TEST BANK FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING, 8TH
EDITION LINTON & MATTESON TESTBANK/ALL
CHAPTERS 1-63
,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
CORRECT CHOICE: - C
Rationale :->>>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
TOPIC: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
2. The professional RN 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
CORRECT CHOICE: - B
Rationale :->>>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
TOPIC: Interventions KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
3. The professional RN 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
CORRECT CHOICE:- C
Rationale :->>>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
, TOPIC: Accountability KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The professional RN manager is providing an inservice about conflict resolution.
What modes of conflict resolution should be addressed? (Select all that apply.)
a. Suppression
b. Accommodation
c. Compromise
d. Avoidance
e. Collaboration
f. Competition
CORRECT CHOICE:- B, C, D, E, F
Rationale :->>>The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation, collaboration,
compromise, avoidance, and competition.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
OBJ: 7 TOPIC: Conflict Resolution KEY: Nursing Process Step:
N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
a. Effective communication
b. Rigid rules and regulations
c. Delegates appropriately
d. Acts as a role model
e. Consistently handles conflict
f. Focuses on individual development
CORRECT CHOICE:- A, C, D, E
Rationale :->>>Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication,
consistency in managing conflict, knowledge and competency in all aspects of delivery of
care, effective role model for staff, uses participatory approach in decision making, shows
appreciation for a job well done, delegates work appropriately, sets objectives and guides
staff, displays caring, understanding, and empathy for others, motivates and empowers
others, is proactive and flexible, and focuses on team development.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5
TOPIC: Leadership KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
COMPLETION
1. is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between
individuals verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
CORRECT CHOICE:-
Rationale :->>>Communication
, Communication is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between
individuals verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2
TOPIC: Communication KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising
the client’s health status.
CORRECT CHOICE:-
Assessment
Rationale :->>>Assessment is the collection and processing of relevant data for the
purpose of appraising the client’s health status.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1 | 2
TOPIC: Assessment KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
CORRECT CHOICE:-
Rationale :->>>Bioethics
Bioethics is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 OBJ: 3
TOPIC: Bioethics KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. Place the corresponding letter to each stage of conflict in the correct order.
(Place the events in the appropriate sequence with capital letters. Do not separate
answers with a space or punctuation. Example: ABCD.)
a. Outcomes
b. Conceptualization
c. Frustration
d. Action
CORRECT CHOICE:-
CBDA
Rationale :->>>The stages of conflict in order are frustration, conceptualization, action, and
outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 7 OBJ: 7
TOPIC: Conflict KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
5. Place the corresponding letter to each key step in solving an ethical dilemma in the correct
order. (Place the events in the appropriate sequence. Do not separate answers
with a space or punctuation. Example: ABCD.)
a. Negotiate a plan.
b. Clarify values.
c. Ask if it is an ethical dilemma.
EDITION LINTON & MATTESON TESTBANK/ALL
CHAPTERS 1-63
,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
CORRECT CHOICE: - C
Rationale :->>>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
TOPIC: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
2. The professional RN 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
CORRECT CHOICE: - B
Rationale :->>>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
TOPIC: Interventions KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
3. The professional RN 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
CORRECT CHOICE:- C
Rationale :->>>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
, TOPIC: Accountability KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The professional RN manager is providing an inservice about conflict resolution.
What modes of conflict resolution should be addressed? (Select all that apply.)
a. Suppression
b. Accommodation
c. Compromise
d. Avoidance
e. Collaboration
f. Competition
CORRECT CHOICE:- B, C, D, E, F
Rationale :->>>The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation, collaboration,
compromise, avoidance, and competition.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
OBJ: 7 TOPIC: Conflict Resolution KEY: Nursing Process Step:
N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
a. Effective communication
b. Rigid rules and regulations
c. Delegates appropriately
d. Acts as a role model
e. Consistently handles conflict
f. Focuses on individual development
CORRECT CHOICE:- A, C, D, E
Rationale :->>>Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication,
consistency in managing conflict, knowledge and competency in all aspects of delivery of
care, effective role model for staff, uses participatory approach in decision making, shows
appreciation for a job well done, delegates work appropriately, sets objectives and guides
staff, displays caring, understanding, and empathy for others, motivates and empowers
others, is proactive and flexible, and focuses on team development.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5
TOPIC: Leadership KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
COMPLETION
1. is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between
individuals verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
CORRECT CHOICE:-
Rationale :->>>Communication
, Communication is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between
individuals verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2
TOPIC: Communication KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising
the client’s health status.
CORRECT CHOICE:-
Assessment
Rationale :->>>Assessment is the collection and processing of relevant data for the
purpose of appraising the client’s health status.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1 | 2
TOPIC: Assessment KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
CORRECT CHOICE:-
Rationale :->>>Bioethics
Bioethics is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 OBJ: 3
TOPIC: Bioethics KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. Place the corresponding letter to each stage of conflict in the correct order.
(Place the events in the appropriate sequence with capital letters. Do not separate
answers with a space or punctuation. Example: ABCD.)
a. Outcomes
b. Conceptualization
c. Frustration
d. Action
CORRECT CHOICE:-
CBDA
Rationale :->>>The stages of conflict in order are frustration, conceptualization, action, and
outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 7 OBJ: 7
TOPIC: Conflict KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
5. Place the corresponding letter to each key step in solving an ethical dilemma in the correct
order. (Place the events in the appropriate sequence. Do not separate answers
with a space or punctuation. Example: ABCD.)
a. Negotiate a plan.
b. Clarify values.
c. Ask if it is an ethical dilemma.
