COMPLETE TEST BANK:
Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing 2nd
Edition by Linda Honan
, FOCUS ON ADULT HEALTH MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
2ND EDITION HONAN
chapter 1 the nurse’s role in adult health nursing
multiple choice
1. the nurse ensures that a clients bedspace is neat and clean with the call light within easy reach.
the nurse is focusing on which nursing theorist who realized the importance of the environment
for care?
1. florence nightingale
2. sister callista roy
3. dorothea orem
4. martha rogers
ans: 1
florence nightingales theory focused on the environment for care. sister callista roys model is
based in systems theory and an individuals ability to adapt. dorothea orems model is the self-
care deficit theory. martha rogers model is the science of unitary human beings.
pts:1dif:apply
ref:emergence of contemporary nursing in the united states
2. the nurse is instructing a client on self-administration of insulin so that the client will not need
a health care provider to do this activity. the nurse is implementing which of the following
aspects of virginia hendersons theory of nursing?
1. a caring relationship
2. helping the client achieve independence from the nurses assistance as quickly as possible
3. integration of objective and subjective data
4. application of critical thinking
,ans: 2
, virginia hendersons theory of nursing is to help people achieve health or a peaceful death so that
they can be independent from the nurses assistance as quickly as possible. a caring relationship,
integration of objective and subjective data, and application of critical thinking are included in
the american nurses associations essential features of professional nursing.
pts:1dif:analyze
ref:emergence of contemporary nursing in the united states
3. a client tells the nurse that he has an hmo for his health insurance. the nurse understands that
the purpose of this type of health plan is to:
1. ensure payment is made to medicare for services rendered.
2. maximize the utilization of health care resources.
3. efficiently manage costs while providing quality care.
4. focus on the illness when providing care.
ans: 3
health maintenance organizations (hmos) were created to efficiently manage health care costs
while providing quality care. an hmo is a type of managed care plan with the goal of providing
wellness care and not focusing on the illness during the provision of care. hmos do not ensure
payment is made to medicare for services rendered. hmos also do not maximize the utilization of
health care resources but rather uses financial incentives to decrease care costs.
pts: 1 dif: understand ref: cost of care
4.A client tells the nurse that he does not have a primary care physician but rather makes an
appointment with a doctor who specializes in the area in which he is experiencing a problem.
the nurse realizes this client is at risk for which of the following?
1. fragmented care
2. overpayment of services
3. inability to sustain health
4. finding an appropriate general practitioner
Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing 2nd
Edition by Linda Honan
, FOCUS ON ADULT HEALTH MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
2ND EDITION HONAN
chapter 1 the nurse’s role in adult health nursing
multiple choice
1. the nurse ensures that a clients bedspace is neat and clean with the call light within easy reach.
the nurse is focusing on which nursing theorist who realized the importance of the environment
for care?
1. florence nightingale
2. sister callista roy
3. dorothea orem
4. martha rogers
ans: 1
florence nightingales theory focused on the environment for care. sister callista roys model is
based in systems theory and an individuals ability to adapt. dorothea orems model is the self-
care deficit theory. martha rogers model is the science of unitary human beings.
pts:1dif:apply
ref:emergence of contemporary nursing in the united states
2. the nurse is instructing a client on self-administration of insulin so that the client will not need
a health care provider to do this activity. the nurse is implementing which of the following
aspects of virginia hendersons theory of nursing?
1. a caring relationship
2. helping the client achieve independence from the nurses assistance as quickly as possible
3. integration of objective and subjective data
4. application of critical thinking
,ans: 2
, virginia hendersons theory of nursing is to help people achieve health or a peaceful death so that
they can be independent from the nurses assistance as quickly as possible. a caring relationship,
integration of objective and subjective data, and application of critical thinking are included in
the american nurses associations essential features of professional nursing.
pts:1dif:analyze
ref:emergence of contemporary nursing in the united states
3. a client tells the nurse that he has an hmo for his health insurance. the nurse understands that
the purpose of this type of health plan is to:
1. ensure payment is made to medicare for services rendered.
2. maximize the utilization of health care resources.
3. efficiently manage costs while providing quality care.
4. focus on the illness when providing care.
ans: 3
health maintenance organizations (hmos) were created to efficiently manage health care costs
while providing quality care. an hmo is a type of managed care plan with the goal of providing
wellness care and not focusing on the illness during the provision of care. hmos do not ensure
payment is made to medicare for services rendered. hmos also do not maximize the utilization of
health care resources but rather uses financial incentives to decrease care costs.
pts: 1 dif: understand ref: cost of care
4.A client tells the nurse that he does not have a primary care physician but rather makes an
appointment with a doctor who specializes in the area in which he is experiencing a problem.
the nurse realizes this client is at risk for which of the following?
1. fragmented care
2. overpayment of services
3. inability to sustain health
4. finding an appropriate general practitioner
