, Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing Linton: Medical-Surgical
Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of
accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the client‘s and the
support persons‘ progress toward positive outcomes?
a. Physician‘s orders
b. Progress notes
c. Nursing care plan
d. Client health history
ACTUAL CORRECT ANSWER: C
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the
delivery of accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the
client‘s and the support persons‘ progress toward positive outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX:
Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and
significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan
of care. What is the correct term for these nursing behaviors?
a. Assessments
b. Interventions
c. Planning
d. Evaluation
ACTUAL CORRECT ANSWER: B
Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and
significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan
of care.
Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of
accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the client‘s and the
support persons‘ progress toward positive outcomes?
a. Physician‘s orders
b. Progress notes
c. Nursing care plan
d. Client health history
ACTUAL CORRECT ANSWER: C
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the
delivery of accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the
client‘s and the support persons‘ progress toward positive outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX:
Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and
significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan
of care. What is the correct term for these nursing behaviors?
a. Assessments
b. Interventions
c. Planning
d. Evaluation
ACTUAL CORRECT ANSWER: B
Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and
significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan
of care.
