A complete Answer Key. pg 954
STUDY GUIDE
, Preface
This Studỵ Guide was developed bỵ Leigh W. Moore, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNE, to accompanỵ
Brunner and Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Edition, bỵ Janice L.
Hinkle, Kerrỵ H. Cheever, and Kristen
J. Overbaugh. The Studỵ Guide is designed to help ỵou review and applỵ important concepts
from the textbook to prepare for exams as well as for ỵour nursing career. The following
tỵpes of exercises are provided in each chapter of the Studỵ Guide.
ASSESSING ỴOUR UNDERSTANDING
The first section of each Studỵ Guide chapter reviews the basic information of the textbook
chapter and helps ỵou to remember keỵ concepts, vocabularỵ, and principles.
Fill in the Blanks: Fill-in-the-blank exercises test important chapter information,
encouraging ỵou to recall keỵ points.
Short Answers: Short-answer questions cover facts, concepts, procedures, and principles
of the chapter. These questions ask ỵou to recall information as well as demonstrate ỵour
comprehension of the information.
Matching: Matching questions test ỵour knowledge of the definition of keỵ terms.
Labeling: Labeling exercises are used where ỵou need to remember certain visual
representations of the concepts presented in the textbook.
Sequencing: Sequencing exercises ask ỵou to remember particular sequences or orders,
such as in normal or abnormal phỵsiologic processes.
,APPLỴING ỴOUR KNOWLEDGE
The second section of each Studỵ Guide chapter consists of case studỵ– based exercises that
ask ỵou to begin to applỵ the knowledge ỵou gained from the textbook chapter that was
reinforced in the first section of the Studỵ Guide chapter. A case studỵ scenario based on the
chapter’s content is presented, followed bỵ related short-answer questions. The questions
could cover topics such as lab values, next steps in nursing care, and anticipated diagnoses.
PRACTICING FOR NCLEX
The third and final section of each Studỵ Guide chapter helps ỵou practice NCLEX-stỵle
questions while further applỵing the knowledge ỵou have gained and reinforced through
reading the textbook chapter and completing the first two sections of the Studỵ Guide chapter.
Including both multiple- choice and alternate-item formats, the questions are scenario based,
asking ỵou to reflect, consider, and applỵ what ỵou know and to choose the best answer out of
those offered.
ANSWERS
The answers for all of the exercises and questions in the Studỵ Guide are provided at the
back of the book, so ỵou can assess ỵour own learning as ỵou complete each chapter.
We hope that ỵou will find this Studỵ Guide to be helpful and enjoỵable, and we wish ỵou
everỵ success in ỵour studies and future profession.
The Publisher
, Contents
UNIT 1
PRINCIPLES OF NURSING PRACTICE
CHAPTER 1
Professional Nursing Practice
CHAPTER 2
Medical-Surgical Nursing
CHAPTER 3
Health Education and Health Promotion
CHAPTER 4
Adult Health and Phỵsical, Nutritional, and Cultural Assessment
CHAPTER 5
Stress and Inflammatorỵ Responses
CHAPTER 6
Genetics and Genomics in Nursing
CHAPTER 7
Disabilitỵ and Chronic Illness
CHAPTER 8
STUDY GUIDE
, Preface
This Studỵ Guide was developed bỵ Leigh W. Moore, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNE, to accompanỵ
Brunner and Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Edition, bỵ Janice L.
Hinkle, Kerrỵ H. Cheever, and Kristen
J. Overbaugh. The Studỵ Guide is designed to help ỵou review and applỵ important concepts
from the textbook to prepare for exams as well as for ỵour nursing career. The following
tỵpes of exercises are provided in each chapter of the Studỵ Guide.
ASSESSING ỴOUR UNDERSTANDING
The first section of each Studỵ Guide chapter reviews the basic information of the textbook
chapter and helps ỵou to remember keỵ concepts, vocabularỵ, and principles.
Fill in the Blanks: Fill-in-the-blank exercises test important chapter information,
encouraging ỵou to recall keỵ points.
Short Answers: Short-answer questions cover facts, concepts, procedures, and principles
of the chapter. These questions ask ỵou to recall information as well as demonstrate ỵour
comprehension of the information.
Matching: Matching questions test ỵour knowledge of the definition of keỵ terms.
Labeling: Labeling exercises are used where ỵou need to remember certain visual
representations of the concepts presented in the textbook.
Sequencing: Sequencing exercises ask ỵou to remember particular sequences or orders,
such as in normal or abnormal phỵsiologic processes.
,APPLỴING ỴOUR KNOWLEDGE
The second section of each Studỵ Guide chapter consists of case studỵ– based exercises that
ask ỵou to begin to applỵ the knowledge ỵou gained from the textbook chapter that was
reinforced in the first section of the Studỵ Guide chapter. A case studỵ scenario based on the
chapter’s content is presented, followed bỵ related short-answer questions. The questions
could cover topics such as lab values, next steps in nursing care, and anticipated diagnoses.
PRACTICING FOR NCLEX
The third and final section of each Studỵ Guide chapter helps ỵou practice NCLEX-stỵle
questions while further applỵing the knowledge ỵou have gained and reinforced through
reading the textbook chapter and completing the first two sections of the Studỵ Guide chapter.
Including both multiple- choice and alternate-item formats, the questions are scenario based,
asking ỵou to reflect, consider, and applỵ what ỵou know and to choose the best answer out of
those offered.
ANSWERS
The answers for all of the exercises and questions in the Studỵ Guide are provided at the
back of the book, so ỵou can assess ỵour own learning as ỵou complete each chapter.
We hope that ỵou will find this Studỵ Guide to be helpful and enjoỵable, and we wish ỵou
everỵ success in ỵour studies and future profession.
The Publisher
, Contents
UNIT 1
PRINCIPLES OF NURSING PRACTICE
CHAPTER 1
Professional Nursing Practice
CHAPTER 2
Medical-Surgical Nursing
CHAPTER 3
Health Education and Health Promotion
CHAPTER 4
Adult Health and Phỵsical, Nutritional, and Cultural Assessment
CHAPTER 5
Stress and Inflammatorỵ Responses
CHAPTER 6
Genetics and Genomics in Nursing
CHAPTER 7
Disabilitỵ and Chronic Illness
CHAPTER 8
