Exam Test Bank - Medical-Surgical
Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional
Collaborative Care 9th Edition exam 200
questions and answers (Graded A+)
2025/2026 100 % Guaranteed pass
Foundations for Medical-Surgical Nursing
1.What is the primary role of the medical-surgical nurse?
a) Performing surgery
b) Providing care to acutely ill adult patients ✔
c) Dispensing medications only
d) administrative duties exclusively
2. Which of the following is a core competency of interprofessional
collaborative practice?
a) independent decision-making without collaboration
b) Shared values and ethics ✔
c) Working in isolation
d) Limited communication among healthcare team members
3. The nursing process consists of the following steps except:
a) Assessment
b) Diagnosis
c) Treatment ✔
d) Evaluation
4.Which QSEN competency focuses on continuously seeking ways to improve
patient safety?
a) Patient-centered care
b) Quality improvement ✔
,c) Evidence-based practice
d) Teamwork and collaboration
5. What is the primary purpose of clinical judgment in nursing practice?
a) To follow orders without question
b) To apply critical thinking to clinical decisions ✔
c) To delegate tasks to other staff
d) To complete documentation only
6. Which nursing intervention best demonstrates cultural competence?
a) Assuming all patients prefer the same care
b) Ignoring cultural differences to provide uniform care
c) Tailoring care to meet patients’ cultural needs ✔
d) Avoiding discussion of cultural backgrounds
7. Which factor most significantly affects the nurse-patient relationship?
a) Nurse’s age
b) Communication skills ✔
c) Hospital size
d) Patient’s insurance status
8. The best source of data for the initial patient assessment is:
a) The patient’s medical record
b) The patient ✔
c) Family members only
d) Previous nurses
9. What is the nurse’s priority when a patient experiences cardiac arrest?
a) Call family
b) Initiate CPR ✔
c) Administer pain medication
d) Document the event
,10.When preparing a sterile field, the nurse should:
a) Turn back on the sterile field to reach for supplies
b) Keep hands above waist level ✔
c) Reach across the sterile field
d) Let the sterile field touch unsterile surfaces
Health Concepts in Medical-Surgical Nursing
11. What is an important nursing consideration for older adults?
a) Older adults generally require higher doses of medication
b) older adults usually have fewer chronic illnesses
c) older adults are at increased risk for polypharmacy ✔
d) Older adults have a faster metabolism than younger adults
12. Which of the following is a comprehensive method to assess pain in
patients?
a) Visual Analogue Scale ✔
b) Blood pressure monitoring
c) Pulse rate only
d) Urine output measurement
13. Which pain management technique is considered part of complementary
and alternative therapies?
a) NSAIDs
b) Acupuncture ✔
c) Opioids
d) Surgery
14. During patient teaching, the nurse's main goal is:
a) To ensure the patient feels dependent
b) To increase patient knowledge and self-care abilities ✔
c) To avoid complexity in explanations
, d) To deliver all information at once
15. What is the best nursing approach to managing stress in patients?
a) Ignoring patient stress to focus on physical symptoms
b) Encouraging unhealthy coping mechanisms
c) Assisting patients with stress management techniques ✔
d) Advising patients that stress is not a health concern
16. Which factor contributes to health disparities?
a) Equal access to healthcare
b) Socioeconomic status ✔
c) Universal health literacy
d) Consistent health insurance coverage
17.Which nursing action demonstrates culturally competent care?
a) Using interpreters for non-English speaking patients ✔
b) Assuming cultural practices are the same for all patients
c) Ignoring cultural differences
d) Applying the same care plan to all patients regardless of background
18. The nurse is caring for a patient with a chronic illness. Which is an
essential rehabilitation concept?
a) Promoting independence ✔
b) Limiting patient activity
c) Ignoring psychosocial needs
d) Focusing solely on medication compliance
19. Patient- and family-centered care emphasizes:
a) Excluding families from care decisions
b) Including patients and families as partners in care ✔
c) Care decisions made only by healthcare professionals
d) Minimal communication with caregivers
Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional
Collaborative Care 9th Edition exam 200
questions and answers (Graded A+)
2025/2026 100 % Guaranteed pass
Foundations for Medical-Surgical Nursing
1.What is the primary role of the medical-surgical nurse?
a) Performing surgery
b) Providing care to acutely ill adult patients ✔
c) Dispensing medications only
d) administrative duties exclusively
2. Which of the following is a core competency of interprofessional
collaborative practice?
a) independent decision-making without collaboration
b) Shared values and ethics ✔
c) Working in isolation
d) Limited communication among healthcare team members
3. The nursing process consists of the following steps except:
a) Assessment
b) Diagnosis
c) Treatment ✔
d) Evaluation
4.Which QSEN competency focuses on continuously seeking ways to improve
patient safety?
a) Patient-centered care
b) Quality improvement ✔
,c) Evidence-based practice
d) Teamwork and collaboration
5. What is the primary purpose of clinical judgment in nursing practice?
a) To follow orders without question
b) To apply critical thinking to clinical decisions ✔
c) To delegate tasks to other staff
d) To complete documentation only
6. Which nursing intervention best demonstrates cultural competence?
a) Assuming all patients prefer the same care
b) Ignoring cultural differences to provide uniform care
c) Tailoring care to meet patients’ cultural needs ✔
d) Avoiding discussion of cultural backgrounds
7. Which factor most significantly affects the nurse-patient relationship?
a) Nurse’s age
b) Communication skills ✔
c) Hospital size
d) Patient’s insurance status
8. The best source of data for the initial patient assessment is:
a) The patient’s medical record
b) The patient ✔
c) Family members only
d) Previous nurses
9. What is the nurse’s priority when a patient experiences cardiac arrest?
a) Call family
b) Initiate CPR ✔
c) Administer pain medication
d) Document the event
,10.When preparing a sterile field, the nurse should:
a) Turn back on the sterile field to reach for supplies
b) Keep hands above waist level ✔
c) Reach across the sterile field
d) Let the sterile field touch unsterile surfaces
Health Concepts in Medical-Surgical Nursing
11. What is an important nursing consideration for older adults?
a) Older adults generally require higher doses of medication
b) older adults usually have fewer chronic illnesses
c) older adults are at increased risk for polypharmacy ✔
d) Older adults have a faster metabolism than younger adults
12. Which of the following is a comprehensive method to assess pain in
patients?
a) Visual Analogue Scale ✔
b) Blood pressure monitoring
c) Pulse rate only
d) Urine output measurement
13. Which pain management technique is considered part of complementary
and alternative therapies?
a) NSAIDs
b) Acupuncture ✔
c) Opioids
d) Surgery
14. During patient teaching, the nurse's main goal is:
a) To ensure the patient feels dependent
b) To increase patient knowledge and self-care abilities ✔
c) To avoid complexity in explanations
, d) To deliver all information at once
15. What is the best nursing approach to managing stress in patients?
a) Ignoring patient stress to focus on physical symptoms
b) Encouraging unhealthy coping mechanisms
c) Assisting patients with stress management techniques ✔
d) Advising patients that stress is not a health concern
16. Which factor contributes to health disparities?
a) Equal access to healthcare
b) Socioeconomic status ✔
c) Universal health literacy
d) Consistent health insurance coverage
17.Which nursing action demonstrates culturally competent care?
a) Using interpreters for non-English speaking patients ✔
b) Assuming cultural practices are the same for all patients
c) Ignoring cultural differences
d) Applying the same care plan to all patients regardless of background
18. The nurse is caring for a patient with a chronic illness. Which is an
essential rehabilitation concept?
a) Promoting independence ✔
b) Limiting patient activity
c) Ignoring psychosocial needs
d) Focusing solely on medication compliance
19. Patient- and family-centered care emphasizes:
a) Excluding families from care decisions
b) Including patients and families as partners in care ✔
c) Care decisions made only by healthcare professionals
d) Minimal communication with caregivers
