Medical-Surgical Nursing- Chapters 1-4 questions with
verified answers
A basis by which one nurse provides all services Ans✓✓✓ Case method
A client with chronic illness always reports feeling great. What does this say about
the client Ans✓✓✓ They are able to engage in meaningful activities
A constant and intentional effort to stay healthy and achieve the highest potential
for total well being Ans✓✓✓ Wellness
Actual diagnosis Ans✓✓✓ A problem that already exists
All information obtained from medical and nursing history Ans✓✓✓ Client
Database
Alternative Healthcare Settings Ans✓✓✓ Clients are relatively healthy and do not
need extended care but may need some assistance with ADLs
Ambulatory Care Ans✓✓✓ Clients who receive outpatient surgeries or
treatments such as diagnostic tests or dialysis
Assessment Ans✓✓✓ Careful observation and evaluation of a clients health
status
Assisted Living Ans✓✓✓ Care to residents who require assistance with up to
three ADLs
, Auscultation Ans✓✓✓ Listening with a stethoscope for normal and abnormal
sounds generated by organs and structures such as the heart, lungs, intestines
and major arteries
Baseline data Ans✓✓✓ Serves as a comparison for future signs and symptoms
Boarding homes Ans✓✓✓ Small homes with individual rooms where residents
pay for room and board and minimal nursing services
Can people still have high level of wellness with disease process Ans✓✓✓ yes
Care mapping for specific diagnoses or procedures Ans✓✓✓ Clinical pathway
Case management Ans✓✓✓ Maximizes fiscal incomes without sacrificing quality
through careful oversight of a clients healthcare
Chief complaint Ans✓✓✓ current reason client is seeking care
Clients who require long term wound care, or other conditions that are
potentially unstable but do not have rapid changes Ans✓✓✓ Long-term acute
care
Closed questions Ans✓✓✓ Require yes or no
verified answers
A basis by which one nurse provides all services Ans✓✓✓ Case method
A client with chronic illness always reports feeling great. What does this say about
the client Ans✓✓✓ They are able to engage in meaningful activities
A constant and intentional effort to stay healthy and achieve the highest potential
for total well being Ans✓✓✓ Wellness
Actual diagnosis Ans✓✓✓ A problem that already exists
All information obtained from medical and nursing history Ans✓✓✓ Client
Database
Alternative Healthcare Settings Ans✓✓✓ Clients are relatively healthy and do not
need extended care but may need some assistance with ADLs
Ambulatory Care Ans✓✓✓ Clients who receive outpatient surgeries or
treatments such as diagnostic tests or dialysis
Assessment Ans✓✓✓ Careful observation and evaluation of a clients health
status
Assisted Living Ans✓✓✓ Care to residents who require assistance with up to
three ADLs
, Auscultation Ans✓✓✓ Listening with a stethoscope for normal and abnormal
sounds generated by organs and structures such as the heart, lungs, intestines
and major arteries
Baseline data Ans✓✓✓ Serves as a comparison for future signs and symptoms
Boarding homes Ans✓✓✓ Small homes with individual rooms where residents
pay for room and board and minimal nursing services
Can people still have high level of wellness with disease process Ans✓✓✓ yes
Care mapping for specific diagnoses or procedures Ans✓✓✓ Clinical pathway
Case management Ans✓✓✓ Maximizes fiscal incomes without sacrificing quality
through careful oversight of a clients healthcare
Chief complaint Ans✓✓✓ current reason client is seeking care
Clients who require long term wound care, or other conditions that are
potentially unstable but do not have rapid changes Ans✓✓✓ Long-term acute
care
Closed questions Ans✓✓✓ Require yes or no
