INTRODUCTORY MEDICAL SURGICAL
NURSING TIMBY SMITH ESSENTIAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What is the focus of nursing in an acute care hospital?
Answer: Short-term, intensive care for acute illness, injury, or
surgery with 24-hour monitoring.
◉ What type of care is provided in a skilled nursing facility (SNF)?
Answer: Residential care with nursing supervision for post-acute
recovery, rehabilitation, or chronic management.
◉ What is the nursing focus in home care settings?
Answer: Assessment, medication teaching, wound care, monitoring
chronic conditions, and caregiver education.
◉ What is the primary goal of hospice care?
Answer: End-of-life care focused on comfort, dignity, and quality of
life.
◉ What are the key responsibilities of a medical-surgical nurse?
, Answer: Direct caregiver, patient educator, care coordinator, patient
advocate, quality improvement participant, leader, and delegator.
◉ What is the first step in the nursing process?
Answer: Assessment: gathering subjective and objective data.
◉ What does the diagnosis step in the nursing process involve?
Answer: Analyzing data to identify actual or potential health
problems and formulating NANDA-I nursing diagnoses.
◉ What is the purpose of the planning step in the nursing process?
Answer: To set measurable, achievable outcomes and select
evidence-based interventions.
◉ What does implementation in the nursing process entail?
Answer: Carrying out planned interventions, administering
treatments, and providing education.
◉ What is evaluated in the evaluation step of the nursing process?
Answer: Whether outcomes were met, partially met, or unmet, and
identifying barriers.
◉ What is evidence-based practice (EBP)?
NURSING TIMBY SMITH ESSENTIAL STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What is the focus of nursing in an acute care hospital?
Answer: Short-term, intensive care for acute illness, injury, or
surgery with 24-hour monitoring.
◉ What type of care is provided in a skilled nursing facility (SNF)?
Answer: Residential care with nursing supervision for post-acute
recovery, rehabilitation, or chronic management.
◉ What is the nursing focus in home care settings?
Answer: Assessment, medication teaching, wound care, monitoring
chronic conditions, and caregiver education.
◉ What is the primary goal of hospice care?
Answer: End-of-life care focused on comfort, dignity, and quality of
life.
◉ What are the key responsibilities of a medical-surgical nurse?
, Answer: Direct caregiver, patient educator, care coordinator, patient
advocate, quality improvement participant, leader, and delegator.
◉ What is the first step in the nursing process?
Answer: Assessment: gathering subjective and objective data.
◉ What does the diagnosis step in the nursing process involve?
Answer: Analyzing data to identify actual or potential health
problems and formulating NANDA-I nursing diagnoses.
◉ What is the purpose of the planning step in the nursing process?
Answer: To set measurable, achievable outcomes and select
evidence-based interventions.
◉ What does implementation in the nursing process entail?
Answer: Carrying out planned interventions, administering
treatments, and providing education.
◉ What is evaluated in the evaluation step of the nursing process?
Answer: Whether outcomes were met, partially met, or unmet, and
identifying barriers.
◉ What is evidence-based practice (EBP)?
