
surgical unit. The client’s
blood pressure was 142/76
mm Hg 30 minutes ago, and
now is 88/50 mm Hg. What
action would the nurse take
first?
a. Call the Rapid Response
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Test Bank
Chapter 01: Overview of
Professional Nursing Concepts
for Medical-Surgical Nursing
Ignatavicius: Medical-Surgical
Nursing, 10th Edition
MULTIP
LE
CHOICE
1. A new nurse is working
with a preceptor on a medical-
surgical unit. The preceptor
advises the new nurse that
which is the priority when
working as a professional
nurse?
a. Attending to holistic client
needs
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b. Ensuring client safety
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c. Not making medication
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errors
d. Providing client-focused
care
ANS: B
All actions are appropriate for
the professional nurse.
However, ensuring client safety
is the priority. Health care
errors have been widely
reported for 25 years, many of
which result in client injury,
death, and increased health care
costs. There are several
national and international
organizations that have either
recommended or mandated
safety initiatives.
Every nurse has
responsibility to the
guard the
client’s safety.
are important The other actions
for quality nursing, but they are
not as vital as providing safety.
about:blank 2/636
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Not making medication errors
/papersprimehttps
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does provide safety, but is too
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narrow in scope to be the best
answer.
DIF: Understanding TOP:
Integrated Process: Nursing
Process: Intervention KEY:
Client safety
MSC:
Safe Client
and NeedsCare
Effective Category:
Environment: Safety
Infection Control and
2. A nurse is orienting a new
client and family to the
medical-surgical unit. What
information does the nurse
provide to best help the client
promote his or her own safety?
a.family
Encourage
to be the client
active and
partners.
b.handHave the client
hygiene in monitor
caregivers.
c.opportunity
Offer the to
family
stay the
with the
client.
d. Tell the client to always
wear his or her armband.
ANS: A
Each action could be important
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for the client or family to
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perform. However, encouraging
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the client to be active in his or
her health care as a safety
partner is the most critical. The
other actions are very limited in
scope and do not provide the
broad protection that being
active and involved does.
DIF: Understanding TOP:
Integrated Process:
Teaching/Learning KEY:
Client safety
MSC:
Safe Client
and NeedsCare
Effective Category:
Environment: Safety and
Infection Control
3. A nurse is caring for a
postoperative client on the
surgical unit. The client’s
blood pressure was 142/76
mm Hg 30 minutes ago, and
now is 88/50 mm Hg. What
action would the nurse take
first?
a. Call the Rapid Response
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