GRADED A+ MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
CONCEPTS FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ Define: Care coordination. Answer: Organization & management
about patient care activities between two or more members
(including the patient) to facilitate appropriate & continuous health
care to meet that patients needs
◉ Define: Case Management. Answer: Process to ensure quality &
cost-effective services & resources to achieve positive patient
outcomes
◉ Define: Clinical Judgement. Answer: The observed outcome of
critical thinking & decision making. It uses nursing knowledge to...
1.) Observe & access presenting situations
2.) Identify a prioritized client concern
3.) Generate the best possible evidence-based solutions
◉ Define: Culture of safety. Answer: Environment that provides a
blame-free approach to improving care in high-risk, error-prone
health care settings using interprofessional collaboration
,◉ Define: Early Warning System (EWS). Answer: A guide for the
health care team to quickly determine a patient's condition on the
basis of physiologic scoring matrix
◉ Define: Ethics. Answer: A theoretical & reflective domain of
human knowledge that addresses issues & questions about morality
in human choices, actions, character, & ends
◉ What does EBP (QSEN competency) consider?. Answer: Patient
preferences & values with own clinical expertise for the delivery of
optimal care
◉ Define: Failure to rescue. Answer: Inability of health team
members to save a patient's life in a timely manner when an issue
occurs
◉ Define: Fidelity. Answer: Agreement to keep promises
◉ Define: Health Care Disparities. Answer: Differences in patient
access to health care services
◉ Define: Informatics. Answer: QSEN competency in which the
nurse accesses & uses information & technology to communicate,
manage knowledge, prevent errors, & support decision making
,◉ Define: Modified Early Warning System (MEWS). Answer:
Screening & scoring tool for med-surg nursing assessment to
determine a patient condition based primarily on the level of
consciousness & RR.
◉ Define: Nonmaleficience. Answer: An ethical principle that
emphasizes the importance of preventing harm & ensuring the
patients well-being
◉ Define: Patient-centered care. Answer: QSEN competency in
which the nurse recognizes the patients the source of control & full
partner in providing compassionate & coordinated care based on
respect for the patient's preferences, values, & needs.
◉ Define: PICOT. Answer: Format using a spirit of inquiry to
formulate a quality improvement model used in health care
◉ Define: Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA). Answer: A QSEN competency
commonly used systematic quality improvement model used in
health care
◉ Define: Quality Improvement (QI). Answer: QSEN competency in
which the nurse uses indicators to monitor care outcomes & develop
situations to change and improve care
, ◉ Define: Rapid Response Team (RRR). Answer: Save lives &
decrease the risk for harm by providing care before an emergency,
on-site anytime
◉ Define: Safety. Answer: QSEN competency in which the nurse
keeps the patient & staff free from harm & minimizes errors in care
◉ Define: Systems thinking. Answer: Ability to recognize,
understand, & synthesize the interactions and interdependencies in
a set of components designed for a specific purpose
◉ Define: TeamSTEPPS. Answer: A systematic communication
approach for inter-professional teams designed to improve safety &
quality
◉ What is the QSEN competency in which the nurse functions
effectively within nursing & teams, foster open communication,
mutual respect, & shared decision making to achieve quality patient
care?. Answer: Teamwork & collaboration
◉ Define: Telenursing. Answer: Type of Telehealth that allows
nurses to provide care through the use of technology
CONCEPTS FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ Define: Care coordination. Answer: Organization & management
about patient care activities between two or more members
(including the patient) to facilitate appropriate & continuous health
care to meet that patients needs
◉ Define: Case Management. Answer: Process to ensure quality &
cost-effective services & resources to achieve positive patient
outcomes
◉ Define: Clinical Judgement. Answer: The observed outcome of
critical thinking & decision making. It uses nursing knowledge to...
1.) Observe & access presenting situations
2.) Identify a prioritized client concern
3.) Generate the best possible evidence-based solutions
◉ Define: Culture of safety. Answer: Environment that provides a
blame-free approach to improving care in high-risk, error-prone
health care settings using interprofessional collaboration
,◉ Define: Early Warning System (EWS). Answer: A guide for the
health care team to quickly determine a patient's condition on the
basis of physiologic scoring matrix
◉ Define: Ethics. Answer: A theoretical & reflective domain of
human knowledge that addresses issues & questions about morality
in human choices, actions, character, & ends
◉ What does EBP (QSEN competency) consider?. Answer: Patient
preferences & values with own clinical expertise for the delivery of
optimal care
◉ Define: Failure to rescue. Answer: Inability of health team
members to save a patient's life in a timely manner when an issue
occurs
◉ Define: Fidelity. Answer: Agreement to keep promises
◉ Define: Health Care Disparities. Answer: Differences in patient
access to health care services
◉ Define: Informatics. Answer: QSEN competency in which the
nurse accesses & uses information & technology to communicate,
manage knowledge, prevent errors, & support decision making
,◉ Define: Modified Early Warning System (MEWS). Answer:
Screening & scoring tool for med-surg nursing assessment to
determine a patient condition based primarily on the level of
consciousness & RR.
◉ Define: Nonmaleficience. Answer: An ethical principle that
emphasizes the importance of preventing harm & ensuring the
patients well-being
◉ Define: Patient-centered care. Answer: QSEN competency in
which the nurse recognizes the patients the source of control & full
partner in providing compassionate & coordinated care based on
respect for the patient's preferences, values, & needs.
◉ Define: PICOT. Answer: Format using a spirit of inquiry to
formulate a quality improvement model used in health care
◉ Define: Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA). Answer: A QSEN competency
commonly used systematic quality improvement model used in
health care
◉ Define: Quality Improvement (QI). Answer: QSEN competency in
which the nurse uses indicators to monitor care outcomes & develop
situations to change and improve care
, ◉ Define: Rapid Response Team (RRR). Answer: Save lives &
decrease the risk for harm by providing care before an emergency,
on-site anytime
◉ Define: Safety. Answer: QSEN competency in which the nurse
keeps the patient & staff free from harm & minimizes errors in care
◉ Define: Systems thinking. Answer: Ability to recognize,
understand, & synthesize the interactions and interdependencies in
a set of components designed for a specific purpose
◉ Define: TeamSTEPPS. Answer: A systematic communication
approach for inter-professional teams designed to improve safety &
quality
◉ What is the QSEN competency in which the nurse functions
effectively within nursing & teams, foster open communication,
mutual respect, & shared decision making to achieve quality patient
care?. Answer: Teamwork & collaboration
◉ Define: Telenursing. Answer: Type of Telehealth that allows
nurses to provide care through the use of technology
