TEST BANK FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING 8TH EDITION LATEST VERSION 2025/2026 [A+] ALL CHAPTERS FULLY COVERED BY ADRIANNE DILL LINTON FAAN (AUTHOR), MARY ANN MATTESON PHD FAAN (AUTHOR)

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Edition by Linton (All Chapters 1- 63)
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Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing
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Linton: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition
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1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate,
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safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the client‘s and
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the support persons‘ progress toward positive outcomes?
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a. Physician‘s orders ss



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ANS: s s C
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the
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delivery of accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes
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the client‘s and the support persons‘ progress toward positive outcomes.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: ss s s s s



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Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of
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2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant
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others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care.
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What is the correct term for these nursing behaviors?
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a. Assessments
b. Interventions
c. Planning
d. Evaluation

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Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients
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and significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the
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plan of care.
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3. The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all
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actions and the possibility of being called on to explain or justify them.
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What term best describes this concept?
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a. Reliability
b. Maturity
c. Accountability
d. Liability

ANS: s s C
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be s s s s s s ss ss s s s s ss s s ss ss s s s s ss



called on to explain or justify them.
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