Test Bank - Medical-Surgical Nursing: Focus on Clinical Judgment 3rd Edition (Honan, 2024)
TEST BANK
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Focus on Clinical Judgment
Linda F. Honan
3rd Edition
, Test Bank - Medical-Surgical Nursing: Focus on Clinical Judgment 3rd Edition (Honan, 2024)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Nurse’s Role in Adult Health Nursing
Chapter 2 Chronic Illness and End-of-Life Care
Chapter 3 Fluid and Electrolyte and Acid-Base Imbalances
Chapter 4 Perioperative Nursing
Chapter 5 Cancer Care
Chapter 6 Pain Management
Chapter 7 Nursing Assessment: Respiratory Function
Chapter 8 Nursing Management: Patients with Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders
Chapter 9 Nursing Management: Patients with Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders
Chapter 10 Nursing Management: Patients with COPD and Asthma
Chapter 11 Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular and Circulatory Function
Chapter 12 Nursing Management: Patients with Hypertension
Chapter 13 Nursing Management: Patients with Coronary Vascular Disorders
Chapter 14 Nursing Management: Patients with Complications from Heart Disease
Chapter 15 Nursing Management: Patients with Structural, Infectious, and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders
Chapter 16 Nursing Management: Patients with Arrhythmias and Conduction Problems
Chapter 17 Nursing Management: Patients with Vascular Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation
Chapter 18 Nursing Assessment: Hematologic Function
Chapter 19 Nursing Management: Patients with Hematologic Disorders
Chapter 20 Nursing Assessment: Digestive, Gastrointestinal, and Metabolic Function
Chapter 21 Nursing Management: Patients with Oral and Esophageal Disorders and Patients Receiving
Gastrointestinal Intubation, Enteral, and Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 22 Nursing Management: Patients with Gastric and Duodenal Disorders
Chapter 23 Nursing Management: Patients with Intestinal and Rectal Disorders
Chapter 24 Nursing Management: Patients with Hepatic and Biliary Disorders
Chapter 25 Nursing Assessment: Renal and Urinary Tract Function
Chapter 26 Nursing Management: Patients with Renal Disorders
Chapter 27 Nursing Management: Patients with Urinary Disorders
Chapter 28 Nursing Assessment: Endocrine Function
Chapter 29 Nursing Management: Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 30 Nursing Management: Patients with Endocrine Disorders
Chapter 31 Nursing Assessment: Reproductive Function
Chapter 32 Nursing Management: Patients with Female Reproductive and Breast Disorders
Chapter 33 Nursing Management: Care of the Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB)/Male Client with Reproductive
Disorders
Chapter 34 Nursing Management: Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 35 Nursing Assessment: Immune Function
Chapter 36 Nursing Management: Patients with Immunodeficiency, HIV Infection, and AIDS
Chapter 37 Nursing Management: Patients with Allergic Disorders
Chapter 38 Nursing Management: Patients with Rheumatic Disorders
Chapter 39 Nursing Assessment: Musculoskeletal Function
Chapter 40 Nursing Management: Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
Chapter 41 Nursing Management: Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma
Chapter 42 Nursing Assessment: Neurologic Function
Chapter 43 Nursing Management: Patients with Oncologic Disorders of the Brain and Spinal Cord
Chapter 44 Nursing Management: Patients with Neurologic Trauma
Chapter 45 Nursing Management: Patients with Neurologic Disorders
Chapter 46 Nursing Management: Patients with Cerebrovascular Disorders
Chapter 47 Nursing Assessment: Sensorineural Function
Chapter 48 Nursing Management: Patients with Eye and Vision Disorders
Chapter 49 Nursing Management: Patients with Hearing and Balance Disorders
Chapter 50 Nursing Assessment: Integumentary Function
Chapter 51 Nursing Management: Patients with Dermatologic Problems
Chapter 52 Nursing Management: Patients with Burn Injury
Chapter 53 Nursing Management: Shock and Multisystem Failure
Chapter 54 Nursing Management: Critical Care
Chapter 55 Nursing Management: Emergencies and Disasters
, Test Bank - Medical-Surgical Nursing: Focus on Clinical Judgment 3rd Edition (Honan, 2024)
Chapter 1 The Nurses Role in Adult Health Nursing
1. The school nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of high school
students. How does the nurse define health?
A) Health is being disease free.
B) Health is having fulfilling relationships.
C) Health is having a clean drinking source and nutritious food.
D) Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit.
2. The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in planning the patient's
return to work after an extensive illness. On which level of Maslow's hierarchy of basic
needs does the patient's need for self-fulfillment fit?
A) Physiologic
B) Safety and security
C) Love and belonging
D) Self-actualization
3. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit has asked to represent her unit on the hospital's
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) committee. In researching CQI programs, the
nurse should understand that they have what characteristic?
A) CQI programs establish accountability on the part of health care professionals.
B) CQI programs focus on the process used to provide care.
C) CQI programs identify incidents rather than processes.
D) CQI programs justify health care costs.
4. Economics have dictated many significant changes in the health care delivery system.
What is one major effect that economic factors have had on the patient population?
A) Patients are in the hospital for a longer period of time.
B) Patients have access to greater technology at lower costs.
C) Patients with high home-care needs are being discharged into the community.
D) Patient use of ambulatory care has decreased.
5. Staff nurses in an ICU setting have noticed that their patients required fewer
interventions for pain when the ICU was quiet. They passed their observations on to a
nurse researcher and asked the researcher to design a study about the effects of noise on
the pain levels of hospitalized patients. How does this demonstrate the primary purpose
of nursing research?
A) Nursing research involves patients and their care while hospitalized.
B) Nursing research contributes to the scientific base of nursing practice.
C) Nursing research draws conclusions about the quality of patient care.
D) Nursing research explains ongoing medical studies to patients.
, Test Bank - Medical-Surgical Nursing: Focus on Clinical Judgment 3rd Edition (Honan, 2024)
6. Nurses have different educational backgrounds and function under many titles in their
practice setting. If a nurse were practicing in an oncology clinic and performed a role
that included clinical practice, education, management, consultation, and research, what
would most accurately describe this nurse's title?
A) Midwife
B) Clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
C) Nurse manager
D) Staff nurse
7. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, when prioritizing a patient's plan of care, what
would be the nurse's first priority?
A) Allowing the family to see a newly admitted patient
B) Ambulating the patient in the hallway
C) Administering pain medication
D) Teaching the patient to self-administer insulin
8. The models of nursing care delivery have been numerous and varied throughout the
history of nursing. What is a model for the delivery of nursing care in today's health care
arena?
A) Team nursing
B) Patient-centered care
C) Primary nursing
D) Functional nursing
9. The word leadership has a connotation of a position that brings with it a title that
suggests leading large groups of people. What has nursing identified leadership as?
A) Limited to those with advanced degrees
B) Exemplified by nurses who supervise unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs)
C) Encompassed in the role of an advanced practice nurse
D) Inherent to all nursing positions
10. Our population is aging, and with the increased numbers of patients reaching age 65,
health care has had to change its focus. What is one focus of health care today?
A) Management of chronic conditions and disability
B) Increasing dependency among the aging population
C) A shifting focus to disease management
D) Management of acute conditions and rehabilitation
TEST BANK
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Focus on Clinical Judgment
Linda F. Honan
3rd Edition
, Test Bank - Medical-Surgical Nursing: Focus on Clinical Judgment 3rd Edition (Honan, 2024)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Nurse’s Role in Adult Health Nursing
Chapter 2 Chronic Illness and End-of-Life Care
Chapter 3 Fluid and Electrolyte and Acid-Base Imbalances
Chapter 4 Perioperative Nursing
Chapter 5 Cancer Care
Chapter 6 Pain Management
Chapter 7 Nursing Assessment: Respiratory Function
Chapter 8 Nursing Management: Patients with Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders
Chapter 9 Nursing Management: Patients with Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders
Chapter 10 Nursing Management: Patients with COPD and Asthma
Chapter 11 Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular and Circulatory Function
Chapter 12 Nursing Management: Patients with Hypertension
Chapter 13 Nursing Management: Patients with Coronary Vascular Disorders
Chapter 14 Nursing Management: Patients with Complications from Heart Disease
Chapter 15 Nursing Management: Patients with Structural, Infectious, and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders
Chapter 16 Nursing Management: Patients with Arrhythmias and Conduction Problems
Chapter 17 Nursing Management: Patients with Vascular Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation
Chapter 18 Nursing Assessment: Hematologic Function
Chapter 19 Nursing Management: Patients with Hematologic Disorders
Chapter 20 Nursing Assessment: Digestive, Gastrointestinal, and Metabolic Function
Chapter 21 Nursing Management: Patients with Oral and Esophageal Disorders and Patients Receiving
Gastrointestinal Intubation, Enteral, and Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 22 Nursing Management: Patients with Gastric and Duodenal Disorders
Chapter 23 Nursing Management: Patients with Intestinal and Rectal Disorders
Chapter 24 Nursing Management: Patients with Hepatic and Biliary Disorders
Chapter 25 Nursing Assessment: Renal and Urinary Tract Function
Chapter 26 Nursing Management: Patients with Renal Disorders
Chapter 27 Nursing Management: Patients with Urinary Disorders
Chapter 28 Nursing Assessment: Endocrine Function
Chapter 29 Nursing Management: Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 30 Nursing Management: Patients with Endocrine Disorders
Chapter 31 Nursing Assessment: Reproductive Function
Chapter 32 Nursing Management: Patients with Female Reproductive and Breast Disorders
Chapter 33 Nursing Management: Care of the Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB)/Male Client with Reproductive
Disorders
Chapter 34 Nursing Management: Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 35 Nursing Assessment: Immune Function
Chapter 36 Nursing Management: Patients with Immunodeficiency, HIV Infection, and AIDS
Chapter 37 Nursing Management: Patients with Allergic Disorders
Chapter 38 Nursing Management: Patients with Rheumatic Disorders
Chapter 39 Nursing Assessment: Musculoskeletal Function
Chapter 40 Nursing Management: Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
Chapter 41 Nursing Management: Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma
Chapter 42 Nursing Assessment: Neurologic Function
Chapter 43 Nursing Management: Patients with Oncologic Disorders of the Brain and Spinal Cord
Chapter 44 Nursing Management: Patients with Neurologic Trauma
Chapter 45 Nursing Management: Patients with Neurologic Disorders
Chapter 46 Nursing Management: Patients with Cerebrovascular Disorders
Chapter 47 Nursing Assessment: Sensorineural Function
Chapter 48 Nursing Management: Patients with Eye and Vision Disorders
Chapter 49 Nursing Management: Patients with Hearing and Balance Disorders
Chapter 50 Nursing Assessment: Integumentary Function
Chapter 51 Nursing Management: Patients with Dermatologic Problems
Chapter 52 Nursing Management: Patients with Burn Injury
Chapter 53 Nursing Management: Shock and Multisystem Failure
Chapter 54 Nursing Management: Critical Care
Chapter 55 Nursing Management: Emergencies and Disasters
, Test Bank - Medical-Surgical Nursing: Focus on Clinical Judgment 3rd Edition (Honan, 2024)
Chapter 1 The Nurses Role in Adult Health Nursing
1. The school nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of high school
students. How does the nurse define health?
A) Health is being disease free.
B) Health is having fulfilling relationships.
C) Health is having a clean drinking source and nutritious food.
D) Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit.
2. The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in planning the patient's
return to work after an extensive illness. On which level of Maslow's hierarchy of basic
needs does the patient's need for self-fulfillment fit?
A) Physiologic
B) Safety and security
C) Love and belonging
D) Self-actualization
3. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit has asked to represent her unit on the hospital's
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) committee. In researching CQI programs, the
nurse should understand that they have what characteristic?
A) CQI programs establish accountability on the part of health care professionals.
B) CQI programs focus on the process used to provide care.
C) CQI programs identify incidents rather than processes.
D) CQI programs justify health care costs.
4. Economics have dictated many significant changes in the health care delivery system.
What is one major effect that economic factors have had on the patient population?
A) Patients are in the hospital for a longer period of time.
B) Patients have access to greater technology at lower costs.
C) Patients with high home-care needs are being discharged into the community.
D) Patient use of ambulatory care has decreased.
5. Staff nurses in an ICU setting have noticed that their patients required fewer
interventions for pain when the ICU was quiet. They passed their observations on to a
nurse researcher and asked the researcher to design a study about the effects of noise on
the pain levels of hospitalized patients. How does this demonstrate the primary purpose
of nursing research?
A) Nursing research involves patients and their care while hospitalized.
B) Nursing research contributes to the scientific base of nursing practice.
C) Nursing research draws conclusions about the quality of patient care.
D) Nursing research explains ongoing medical studies to patients.
, Test Bank - Medical-Surgical Nursing: Focus on Clinical Judgment 3rd Edition (Honan, 2024)
6. Nurses have different educational backgrounds and function under many titles in their
practice setting. If a nurse were practicing in an oncology clinic and performed a role
that included clinical practice, education, management, consultation, and research, what
would most accurately describe this nurse's title?
A) Midwife
B) Clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
C) Nurse manager
D) Staff nurse
7. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, when prioritizing a patient's plan of care, what
would be the nurse's first priority?
A) Allowing the family to see a newly admitted patient
B) Ambulating the patient in the hallway
C) Administering pain medication
D) Teaching the patient to self-administer insulin
8. The models of nursing care delivery have been numerous and varied throughout the
history of nursing. What is a model for the delivery of nursing care in today's health care
arena?
A) Team nursing
B) Patient-centered care
C) Primary nursing
D) Functional nursing
9. The word leadership has a connotation of a position that brings with it a title that
suggests leading large groups of people. What has nursing identified leadership as?
A) Limited to those with advanced degrees
B) Exemplified by nurses who supervise unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs)
C) Encompassed in the role of an advanced practice nurse
D) Inherent to all nursing positions
10. Our population is aging, and with the increased numbers of patients reaching age 65,
health care has had to change its focus. What is one focus of health care today?
A) Management of chronic conditions and disability
B) Increasing dependency among the aging population
C) A shifting focus to disease management
D) Management of acute conditions and rehabilitation
