EDITION Authors Adrianne Dill Linton and Mary Ann
Matteson
,Test Bank For Medical Surgical
Nursing 8th Edition By Linton
Abstract
The following is a revision study question and answer for students of nursing seeking to
prepare for forthcoming exams. The questions and answers from this test bank are verified and
revised. Clinton is a reliable Author and provides a detailed summary of medical surgical
nursing in the 63 chapters below.
Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical NursingLinton: 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
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