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TEST BANK - Medical-Surgical Nursing,
8th Edition (Linton),
Chapters 1 - 63 | All Chapters Verified
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing Linton:
Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th 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? a. Physician’s orders b. Progress
notes
c.
Nursing care plan
d.
Client health history
ANSWER: C
The nursing care plan 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.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning 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?
a.
Assessments
b.
Interventions
c.
Planning
d.
Evaluation
ANSWER: B
Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and
significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of
care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
TOP: Interventions KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning 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?
a.
Reliability
b.
Maturity
c.
Accountability
d.
Liability
ANSWER: C
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and
may be called on to explain or justify them.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7
TOP: Accountability KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The nurse manager is providing an inservice about conflict resolution. What modes
of conflict resolution should be addressed? (Select all that apply.) a.
Suppression
b.
Accommodation
c.
Compromise
d.
Avoidance
e.
Collaboration
TEST BANK - Medical-Surgical Nursing,
8th Edition (Linton),
Chapters 1 - 63 | All Chapters Verified
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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, lOMoARcPSD| 56365124
Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing Linton:
Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th 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? a. Physician’s orders b. Progress
notes
c.
Nursing care plan
d.
Client health history
ANSWER: C
The nursing care plan 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.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning 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?
a.
Assessments
b.
Interventions
c.
Planning
d.
Evaluation
ANSWER: B
Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and
significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of
care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
TOP: Interventions KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning 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?
a.
Reliability
b.
Maturity
c.
Accountability
d.
Liability
ANSWER: C
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and
may be called on to explain or justify them.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7
TOP: Accountability KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. The nurse manager is providing an inservice about conflict resolution. What modes
of conflict resolution should be addressed? (Select all that apply.) a.
Suppression
b.
Accommodation
c.
Compromise
d.
Avoidance
e.
Collaboration
