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TEST BANK - Medical-Surgical Nursing,
8th Edition (Linton), Chapters 1 - 63 |

All Chapters Verified

,TABLE OF CONTENTS

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, Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing Linton:
Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th Edition

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
ANSWER: 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
ANSWER: 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?
a. Reliability
b. Maturity
c. Accountability
d. Liability
ANSWER: 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

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Adrianne Dill (Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Texas San Antonio School of Nursing.) Linton, Mary Ann (Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Family Nursing at the Medical-Surgical Nursing
Publisher: 2022 ISBN: 9780323828444 Edition: Unknown

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