CHAPTER 1- IGGY MED-SURG 11TH
EDITION 2026 TEST-BANK-PRACTICE
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
RATED 100% COMPLETE
A new nurse is working with a preceptor on a medical-surgical unit. The preceptor
advises the
new nurse that which is the priority when working as a professional nurse?
a. Attending to holistic patient needs
b. Ensuring patient safety
c. Not making medication errors
d. Providing patient-focused care - Correct Answer ✔✔ Ensuring patient-safety;
All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse--ensuring patient safety is the
priority---Health care errors have been reported for 25 years, most end up with injury,
death, and increased health care costs. (Inter)National-organizations that have either
recommended or mandated safety initiatives
Every nurse has the responsibility to guard the Patient's safety. The-other actions are
important
for nursing, but aren't as vital as providing safety. Not making medication errors
does provide safety, but is too narrow in scope to be the best answer.
Tip: What is the most correct answoer?
The nurse is orienting a new admit and their family to the med-surg unit. What
information does the nurse provide to BEST help the patient promote their personal
safety?
a. Encourage the patient and family to be active partners.
b. Have the patient monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
c. Offer the family the opportunity to stay with the patient.
d. Tell the patient to always wear his or her armband. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Encourage
the patient and family to be active partners.
Each action could be important for the patient or family to perform. However,
encouraging the
patientto be active in his or her health care as a safety partner is the most critical. The
other
actions are very limited in scope and do not provide the broad protection that being
active and
involved does.
, It also promotes patient autonomy. People feel better and are more compliant when
they are involved in their own care :)
A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient on the surgical unit. The patient's blood
pressure was 142/76 30 minutes ago, and now is 88/50. What action would the nurse
take FIRST?
a. Call the Rapid Response Team (RRT)
b. Document and continue to monitor.
c. Notify the primary health care provider.
d. Repeat the blood pressure in 15 minutes. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Call the RRT.
Trust your gut. If you think the RRT is needed, call them. Better to be safe and have
them there than have a dead patient.
The purpose of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) is to intervene when patients are
deteriorating
before they suffer respiratory or cardiac arrest. If you recall this would be called a failure
to rescue. Since the patient has sported a
significant change, the nurse would call the RRT. Changes in blood pressure, mental
status,
HR, temp, O2 saturation, and last 2 hours of urine output are significant and are part of
the Modified Early Warning System guide (MEWS; gotta start MEW(S)ing for medicine
eh?). Documentation is vital,
but the nurse must do more than document. The PHCP would be notified ASAp, but
calling the RRT is priority. The patient's blood pressure
would be reassessed frequently after RRT is called.
A nurse wishes to provide client-centered care in all interactions. Which action by the
nurse BEST demonstrates this concept?
a. Assesses for cultural influences affecting health care.
b. Ensures that all the client's basic needs are met.
c. Tells the client and family about all upcoming tests.
d. Thoroughly orients the client and family to the room. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Assess for
cultural influences that affect health care.
You would do all of the others for any patient but you may wind up changing the way
you do things if someone has specific cultural norms.
Take a Muslim woman wearing a hijab for example. This woman may prefer to have a
female nurse and primarily female care team. You as the nurse will still provide every
care but you can help make sure the patient is comfortable and that you respect their
wishes and needs. :)
Showing respect for the client and family's preferences and needs is essential to ensure
a
holistic approach to their care. By assessing the effect of the client's culture on health
care, this nurse is practicing client-focused care. Providing for basic needs does not
EDITION 2026 TEST-BANK-PRACTICE
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
RATED 100% COMPLETE
A new nurse is working with a preceptor on a medical-surgical unit. The preceptor
advises the
new nurse that which is the priority when working as a professional nurse?
a. Attending to holistic patient needs
b. Ensuring patient safety
c. Not making medication errors
d. Providing patient-focused care - Correct Answer ✔✔ Ensuring patient-safety;
All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse--ensuring patient safety is the
priority---Health care errors have been reported for 25 years, most end up with injury,
death, and increased health care costs. (Inter)National-organizations that have either
recommended or mandated safety initiatives
Every nurse has the responsibility to guard the Patient's safety. The-other actions are
important
for nursing, but aren't as vital as providing safety. Not making medication errors
does provide safety, but is too narrow in scope to be the best answer.
Tip: What is the most correct answoer?
The nurse is orienting a new admit and their family to the med-surg unit. What
information does the nurse provide to BEST help the patient promote their personal
safety?
a. Encourage the patient and family to be active partners.
b. Have the patient monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
c. Offer the family the opportunity to stay with the patient.
d. Tell the patient to always wear his or her armband. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Encourage
the patient and family to be active partners.
Each action could be important for the patient or family to perform. However,
encouraging the
patientto be active in his or her health care as a safety partner is the most critical. The
other
actions are very limited in scope and do not provide the broad protection that being
active and
involved does.
, It also promotes patient autonomy. People feel better and are more compliant when
they are involved in their own care :)
A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient on the surgical unit. The patient's blood
pressure was 142/76 30 minutes ago, and now is 88/50. What action would the nurse
take FIRST?
a. Call the Rapid Response Team (RRT)
b. Document and continue to monitor.
c. Notify the primary health care provider.
d. Repeat the blood pressure in 15 minutes. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Call the RRT.
Trust your gut. If you think the RRT is needed, call them. Better to be safe and have
them there than have a dead patient.
The purpose of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) is to intervene when patients are
deteriorating
before they suffer respiratory or cardiac arrest. If you recall this would be called a failure
to rescue. Since the patient has sported a
significant change, the nurse would call the RRT. Changes in blood pressure, mental
status,
HR, temp, O2 saturation, and last 2 hours of urine output are significant and are part of
the Modified Early Warning System guide (MEWS; gotta start MEW(S)ing for medicine
eh?). Documentation is vital,
but the nurse must do more than document. The PHCP would be notified ASAp, but
calling the RRT is priority. The patient's blood pressure
would be reassessed frequently after RRT is called.
A nurse wishes to provide client-centered care in all interactions. Which action by the
nurse BEST demonstrates this concept?
a. Assesses for cultural influences affecting health care.
b. Ensures that all the client's basic needs are met.
c. Tells the client and family about all upcoming tests.
d. Thoroughly orients the client and family to the room. - Correct Answer ✔✔ Assess for
cultural influences that affect health care.
You would do all of the others for any patient but you may wind up changing the way
you do things if someone has specific cultural norms.
Take a Muslim woman wearing a hijab for example. This woman may prefer to have a
female nurse and primarily female care team. You as the nurse will still provide every
care but you can help make sure the patient is comfortable and that you respect their
wishes and needs. :)
Showing respect for the client and family's preferences and needs is essential to ensure
a
holistic approach to their care. By assessing the effect of the client's culture on health
care, this nurse is practicing client-focused care. Providing for basic needs does not
