Updated/Latest Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care Medical Surgical Nursing 10th Edition by Ignatavicius Workman Rebar and Heimgartner 2025–2026 Comprehensive Test Bank Questions and Answers for Medical Surgical Nursing Exam Preparation Clin

,Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice
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1. A new nurse is working with a preceptor on an inpatient medical-surgical unit.
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The preceptor advises the student that which is the priority when working as a
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professional nurse?
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All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. However, ensuring client safety is the
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priority. Up to 98,000 deaths result each year from errors in hospital care, according to
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the 2000 Institute of Medicine report. Many more clients have suffered injuries and less
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serious outcomes. Every nurse has the responsibility to guard the client’s safety.
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MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Intervention
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2. A nurse is orienting a new client and family to the inpatient unit. What information does the
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nurse provide to help the client promote his or her own safety?
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a. Encourage the client and family to be active partners. L
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Each action could be important for the client or family to perform. However, encouraging
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the client to be active in his or her health care as a partner is the most critical. The other
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actions are very limited in scope and do not provide the broad protection that being active
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and involved does.
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3. A nurse is caring for a postoperative client on the surgical unit. The client’s blood pressure
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was 142/76 mm Hg 30 minutes ago, and now is 88/50 mm Hg. What action by the nurse
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is best?
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The purpose of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) is to intervene when clients are
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deteriorating before they suffer either respiratory or cardiac arrest. Since the client has
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manifested a significant change, the nurse should call the RRT. Changes in blood
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pressure, mental status, heart rate, and pain are particularly significant. Documentation is
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vital, but the nurse must do more than document. The primary care provider should be
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notified, but this is not the priority over calling the RRT. The client’s blood pressure
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should be reassessed frequently, but the priority is getting the rapid care to the client.
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DIF: Applying/Application REF: 3
KEY: Rapid Response Team (RRT)| medical emergencies
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MSC: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
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4. A nurse wishes to provide client-centered care in all interactions. Which action by the nurse
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best demonstrates this concept?
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d. Thoroughly orients the client and family to the room L
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ANS: A F T T L



Competency in client-focused care is demonstrated when the nurse focuses on F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L



communication, culture, respect, compassion, client education, and empowerment. By
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assessing the effect of the client’s culture on health care, this nurse is practicing
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client-focused care. Providing for basic needs does not demonstrate this competence. F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L



Simply telling the client about all upcoming tests is not providing empowering
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education. Orienting the client and family to the room is an important safety measure, but
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not directly related to demonstrating client-centered care.
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KEY: Patient-centered care| culture MSC: Integrated Process: Caring
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5. A client is going to be admitted for a scheduled surgical procedure. Which action does the
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nurse explain is the most important thing the client can do to protect against errors?
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Medication errors are the most common type of health care mistake. The Joint F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L F TT L



Commission’s Speak Up campaign encourages clients to help ensure their safety. One
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recommendation is for clients to know all their medications and why they take them. This
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will help prevent medication errors.
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DIF: Applying/Application REF: 4
KEY: Speak Up campaign| patient safety MSC: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
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6. Which action by the nurse working with a client best demonstrates respect for autonomy?
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Autonomy is self-determination. The client should make decisions regarding care. When the T
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nurse obtains a signature on the consent form, assessing if the client still has questions is
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vital, because without full information the client cannot practice autonomy. Giving accurate
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information is practicing with veracity. Keeping promises is upholding fidelity. Treating the
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client fairly is providing social justice.
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DIF: Applying/Application REF: 4
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7. A student nurse asks the faculty to explain best practices when communicating with a
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person from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning
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(LGBTQ) community. What answer by the faculty is most accurate?
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Many members of the LGBTQ community have faced discrimination from health care
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providers and may be reluctant to seek health care. The nurse should never make
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assumptions about the needs of members of this population. Rather, respectful questions are
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appropriate. If approached with sensitivity, the client with any health care need is more
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likely to answer honestly.
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diversity MSC: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
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8. A nurse is calling the on-call physician about a client who had a hysterectomy 2 days
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ago and has pain that is unrelieved by the prescribed narcotic pain medication. Which
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statement is part of the SBAR format for communication?
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a. A: “I would like you to order a different pain medication.”
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b. B: “This client has allergies to morphine and codeine.”
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c. R: “Dr. Smith doesn’t like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory meds.”
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d. S: “This client had a vaginal hysterectomy 2 days ago.”
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