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Master essential medical-surgical nursing concepts with this comprehensive test bank for Adult Health Nursing 9th Edition by Kim Cooper and Kelly Gosnell. This extensive study resource is designed to help nursing students, LPN/LVN learners, and healthcare professionals strengthen their understanding of adult health nursing through a wide range of examination-style questions and answers. Coverage includes patient assessment, surgical nursing, cardiovascular disorders, respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal diseases, endocrine disorders, neurological conditions, musculoskeletal health, urinary disorders, oncology nursing, immune system disorders, HIV/AIDS management, pharmacological therapies, patient education, safety principles, and evidence-based nursing interventions. The material promotes critical thinking, clinical judgment, and effective decision-making skills essential for delivering high-quality patient care in diverse healthcare settings. Ideal for examinations, quizzes, self-assessment, classroom review, and NCLEX-PN style preparation, this resource helps learners reinforce key nursing concepts while improving confidence and academic performance. Updated for 2025–2026 nursing curricula and examination standards, it serves as an invaluable companion for students seeking success in adult health and medical-surgical nursing education. Adult Health Nursing 9th Edition was authored by Kim Cooper and Kelly Gosnell and published by Elsevier in 2022.

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TEST BANK Foundations and Adult Health Nursing 9/E Kim Cooper
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Chapter 1. The Evolution of Nursing
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Cooper: Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 9th Edition
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1. What is a nursing program considered when certified by a state agency?
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a. Accredited
b. Approved
c. Provisional
d. Exemplified
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Approved means certified by a state agency for having met minimum standards; accredited L
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means certified by the NLN for having met more complex standards. Provisional and
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exemplified are not terms used in regard to nursing program certification.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge YF T L Y FT L REF: Y F T L p. 10 OBJ: 5
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2. Which of the following must the nurse recognize regarding the health care delivery system?
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a. It includes all states. L
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b. It affects the illness of patients. L
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c. Insurance companies are not involved. YFT L YFT L L
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d. The major goal is to achieve optimal levels of health care. YFT L YFTL YFT L YFT L YFT L YFT L YFTL L
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ANS: Y F T L D
The nurse must recognize that in the health care delivery system, the major goal is to achieve
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optimal levels of health care. The health care system consists of a network of agencies,
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facilities, and providers involved with health care in a specified geographic area. Insurance
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companies do have involvement in the health care system. The illness of patients is not
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necessarily affected by the health care system.
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3. What is required by the health care team to identify the needs of a patient and to design care
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to meet those needs?
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b. The health care provider’s order sheet YFT L YFT L L
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c. An individualized care plan YFT L L
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d. The nurse’s notes L
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An individualized care plan involves all health care workers and outlines care to meet the
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needs of the individual patient. The Kardex, health care provider’s order sheet, and nurse’s
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notes do not identify the needs of the patient nor are they designed to assist all members of
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the health care team to meet those needs.
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4. Patient care emphasis on wellness, rather than illness, begins as a result of:
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b. improved insurance payments. YFT L L
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d. increased number of health care givers. YFT L L
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The acute awareness of preventive medicine has resulted in today’s emphasis on education
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about issues such as smoking, heart disease, drug and alcohol abuse, weight control, and
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mental health and wellness promotion activities. This preventive education has resulted in an
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emphasis on wellness, rather than illness. Improved insurance payments, decentralized
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care centers, and increased numbers of health care givers did not influence an emphasis
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on wellness.
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TOP: Wellness KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A Y F T L Y F T L YFT L YFT L YFT L MSC: Y F T L NCLEX: N/A L
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5. What is the most effective process to ensure that the care plan is meeting the needs of
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a. Documentation
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and modify the care plan. Documentation, evaluation, and planning are not primary essential
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components to ensure the care plan is meeting the needs of the patient.
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6. How does an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment enhance care?
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approach does not improve the efficiency of care, reduce the number of caregivers, or
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shorten hospital stay.
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OBJ: Y F 8
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Y Interdisciplinary approach
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ANS: Y F T L C
An LPN/LVN practices under the supervision of a health care provider, dentist, OD, or RN.
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8. Whose influence on nursing practice in the 19th century was related to improvement of
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patient environment as a method of health promotion?
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a. Clara Barton YFT L



b. Linda Richards L
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d. Florence Nightingale L
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ANS: Y F T L D
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fought for sanitary conditions, fresh air, and general improvement in the patient
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environment. Clara Barton developed the American Red Cross in 1881. Linda Richards is
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known as the first trained nurse in America, was responsible for the development of the first
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nursing and hospital records, and is credited with the development of our present-day
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documentation system.
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and superintendent of female nurses of the Union Army.
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9. What document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN?
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NAPNE Code, and the American Nurses’ Association Code do not identify the roles and
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responsibilities of the LPN/LVN.
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10. What is a cost-effective delivery of care used by many hospitals that allows the LPN/LVN to
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work with the RN to meet the needs of patients?
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a. Focused nursing YFT L



b. Team nursing L
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c. Case management YFT L



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Case management is a cost-effective method of care. Focused nursing, team nursing, and
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primary nursing are not cost-effective methods of delivering care that allow the LPN/LVN to
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work with the RN to meet patient needs.
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11. What is the title of the American Hospital Association’s 1972 document that outlines the
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c. OBRA
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ANS: Y F T L B
Patient expectations are outlined by the Patient’s Bill of Rights. Patient expectations are not
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outlined in the Code of Ethics, OBRA, or advance directives.
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12. The relationships among nursing, patients, health, and the environment are the basis for:
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ANS: Y F T L B
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and environment. Care plans, health care provider’s orders, and evaluation of patient care
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are not based on the relationships among nursing, patients, health, and environment.
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13. What system reduces the number of employees but still provides quality care for patients?
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a. Team nursing L
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ANS: Y F T L B
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Team nursing, use of critical pathways, and case management do not reduce the number of
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employees while continuing to provide quality care for patients.
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