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Medical-SurgicalNursing, 8thEdition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE v
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate, safe
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vcare through a definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support persons’
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vprogress toward positive outcomes? v v v
a. Physician’s orders v
b. Progress notes v
c. Nursing care plan v v
d. Client health history v v
ANSWER: C v
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the deliveryof
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vaccurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support
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vpersons’ progress toward positive outcomes. v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1 v v vv v v v v
TOP: Nursing Care Plan
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vMSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
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2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant others in
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vmeeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care. What is the correct term
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for these nursing behaviors?
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a. Assessments
b. Interventions
c. Planning
d. Evaluation
ANSWER: B v
Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant
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others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan ofcare.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 v v vv v v v v
TOP: Interventions
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vMSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
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3. The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all actions and the
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vpossibility of being called on to explain or justify them. What term best describes this
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vconcept?
a. Reliability
b. Maturity
c. Accountability
d. Liability
ANSWER: C v
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be called on to v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
explain or justify them.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension v v REF: pp. 6-7 vv v v OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7 v v v v v v
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, Chapter01:Aspects ofMedical-Surgical Nursing Linton:
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Medical-SurgicalNursing, 8thEdition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE v
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate, safe
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vcare through a definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support persons’
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vprogress toward positive outcomes? v v v
a. Physician’s orders v
b. Progress notes v
c. Nursing care plan v v
d. Client health history v v
ANSWER: C v
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the deliveryof
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vaccurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support
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vpersons’ progress toward positive outcomes. v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1 v v vv v v v v
TOP: Nursing Care Plan
v v KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning v v v v v v
vMSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
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2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant others in
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vmeeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care. What is the correct term
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for these nursing behaviors?
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a. Assessments
b. Interventions
c. Planning
d. Evaluation
ANSWER: B v
Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant
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others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan ofcare.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 v v vv v v v v
TOP: Interventions
v v KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning v v v v
vMSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
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3. The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all actions and the
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vpossibility of being called on to explain or justify them. What term best describes this
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vconcept?
a. Reliability
b. Maturity
c. Accountability
d. Liability
ANSWER: C v
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be called on to v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
explain or justify them.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension v v REF: pp. 6-7 vv v v OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7 v v v v v v
