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Module 1:
Introduction to Med-
Surg Nursing
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,Medical-Surgical Nursing - ✔✔answer a specialty area of practice that provides nursing services to
patients from adolescence through the end of life in a variety of inpatient & outpatient clinical settings
nurse navigators - ✔✔answer -registered nurses employed by hospitals & health networks who work
with a given population of patients with a common diagnosis or disease
-they help patients & the patients family transition through different levels of care (from hospital to a
skilled nursing facility
case managers - ✔✔answer -may be nurses or may have backgrounds in other health care professions
such as social work
-they coordinate the care of a caseload of patients through facilitating communication between nurses,
other health care personnel who provide care, and insurance companies
CNL - ✔✔answer -a certified nurse generalist with a master's degree in nursing
-help patients navigate the complex health care system
critical care nursing - ✔✔answer a specialty area of practice that provides nursing services to critically ill
patients across the lifespan, traditionally delivered in acute care settings (ICU)
what is the difference between ADL's and IADL's? - ✔✔answer ADL's: (Activities of Daily Living) self-care
activities that the patient must accomplish each day to meet personal needs (personal hygiene, bath,
dressing, grooming)
IADL's: (instrumental activities of daily living) complex skills needed for independent living (meal
preparation, grocery shopping, household, finances)
Functional Independence Measure (FIM) - ✔✔answer -One of the most frequently used tools to assess
the patient's level of independence
,-a minimum data set, measuring 18 self-care items including eating, bathing, grooming, dressing upper
body, dressing lower body, toileting, bladder management, and bowel management
-addresses transfers and the ability to ambulate and climb stairs and also includes communication and
social cognition items
The Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz Index) - ✔✔answer is used to assess six
areas of ADLs (i.e., bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, feeding) and rate them as done
independently or done with assistance
barthel index - ✔✔answer -is used to measure the patient's level of independence in ADLs, continence,
toileting, transfers, and ambulation (or wheelchair mobility)
-this scale does not address communicative or cognitive abilities
A male client recovering from a stroke is receiving anticoagulant therapy. Which item will the nurse
instruct the client to use for self-care?
a. loofah sponge
b. electric razor
c. long handle shoe horn
d. hard-bristled toothbrush - ✔✔answer electric razor (b)
-will decrease the risk of causing bleeding while shaving
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client to determine his eligibility for home care services.
Which of the following would alert the nurse to a potential problem in this area?
a. Client requires sterile dressing changes to an abdominal wound.
b. Client attends social groups at a senior center three times a week.
c. teaching about insulin administration
, d. Discharge after open heart surgery - ✔✔answer Client attends social groups at a senior center three
times a week (b)
-Attending social activities at a senior center three times a week suggests that the client may not be
homebound.
Which of the following would be least helpful in ensuring the safety of a home care nurse?
a. Making visits in the late evening hours
b. Being familiar with exits from the home
c. carry a charged cell phone
d. park near the client's home - ✔✔answer Making visits in the late evening hours (a)
-To ensure safety, the home care nurse should schedule visits only during the daylight hours.
A group of nursing students are preparing for a class presentation that describes community-based
nursing. Which of the following would they most likely include?
a. Practice on all the three levels of preventive care
b. Caring for the needs of individual clients as the primary focus
c. Delivery of nursing care with direct on-site supervision
d. Care delivered by nurses functioning in limited roles - ✔✔answer Practice on all the three levels of
preventive care (a)
-Community-based care involves nurses providing care at all three levels of prevention, that is, primary,
secondary, and tertiary levels. There is a focus on community needs as well as on the needs of individual
clients. Nurses often deliver care without direct on-site supervision or support of other health care
personnel. Community health nurses assume many different roles such as epidemiologist, case manage,
service coordinator, direct care provider, and educator.
A student nurse asks the nursing instructor, "What will my role as a nurse encompass after I graduate?"
What is the best response by the nursing instructor?
Module 1:
Introduction to Med-
Surg Nursing
questions and actual
answers |100%
verified latest update
2025/2026
USER
STUVIA
,Medical-Surgical Nursing - ✔✔answer a specialty area of practice that provides nursing services to
patients from adolescence through the end of life in a variety of inpatient & outpatient clinical settings
nurse navigators - ✔✔answer -registered nurses employed by hospitals & health networks who work
with a given population of patients with a common diagnosis or disease
-they help patients & the patients family transition through different levels of care (from hospital to a
skilled nursing facility
case managers - ✔✔answer -may be nurses or may have backgrounds in other health care professions
such as social work
-they coordinate the care of a caseload of patients through facilitating communication between nurses,
other health care personnel who provide care, and insurance companies
CNL - ✔✔answer -a certified nurse generalist with a master's degree in nursing
-help patients navigate the complex health care system
critical care nursing - ✔✔answer a specialty area of practice that provides nursing services to critically ill
patients across the lifespan, traditionally delivered in acute care settings (ICU)
what is the difference between ADL's and IADL's? - ✔✔answer ADL's: (Activities of Daily Living) self-care
activities that the patient must accomplish each day to meet personal needs (personal hygiene, bath,
dressing, grooming)
IADL's: (instrumental activities of daily living) complex skills needed for independent living (meal
preparation, grocery shopping, household, finances)
Functional Independence Measure (FIM) - ✔✔answer -One of the most frequently used tools to assess
the patient's level of independence
,-a minimum data set, measuring 18 self-care items including eating, bathing, grooming, dressing upper
body, dressing lower body, toileting, bladder management, and bowel management
-addresses transfers and the ability to ambulate and climb stairs and also includes communication and
social cognition items
The Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz Index) - ✔✔answer is used to assess six
areas of ADLs (i.e., bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, feeding) and rate them as done
independently or done with assistance
barthel index - ✔✔answer -is used to measure the patient's level of independence in ADLs, continence,
toileting, transfers, and ambulation (or wheelchair mobility)
-this scale does not address communicative or cognitive abilities
A male client recovering from a stroke is receiving anticoagulant therapy. Which item will the nurse
instruct the client to use for self-care?
a. loofah sponge
b. electric razor
c. long handle shoe horn
d. hard-bristled toothbrush - ✔✔answer electric razor (b)
-will decrease the risk of causing bleeding while shaving
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client to determine his eligibility for home care services.
Which of the following would alert the nurse to a potential problem in this area?
a. Client requires sterile dressing changes to an abdominal wound.
b. Client attends social groups at a senior center three times a week.
c. teaching about insulin administration
, d. Discharge after open heart surgery - ✔✔answer Client attends social groups at a senior center three
times a week (b)
-Attending social activities at a senior center three times a week suggests that the client may not be
homebound.
Which of the following would be least helpful in ensuring the safety of a home care nurse?
a. Making visits in the late evening hours
b. Being familiar with exits from the home
c. carry a charged cell phone
d. park near the client's home - ✔✔answer Making visits in the late evening hours (a)
-To ensure safety, the home care nurse should schedule visits only during the daylight hours.
A group of nursing students are preparing for a class presentation that describes community-based
nursing. Which of the following would they most likely include?
a. Practice on all the three levels of preventive care
b. Caring for the needs of individual clients as the primary focus
c. Delivery of nursing care with direct on-site supervision
d. Care delivered by nurses functioning in limited roles - ✔✔answer Practice on all the three levels of
preventive care (a)
-Community-based care involves nurses providing care at all three levels of prevention, that is, primary,
secondary, and tertiary levels. There is a focus on community needs as well as on the needs of individual
clients. Nurses often deliver care without direct on-site supervision or support of other health care
personnel. Community health nurses assume many different roles such as epidemiologist, case manage,
service coordinator, direct care provider, and educator.
A student nurse asks the nursing instructor, "What will my role as a nurse encompass after I graduate?"
What is the best response by the nursing instructor?
