2nd Edition
Test Bank For Focus on Adult
Health Medical Surgical Nursing
2nd Edition Honan
,1. The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to
a group of newmothers. How should the nurse best define health?
A) Being disease free or having existing diseases stabilized
B) The state of having fulfillment in all domains of lifeabirb.com/test
C) Possessing psychological and physiologic harmony
D) The state of being connected in body, mind, and spirit
abirb.com/test
2. A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about
what it is like to bea nurse. What characteristic should the nurse cite as
necessary to possess to be an
effective nurse? abirb.com/test
A) Sensitivity to cultural
differences
B) Ability to problem-solve abirb.com/test
independently
C) Strict adherence to routine
D) Ability to face criticism without being affected by it
3. The nurse has been asked to speak to members of a self-
ca bai rr be. ceodmu/ t ecsat t io n program. What topic should the nurse most likely
address?
A) Adequate prenatal care
B) Government advocacy and abirb.com/test
lobbying
C) Judicious use of online
communities
D) Management of illness
abirb.com/test
4. The home health nurse is assisting a client and his family in planning the
client's returnto work after surgery and the development of
postsurgical complications. The nurse is preparing a plan of care that
addresses the client's mult ifaa bci erbt.ec odmn/ teeset ds. To which level of Maslow
hierarchy of basic needs does the client's need for self-fulfillment
relate?
A) Physiologic
B) Transcendence
C) Love and abirb.com/test
belonging
D) Self-
actualization
abirb.com/test
5. The view that health and illness are not static states but that they exist on
a continuum is central to professional health care systems. When
planning care, this view aids the nursein understanding what fact?
,A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of diseaabisrbe..com/test
B) A person's state of health is ever-changing.
C) A person can transition from health to illness rapidly.
D) Care should focus on the client's compliance with ina tbei r rbv. c eo nmt/ tieosnt s.
abirb.com/test
, 6. A nurse is leading a community health clinic. What should the nurse
emphasize in orderto promote disease prevention?
A) It is best achieved through attending self-help groups.
B) It is best achieved by reducing psychological stress.abirb.com/test
C) It is best achieved by being an active participant in the community.
D) It is best achieved by exhibiting behaviors that promote health.
abirb.com/test
7. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit has asked to represent the unit on
the hospital's quality committee. When describing quality improvement
programs to nursing colleagues and members of other health
disciplines, whaat bci rhb .ac roamc/ tteesrt istic should the nurse cite?
A) These programs establish consequences for health care professionals'
actions.
B) These programs emphasize the need for evidence-baa bsier bd. c opmra/ tecst tice.
C) These programs identify specific incidents related to quality.
D) These programs seek to justify health care costs and systems.
abirb.com/test
8. Nurses in acute care settings must work with other health care team
members to maintain quality care while facing pressures to care for
clients who are hospitalized forshorter periods of time than in the past.
To ensure positivaeb i rhb e.cao lmth/ t esot utcomes when clients return to their homes,
what action should the nurse prioritize?
A) Promotion of health literacy during hospitalization
B) Close communication with primary providers
C) Thorough and evidence-based discharge abirb.com/test
planning
D) Participation in continuing education
initiatives
abirb.com/test
9. The nurse is admitting a client to the medical unit after the client has
been transferredfrom the emergency department. What is the nurse's
priority action at this time?
A) Identifying the immediate needs of the client
B) Checking the admitting physician's abirb.com/test
prescriptions
C) Obtaining a baseline set of vital signs
D) Allowing the family to be with the client abirb.com/test
10. A nurse practicing in an oncology clinic has the goal of improving client
outcomes and nursing care by influencing the client, the nurse, and the
health care system. What is this
nurse's most likely B) Clinical nurse specialist
role? C) Nurse manager
A) Nursing care D) Staff nurse
expert
abirb.com/test
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Test Bank For Focus on Adult
Health Medical Surgical Nursing
2nd Edition Honan
,1. The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to
a group of newmothers. How should the nurse best define health?
A) Being disease free or having existing diseases stabilized
B) The state of having fulfillment in all domains of lifeabirb.com/test
C) Possessing psychological and physiologic harmony
D) The state of being connected in body, mind, and spirit
abirb.com/test
2. A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about
what it is like to bea nurse. What characteristic should the nurse cite as
necessary to possess to be an
effective nurse? abirb.com/test
A) Sensitivity to cultural
differences
B) Ability to problem-solve abirb.com/test
independently
C) Strict adherence to routine
D) Ability to face criticism without being affected by it
3. The nurse has been asked to speak to members of a self-
ca bai rr be. ceodmu/ t ecsat t io n program. What topic should the nurse most likely
address?
A) Adequate prenatal care
B) Government advocacy and abirb.com/test
lobbying
C) Judicious use of online
communities
D) Management of illness
abirb.com/test
4. The home health nurse is assisting a client and his family in planning the
client's returnto work after surgery and the development of
postsurgical complications. The nurse is preparing a plan of care that
addresses the client's mult ifaa bci erbt.ec odmn/ teeset ds. To which level of Maslow
hierarchy of basic needs does the client's need for self-fulfillment
relate?
A) Physiologic
B) Transcendence
C) Love and abirb.com/test
belonging
D) Self-
actualization
abirb.com/test
5. The view that health and illness are not static states but that they exist on
a continuum is central to professional health care systems. When
planning care, this view aids the nursein understanding what fact?
,A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of diseaabisrbe..com/test
B) A person's state of health is ever-changing.
C) A person can transition from health to illness rapidly.
D) Care should focus on the client's compliance with ina tbei r rbv. c eo nmt/ tieosnt s.
abirb.com/test
, 6. A nurse is leading a community health clinic. What should the nurse
emphasize in orderto promote disease prevention?
A) It is best achieved through attending self-help groups.
B) It is best achieved by reducing psychological stress.abirb.com/test
C) It is best achieved by being an active participant in the community.
D) It is best achieved by exhibiting behaviors that promote health.
abirb.com/test
7. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit has asked to represent the unit on
the hospital's quality committee. When describing quality improvement
programs to nursing colleagues and members of other health
disciplines, whaat bci rhb .ac roamc/ tteesrt istic should the nurse cite?
A) These programs establish consequences for health care professionals'
actions.
B) These programs emphasize the need for evidence-baa bsier bd. c opmra/ tecst tice.
C) These programs identify specific incidents related to quality.
D) These programs seek to justify health care costs and systems.
abirb.com/test
8. Nurses in acute care settings must work with other health care team
members to maintain quality care while facing pressures to care for
clients who are hospitalized forshorter periods of time than in the past.
To ensure positivaeb i rhb e.cao lmth/ t esot utcomes when clients return to their homes,
what action should the nurse prioritize?
A) Promotion of health literacy during hospitalization
B) Close communication with primary providers
C) Thorough and evidence-based discharge abirb.com/test
planning
D) Participation in continuing education
initiatives
abirb.com/test
9. The nurse is admitting a client to the medical unit after the client has
been transferredfrom the emergency department. What is the nurse's
priority action at this time?
A) Identifying the immediate needs of the client
B) Checking the admitting physician's abirb.com/test
prescriptions
C) Obtaining a baseline set of vital signs
D) Allowing the family to be with the client abirb.com/test
10. A nurse practicing in an oncology clinic has the goal of improving client
outcomes and nursing care by influencing the client, the nurse, and the
health care system. What is this
nurse's most likely B) Clinical nurse specialist
role? C) Nurse manager
A) Nursing care D) Staff nurse
expert
abirb.com/test
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