Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical
Nursing 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?
a. Physician’s orders
b. Progress notes
c. Nursing care plan
d. Client health history
ANS: 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.
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
ANS: 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
ANS: 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
f. Competition
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation,
collaboration, compromise, avoidance, and competition.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
OBJ: 7 TOP: Conflict Resolution KEY: Nursing
Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
a. Effective communication
b. Rigid rules and regulations
c. Delegates appropriately
d. Acts as a role model
e. Consistently handles conflict
f. Focuses on individual development
ANS: A, C, D, E
Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication,
consistency in managing conflict, knowledge and competency in all
aspects of delivery of care, effective role model for staff, uses
participatory approach in decision making, shows appreciation for a
job well done, delegates work appropriately, sets objectives and guides
staff, displays caring, understanding, and empathy for others,
motivates and empowers others, is proactive and flexible, and focuses
on team development.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5
TOP: Leadership KEY: Nursing Process
Step: N/A 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, and/or in writing
or through information technology.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF:
p. 2 OBJ: 2 TOP: Communication KEY:
Nursing Process Step: N/A 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 is the collection and processing of relevant data for the
purpose of appraising the client’s health status.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
| 2
TOP: Assessment KEY: Nursing Process
Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the
context of health care.
ANS:
Bioethics
Bioethics is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the
context of health care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 OBJ: 3
TOP: Bioethics KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. Place the corresponding letter to each stage of conflict in the correct
order.
(Place the events in the appropriate sequence with capital letters. Do
not separate answers with a space or punctuation. Example: ABCD.)
, a. Outcomes
b. Conceptualization
c. Frustration
d. Action
ANS:
CBDA
The stages of conflict in order are frustration, conceptualization, action,
and outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 7 OBJ: 7
TOP: Conflict KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
5. Place the corresponding letter to each key step in solving an ethical
dilemma in the correct order. (Place the events in the appropriate
sequence. Do not separate answers with a space or punctuation.
Example: ABCD.)
a. Negotiate a plan.
b. Clarify values.
c. Ask if it is an ethical dilemma.
Nursing 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?
a. Physician’s orders
b. Progress notes
c. Nursing care plan
d. Client health history
ANS: 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.
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
ANS: 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
ANS: 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
f. Competition
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation,
collaboration, compromise, avoidance, and competition.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
OBJ: 7 TOP: Conflict Resolution KEY: Nursing
Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
a. Effective communication
b. Rigid rules and regulations
c. Delegates appropriately
d. Acts as a role model
e. Consistently handles conflict
f. Focuses on individual development
ANS: A, C, D, E
Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication,
consistency in managing conflict, knowledge and competency in all
aspects of delivery of care, effective role model for staff, uses
participatory approach in decision making, shows appreciation for a
job well done, delegates work appropriately, sets objectives and guides
staff, displays caring, understanding, and empathy for others,
motivates and empowers others, is proactive and flexible, and focuses
on team development.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5
TOP: Leadership KEY: Nursing Process
Step: N/A 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, and/or in writing
or through information technology.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF:
p. 2 OBJ: 2 TOP: Communication KEY:
Nursing Process Step: N/A 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 is the collection and processing of relevant data for the
purpose of appraising the client’s health status.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
| 2
TOP: Assessment KEY: Nursing Process
Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the
context of health care.
ANS:
Bioethics
Bioethics is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the
context of health care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 OBJ: 3
TOP: Bioethics KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. Place the corresponding letter to each stage of conflict in the correct
order.
(Place the events in the appropriate sequence with capital letters. Do
not separate answers with a space or punctuation. Example: ABCD.)
, a. Outcomes
b. Conceptualization
c. Frustration
d. Action
ANS:
CBDA
The stages of conflict in order are frustration, conceptualization, action,
and outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 7 OBJ: 7
TOP: Conflict KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
5. Place the corresponding letter to each key step in solving an ethical
dilemma in the correct order. (Place the events in the appropriate
sequence. Do not separate answers with a space or punctuation.
Example: ABCD.)
a. Negotiate a plan.
b. Clarify values.
c. Ask if it is an ethical dilemma.
