Test Bank for Medical
Surgical Nursing 7th Edition
by Linton
,Test Bank for Medical Surgical Nursing 7th Edition by
Linton
Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Linton: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th 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?
o a. Physician’s orders
o b. Progress notes
o c. Nursing care plan
o d. Client health history
ANS: C
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care, ensuring the delivery of accurate, safe
care through a clear pathway that encourages the client’s and support persons’ progress toward positive
outcomes.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
o REF: p. 2
o OBJ: 1
o TOP: Nursing Care Plan
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
o 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?
o a. Assessments
o b. Interventions
o c. Planning
o d. Evaluation
ANS: B
Caring interventions are nursing behaviors and actions that support clients and significant others in
fulfilling their needs and achieving the identified outcomes of the care plan.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
o REF: p. 3
o OBJ: 1
o TOP: Interventions
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
o MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
3. The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all actions and the possibility of
being called on to explain or justify them. What term best describes this concept?
, o a. Reliability
o b. Maturity
o c. Accountability
o d. Liability
ANS: C
Accountability means that an individual is answerable for their actions and may be called upon to
explain or justify them.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
o REF: pp. 6-7
o OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7
o TOP: Accountability
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The nurse manager is providing an in-service about conflict resolution. What modes of conflict
resolution should be addressed? (Select all that apply.)
o a. Suppression
o b. Accommodation
o c. Compromise
o d. Avoidance
o e. Collaboration
o f. Competition
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation, collaboration, compromise, avoidance, and
competition.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
o REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
o OBJ: 7
o TOP: Conflict Resolution
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
o a. Effective communication
o b. Rigid rules and regulations
o c. Delegates appropriately
o d. Acts as a role model
o e. Consistently handles conflict
o f. Focuses on individual development
ANS: A, C, D, E
Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication, consistency in managing
conflict, acting as a role model, delegating work appropriately, setting objectives, and displaying care
and understanding.
, o DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
o REF: p. 6
o OBJ: 5
o TOP: Leadership
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
COMPLETION
1. _________ is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals
verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
ANS: Communication
Communication is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals
verbally, nonverbally, in writing, or through information technology.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
o REF: p. 2
o OBJ: 2
o TOP: Communication
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. _________ is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the
client’s health status.
ANS: Assessment
Assessment involves gathering and analyzing relevant data to evaluate the client’s health status.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
o REF: p. 2
o OBJ: 1 | 2
o TOP: Assessment
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. _________ is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
ANS: Bioethics
Bioethics focuses on ethical issues that occur within the healthcare context.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
o REF: p. 4
o OBJ: 3
o TOP: Bioethics
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
Surgical Nursing 7th Edition
by Linton
,Test Bank for Medical Surgical Nursing 7th Edition by
Linton
Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Linton: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th 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?
o a. Physician’s orders
o b. Progress notes
o c. Nursing care plan
o d. Client health history
ANS: C
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care, ensuring the delivery of accurate, safe
care through a clear pathway that encourages the client’s and support persons’ progress toward positive
outcomes.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
o REF: p. 2
o OBJ: 1
o TOP: Nursing Care Plan
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
o 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?
o a. Assessments
o b. Interventions
o c. Planning
o d. Evaluation
ANS: B
Caring interventions are nursing behaviors and actions that support clients and significant others in
fulfilling their needs and achieving the identified outcomes of the care plan.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
o REF: p. 3
o OBJ: 1
o TOP: Interventions
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
o MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
3. The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all actions and the possibility of
being called on to explain or justify them. What term best describes this concept?
, o a. Reliability
o b. Maturity
o c. Accountability
o d. Liability
ANS: C
Accountability means that an individual is answerable for their actions and may be called upon to
explain or justify them.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
o REF: pp. 6-7
o OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7
o TOP: Accountability
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The nurse manager is providing an in-service about conflict resolution. What modes of conflict
resolution should be addressed? (Select all that apply.)
o a. Suppression
o b. Accommodation
o c. Compromise
o d. Avoidance
o e. Collaboration
o f. Competition
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation, collaboration, compromise, avoidance, and
competition.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
o REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
o OBJ: 7
o TOP: Conflict Resolution
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
o a. Effective communication
o b. Rigid rules and regulations
o c. Delegates appropriately
o d. Acts as a role model
o e. Consistently handles conflict
o f. Focuses on individual development
ANS: A, C, D, E
Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication, consistency in managing
conflict, acting as a role model, delegating work appropriately, setting objectives, and displaying care
and understanding.
, o DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
o REF: p. 6
o OBJ: 5
o TOP: Leadership
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
COMPLETION
1. _________ is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals
verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
ANS: Communication
Communication is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals
verbally, nonverbally, in writing, or through information technology.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
o REF: p. 2
o OBJ: 2
o TOP: Communication
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. _________ is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the
client’s health status.
ANS: Assessment
Assessment involves gathering and analyzing relevant data to evaluate the client’s health status.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
o REF: p. 2
o OBJ: 1 | 2
o TOP: Assessment
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. _________ is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
ANS: Bioethics
Bioethics focuses on ethical issues that occur within the healthcare context.
o DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
o REF: p. 4
o OBJ: 3
o TOP: Bioethics
o KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
o MSC: NCLEX: N/A
