STUDY GUIDE + ANSWER KEYS
CHAPTER 1 - 68
STUDY GUIDE
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
o UNIT 1 Principles of Nursing Practice
o Chapter 1 Professional Nursing Practice
o Chapter 2 Medical-Surgical Nursing
o Chapter 3 Health Education and Health Promotion
o Chapter 4 Adult Health and Physical, Nutritional, and Cultural Assessment
o Chapter 5 Stress and Inflammatory Responses
o Chapter 6 Genetics and Genomics in Nursing
o Chapter 7 Disability and Chronic Illness
o Chapter 8 Management of the Older Adult Patient
o UNIT 2 Concepts and Principles of Patient Management
o Chapter 9 Pain Management
o Chapter 10 Fluid and Electrolytes
o Chapter 11 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
o Chapter 12 Oncologic Management
o Chapter 13 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
o UNIT 3 Perioperative Concepts and Nursing Management
o Chapter 14 Preoperative Nursing Management
o Chapter 15 Intraoperative Nursing Management
o Chapter 16 Postoperative Nursing Management
o UNIT 4 Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function
o Chapter 17 Assessment of Respiratory Function
o Chapter 18 Management of Patients With Upper Respiratory Tract
Disorders
o Chapter 19 Management of Patients With Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract
Disorders
o Chapter 20 Management of Patients With Chronic Pulmonary Disease
o UNIT 5 Cardiovascular and Circulatory Function
o Chapter 21 Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
o Chapter 22 Management of Patients With Arrhythmias and Conduction
Problems
o Chapter 23 Management of Patients With Coronary Vascular Disorders
o Chapter 24 Management of Patients With Structural, Infectious, and
Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders
o Chapter 25 Management of Patients With Complications From Heart Disease
o Chapter 26 Assessment and Management of Patients With Vascular
Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation
o Chapter 27 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hypertension
,o UNIT 6 Hematologic Function
o Chapter 28 Assessment of Hematologic Function and Treatment Modalities
o Chapter 29 Management of Patients With Nonmalignant Hematologic
Disorders
o Chapter 30 Management of Patients With Hematologic Neoplasms
o UNIT 7 Immunologic Function
o Chapter 31 Assessment of Immune Function
o Chapter 32 Management of Patients With Immune Deficiency Disorders
o Chapter 33 Assessment and Management of Patients With Allergic Disorders
o Chapter 34 Assessment and Management of Patients With Inflammatory
Rheumatic Disorders
o UNIT 8 Musculoskeletal Function
o Chapter 35 Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function
o Chapter 36 Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders
o Chapter 37 Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Trauma
o UNIT 9 Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
o Chapter 38 Assessment of Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
o Chapter 39 Management of Patients With Oral and Esophageal Disorders
o Chapter 40 Management of Patients With Gastric and Duodenal Disorders
o Chapter 41 Management of Patients With Intestinal and Rectal Disorders
o UNIT 10 Metabolic and Endocrine Function
o Chapter 42 Assessment and Management of Patients With Obesity
o Chapter 43 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hepatic Disorders
o Chapter 44 Management of Patients With Biliary Disorders
o Chapter 45 Assessment and Management of Patients With Endocrine
Disorders
o Chapter 46 Management of Patients With Diabetes
o UNIT 11 Kidney and Urinary Tract Function
o Chapter 47 Assessment of Kidney and Urinary Function
o Chapter 48 Management of Patients With Kidney Disorders
o Chapter 49 Management of Patients With Urinary Disorders
o UNIT 12 Reproductive Function
o Chapter 50 Assessment and Management of Patients With Female
Physiologic Processes
o Chapter 51 Management of Patients With Female Reproductive Disorders
o Chapter 52 Assessment and Management of Patients With Breast Disorders
o Chapter 53 Assessment and Management of Patients With Male
Reproductive Disorders
o Chapter 54 Assessment and Management of Patients Who Are LGBTQ
o UNIT 13 Integumentary Function
, o Chapter 55 Assessment of Integumentary Function
o Chapter 56 Management of Patients With Dermatologic Disorders
o Chapter 57 Management of Patients With Burn Injury
o UNIT 14 Sensory Function
o Chapter 58 Assessment and Management of Patients With Eye and Vision
Disorders
o Chapter 59 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hearing and
Balance Disorders
o UNIT 15 Neurologic Function
o Chapter 60 Assessment of Neurologic Function
o Chapter 61 Management of Patients With Neurologic Dysfunction
o Chapter 62 Management of Patients With Cerebrovascular Disorders
o Chapter 63 Management of Patients With Neurologic Trauma
o Chapter 64 Management of Patients With Neurologic Infections,
Autoimmune Disorders, and Neuropathies
o Chapter 65 Management of Patients With Oncologic or Degenerative
Neurologic Disorders
o UNIT 16 Acute Community Based Challenges
o Chapter 66 Management of Patients With Infectious Diseases
o Chapter 67 Emergency Nursing
o Chapter 68 Disaster Nursing
o ANSWERS
, UNIT
1
Principles of Nursing
Practice
, CHAPTER
1
Professional Nursing Practice
Learning Outcomes
1. Define nursing, patient, health, wellness, health promotion, and health
care.
2. Describe salient influences on the delivery of health care.
3. Discuss practices that improve quality and safety and ensure the use of
evidence-based practices within the health care system.
4. Discuss behavioral competencies and characteristics of professional
nursing practice and the nurse’s role as a collaborative member of the
interprofessional health care team.
5. Define the characteristics of critical thinking, the critical thinking
process, and clinical decision making.
6. Describe the components of the nursing process.
7. Identify strategies that can be implemented in ethical decision making.
,SECTION I: ASSESSING YOUR
UNDERSTANDING
Activity A Fill in the blanks.
1. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) prepares future nurses
with the __________, __________, and __________ to continuously
improve the quality and safety of the health care system.
2. Chronic diseases that account for 7 out of 10 leading causes of death
include __________, __________, __________, and __________.
3. When the nurse is performing an assessment for a patient: __________,
__________, and __________ will be used to determine the health status
and any actual or potential health problems.
4. Moral integrity is a virtue that is composed of __________, __________,
__________, __________, and __________.
Activity B Briefly answer the following.
1. Wellness involves proactively working toward physical, psychological,
and spiritual well-being. Four components of wellness are
2. List four significant changes that have impacted health care delivery and
the practice of nursing.
,3. Choose four health and illness problems and write a human response to
each that would require nursing intervention. An example is provided.
Health and Illness Problems Human Response Requiring Nursing Intervention
Fractured right arm (Example) Self-care limitations (Example)
1. ____________________
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
4. The nursing process is a deliberate problem-solving approach for meeting
people’s health care and nursing needs. List the common components of
the nursing process in order:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
5. List Maslow hierarchy of needs, and give an example for each need. The
first need is provided as an example.
Need Example
Physiologic (Example) Food and water (Example)
,6. Which two virtues are inherent within the moral foundation for
professional practice?
and
.
7. What does the principle of autonomy entail?
8. Define the term evidence-based practice (EBP).
9. When the nurse is faced with two conflicting alternatives in an ethical
dilemma, what is the nurse’s moral responsibility?
, 10. Identify at least three common health care problems veterans are
experiencing.
11. Identify at least three recent key advances in health information
technologies.
12. Identify at least three of the evidence-based practice tools that are
currently used for planning patient care.
13. Clinical reasoning is the core of the nursing process and guides decision
making. Name at least three factors that are critical components of
clinical reasoning.
CHAPTER 1 - 68
STUDY GUIDE
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
o UNIT 1 Principles of Nursing Practice
o Chapter 1 Professional Nursing Practice
o Chapter 2 Medical-Surgical Nursing
o Chapter 3 Health Education and Health Promotion
o Chapter 4 Adult Health and Physical, Nutritional, and Cultural Assessment
o Chapter 5 Stress and Inflammatory Responses
o Chapter 6 Genetics and Genomics in Nursing
o Chapter 7 Disability and Chronic Illness
o Chapter 8 Management of the Older Adult Patient
o UNIT 2 Concepts and Principles of Patient Management
o Chapter 9 Pain Management
o Chapter 10 Fluid and Electrolytes
o Chapter 11 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
o Chapter 12 Oncologic Management
o Chapter 13 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
o UNIT 3 Perioperative Concepts and Nursing Management
o Chapter 14 Preoperative Nursing Management
o Chapter 15 Intraoperative Nursing Management
o Chapter 16 Postoperative Nursing Management
o UNIT 4 Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function
o Chapter 17 Assessment of Respiratory Function
o Chapter 18 Management of Patients With Upper Respiratory Tract
Disorders
o Chapter 19 Management of Patients With Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract
Disorders
o Chapter 20 Management of Patients With Chronic Pulmonary Disease
o UNIT 5 Cardiovascular and Circulatory Function
o Chapter 21 Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
o Chapter 22 Management of Patients With Arrhythmias and Conduction
Problems
o Chapter 23 Management of Patients With Coronary Vascular Disorders
o Chapter 24 Management of Patients With Structural, Infectious, and
Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders
o Chapter 25 Management of Patients With Complications From Heart Disease
o Chapter 26 Assessment and Management of Patients With Vascular
Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation
o Chapter 27 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hypertension
,o UNIT 6 Hematologic Function
o Chapter 28 Assessment of Hematologic Function and Treatment Modalities
o Chapter 29 Management of Patients With Nonmalignant Hematologic
Disorders
o Chapter 30 Management of Patients With Hematologic Neoplasms
o UNIT 7 Immunologic Function
o Chapter 31 Assessment of Immune Function
o Chapter 32 Management of Patients With Immune Deficiency Disorders
o Chapter 33 Assessment and Management of Patients With Allergic Disorders
o Chapter 34 Assessment and Management of Patients With Inflammatory
Rheumatic Disorders
o UNIT 8 Musculoskeletal Function
o Chapter 35 Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function
o Chapter 36 Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders
o Chapter 37 Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Trauma
o UNIT 9 Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
o Chapter 38 Assessment of Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
o Chapter 39 Management of Patients With Oral and Esophageal Disorders
o Chapter 40 Management of Patients With Gastric and Duodenal Disorders
o Chapter 41 Management of Patients With Intestinal and Rectal Disorders
o UNIT 10 Metabolic and Endocrine Function
o Chapter 42 Assessment and Management of Patients With Obesity
o Chapter 43 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hepatic Disorders
o Chapter 44 Management of Patients With Biliary Disorders
o Chapter 45 Assessment and Management of Patients With Endocrine
Disorders
o Chapter 46 Management of Patients With Diabetes
o UNIT 11 Kidney and Urinary Tract Function
o Chapter 47 Assessment of Kidney and Urinary Function
o Chapter 48 Management of Patients With Kidney Disorders
o Chapter 49 Management of Patients With Urinary Disorders
o UNIT 12 Reproductive Function
o Chapter 50 Assessment and Management of Patients With Female
Physiologic Processes
o Chapter 51 Management of Patients With Female Reproductive Disorders
o Chapter 52 Assessment and Management of Patients With Breast Disorders
o Chapter 53 Assessment and Management of Patients With Male
Reproductive Disorders
o Chapter 54 Assessment and Management of Patients Who Are LGBTQ
o UNIT 13 Integumentary Function
, o Chapter 55 Assessment of Integumentary Function
o Chapter 56 Management of Patients With Dermatologic Disorders
o Chapter 57 Management of Patients With Burn Injury
o UNIT 14 Sensory Function
o Chapter 58 Assessment and Management of Patients With Eye and Vision
Disorders
o Chapter 59 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hearing and
Balance Disorders
o UNIT 15 Neurologic Function
o Chapter 60 Assessment of Neurologic Function
o Chapter 61 Management of Patients With Neurologic Dysfunction
o Chapter 62 Management of Patients With Cerebrovascular Disorders
o Chapter 63 Management of Patients With Neurologic Trauma
o Chapter 64 Management of Patients With Neurologic Infections,
Autoimmune Disorders, and Neuropathies
o Chapter 65 Management of Patients With Oncologic or Degenerative
Neurologic Disorders
o UNIT 16 Acute Community Based Challenges
o Chapter 66 Management of Patients With Infectious Diseases
o Chapter 67 Emergency Nursing
o Chapter 68 Disaster Nursing
o ANSWERS
, UNIT
1
Principles of Nursing
Practice
, CHAPTER
1
Professional Nursing Practice
Learning Outcomes
1. Define nursing, patient, health, wellness, health promotion, and health
care.
2. Describe salient influences on the delivery of health care.
3. Discuss practices that improve quality and safety and ensure the use of
evidence-based practices within the health care system.
4. Discuss behavioral competencies and characteristics of professional
nursing practice and the nurse’s role as a collaborative member of the
interprofessional health care team.
5. Define the characteristics of critical thinking, the critical thinking
process, and clinical decision making.
6. Describe the components of the nursing process.
7. Identify strategies that can be implemented in ethical decision making.
,SECTION I: ASSESSING YOUR
UNDERSTANDING
Activity A Fill in the blanks.
1. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) prepares future nurses
with the __________, __________, and __________ to continuously
improve the quality and safety of the health care system.
2. Chronic diseases that account for 7 out of 10 leading causes of death
include __________, __________, __________, and __________.
3. When the nurse is performing an assessment for a patient: __________,
__________, and __________ will be used to determine the health status
and any actual or potential health problems.
4. Moral integrity is a virtue that is composed of __________, __________,
__________, __________, and __________.
Activity B Briefly answer the following.
1. Wellness involves proactively working toward physical, psychological,
and spiritual well-being. Four components of wellness are
2. List four significant changes that have impacted health care delivery and
the practice of nursing.
,3. Choose four health and illness problems and write a human response to
each that would require nursing intervention. An example is provided.
Health and Illness Problems Human Response Requiring Nursing Intervention
Fractured right arm (Example) Self-care limitations (Example)
1. ____________________
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
4. The nursing process is a deliberate problem-solving approach for meeting
people’s health care and nursing needs. List the common components of
the nursing process in order:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
5. List Maslow hierarchy of needs, and give an example for each need. The
first need is provided as an example.
Need Example
Physiologic (Example) Food and water (Example)
,6. Which two virtues are inherent within the moral foundation for
professional practice?
and
.
7. What does the principle of autonomy entail?
8. Define the term evidence-based practice (EBP).
9. When the nurse is faced with two conflicting alternatives in an ethical
dilemma, what is the nurse’s moral responsibility?
, 10. Identify at least three common health care problems veterans are
experiencing.
11. Identify at least three recent key advances in health information
technologies.
12. Identify at least three of the evidence-based practice tools that are
currently used for planning patient care.
13. Clinical reasoning is the core of the nursing process and guides decision
making. Name at least three factors that are critical components of
clinical reasoning.
