Anton Sol
Test Bank
Medical Surgical Nursing 8th Edition by
Adrianne D. Linton, Mary A. Matteson
Chapters 1-63 || 100% Verified and Updated 2025
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.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
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
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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
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
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
@ANSWER: 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
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OBJ: 7 TOP: Conflict Resolution KEY: Nursing Process Step: 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
@ANSWER: 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
COMPLETION
1. is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals verbally,
nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
@ANSWER:
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
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2. is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the client’s health
status.
@ANSWER:
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
3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
@ANSWER:
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
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
@ANSWER:
CBDA
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Test Bank
Medical Surgical Nursing 8th Edition by
Adrianne D. Linton, Mary A. Matteson
Chapters 1-63 || 100% Verified and Updated 2025
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.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
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
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,Anton Sol
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
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
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
@ANSWER: 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
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OBJ: 7 TOP: Conflict Resolution KEY: Nursing Process Step: 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
@ANSWER: 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
COMPLETION
1. is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between individuals verbally,
nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
@ANSWER:
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
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2. is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the client’s health
status.
@ANSWER:
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
3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
@ANSWER:
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
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
@ANSWER:
CBDA
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