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Prepare for medical-surgical nursing exams with the updated Test Bank for Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 13th Edition by Mariann M. Harding, Jeffrey Kwong, Debra Hagler & Courtney Reinisch. This complete resource covers Chapters 1–69 and provides practice questions and answers across essential nursing concepts, clinical judgment, health assessment, comfort and coping, homeostasis and protection, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, endocrine, reproductive, neurologic, and musculoskeletal conditions. The 13th Edition is the latest edition, published in 2026, and contains exactly 69 chapters.

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Test Bank Lewis Medical-Surgical Nursing Assessment
and Management of Clinical Problems 13th dition By
Harding & Kwong

, Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Professional Nursing 3
Chapter 02: Health quity and Culturally Competent Care 13
Chapter 03: Health History and Physical xamination Chapter 21
04: Patient and Caregiver Teaching 28
Chapter 05: Chronic Illness and Older Adults 38
Chapter 06: Stress Management 48
Chapter 07: Sleep and Sleep Disorders 54
Chapter 08: Pain 59
Chapter 09: Palliative and nd of Life Care 71
Chapter 10: Substance Use Disorders 79
Chapter 11: Inflammation and Healing 91
Chapter 12: Genetics 101
Chapter 13: Immune Responses and Transplantation 105
Chapter 14: Infection 117
Chapter 15: Cancer 129
Chapter 16: Fluid, lectrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances 148
Chapter 17: Preoperative Care 165
Chapter 18: Intraoperative Care 175
Chapter 19: Postoperative Care 184
Chapter 20: Assessment and Management: Visual Problems 196
Chapter 21: Assessment and Management: Auditory Problems 216
Chapter 22: Assessment: Integumentary System 227
Chapter 23: Integumentary Problems 233
Chapter 24: Burns 245
Chapter 25: Assessment: Respiratory System 259
Chapter 26: Upper Respiratory Problems 270
Chapter 27: Lower Respiratory Problems 282
Chapter 28: Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases 305
Chapter 29: Assessment: Hematologic System 325
Chapter 30: Hematologic Problems 332
Chapter 31: Assessment: Cardiovascular System 353
Chapter 32: Hypertension 364
Chapter 33: Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome 375
Chapter 34: Heart Failure 394
Chapter 35: Dysrhythmias 406
Chapter 36: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders 420
Chapter 37: Vascular Disorders 435
Chapter 38: Assessment: Gastrointestinal System 450
Chapter 39: Nutritional Problems 458
Chapter 40: Obesity 469
Chapter 41: Upper Gastrointestinal Problems 478
Chapter 42: Lower Gastrointestinal Problems 499
Chapter 43: Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas Problems 523
Chapter 44: Assessment: Urinary System 543
Chapter 45: Renal and Urologic Problems 553
Chapter 46: Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease 573
Chapter 47: Assessment: ndocrine System 590
Chapter 48: Diabetes Mellitus 600
Chapter 49: ndocrine Problems 622
Chapter 50: Assessment: Reproductive System 642

,Chapter 51: Breast Disorders 650
Chapter 52: Sexually Transmitted Infections 662
Chapter 53: Female Reproductive Problems 671
Chapter 54: Male Reproductive Problems 693
Chapter 55: Assessment: Nervous System 708
Chapter 56: Acute Intracranial Problems 717
Chapter 57: Stroke 734
Chapter 58: Chronic Neurologic Problems 747
Chapter 59: Dementia and Delirium 763
Chapter 60: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Problems 772
Chapter 61: Assessment: Musculoskeletal System 787
Chapter 62: Musculoskeletal Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery 794
Chapter 63: Musculoskeletal Problems 814
Chapter 64: Arthritis and Connective Tissue Diseases 825
Chapter 65: Critical Care 845
Chapter 66: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 864
Chapter 67: Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 877
Chapter 68: mergency and Disaster Nursing 889

, Chapter 01: Professional Nursing
Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The nurse teaches a student nurse about how to apply the nursing process when providing patient care.
Which statement, if made by the student nurse, indicates that teaching was successful?


a. The nursing process is a scientific-based method of diagnosing the patients health care problems.


b. The nursing process is a problem-solving tool used to identify and treat patients health care needs.


c. The nursing process is based on nursing theory that incorporates the biopsychosocial nature of
humans.


d. The nursing process is used primarily to xplain nursing interventions to other health care
professionals.


ANS: B

The nursing process is a problem-solving approach to the identification and treatment of patients problems.
Diagnosis is only one phase of the nursing process. The primary use of the nursing process is in patient care,
not to stablish nursing theory or xplain nursing interventions to other health care professionals.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension)

TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and ffective Care nvironment

2. The nurse describes to a student nurse how to use vidence-based practice guidelines when caring for
patients. Which statement, if made by the nurse, would be the most accurate?


a. Inferences from clinical research studies are used as a guide.


b. Patient care is based on clinical judgment, xperience, and traditions.


c. Data are valuated to show that the patient outcomes are consistently met.


d. Recommendations are based on research, clinical xpertise, and patient preferences.


ANS: D

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the use of the best research-based vidence combined with clinician xpertise.
Clinical judgment based on the nurses clinical xperience is part of BP, but clinical decision making should also
incorporate current research and research-based guidelines. valuation of patient outcomes is important, but
interventions should be based on research from randomized control studies with a large number of subjects.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (knowledge)

TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Safe and ffective Care nvironment

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