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Table of Contents Unit One: Medical-Surgical Nursing Settings, Roles, and Issues 1. Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients 2. Critical Thinking and Nursing Process Unit Two: Medical-Surgical Patient Care Problems 3. Fluids, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance, and Intravenous Therapy 4. Care of Preoperative and Intraoperative Surgical Patients 5. Care of Postoperative Surgical Patients 6. Infection Prevention and Control 7. Care of Patients with Pain 8. Care of Patients with Cancer 9. Chron...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Unit One: Introduction to Nursing and the Health Care System 1. Nursing and the Health Care System 2. Concepts of Health, Illness, and Health Promotion 3. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing Unit Two: The Nursing Process 4. Overview of the Nursing Process and Critical Thinking 5. Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, and Planning 6. Implementation and Evaluation Unit Three: Communication in Nursing 7. Documentation of Nursing Care 8. Communication and the Nurse-Patient Rel...

Chapter 01: Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The new nurse demonstrates an understanding of the primary purpose of the state nurse practice act (NPA) by explaining that it acts to: a. test and license LPN/LVNs. b. define the scope of LPN/LVN practice. c. improve the quality of care provided by the LPN/LVN. d. limit the LPN/LVN employment placement. ANS: B While improving quality of care provided by the LPN/LVN may be a result of the NPA, the primary purpose of th...

Table of Contents Unit One: Medical-Surgical Nursing Settings, Roles, and Issues 1. Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients 2. Critical Thinking and Nursing Process Unit Two: Medical-Surgical Patient Care Problems 3. Fluids, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance, and Intravenous Therapy 4. Care of Preoperative and Intraoperative Surgical Patients 5. Care of Postoperative Surgical Patients 6. Infection Prevention and Control 7. Care of Patients with Pain 8. Care of Patients with Cancer 9. Chron...

Chapter 01: Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The new nurse demonstrates an understanding of the primary purpose of the state nurse practice act (NPA) by explaining that it acts to: a. test and license LPN/LVNs. b. define the scope of LPN/LVN practice. c. improve the quality of care provided by the LPN/LVN. d. limit the LPN/LVN employment placement. ANS: B While improving quality of care provided by the LPN/LVN may be a result of the NPA, the primary purpose of th...

Test Bank - Medical-Surgical Nursing, Concepts and Practice, 5th Edition (Stromberg, 2023) Chapter 1-49 | All Chapters

ATI PN Practice Test A (Susan DeWitt author) Questions with Rationales A nurse is instilling timilol eyedrops for a client who has glaucoma. What action should the nurse take? - AnswerThe nurse should press the client nasolacrimal after instilling eyedrops Ratiionale: To prevent the medicine from absorbing into systemic circulation Why should the nurse avoid applying pressure to the upper eyelid after instilling eyedrops? - AnswerRationale: It may force the medicine out of the conjuncti...

deWit: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts & Practice, 3rd Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which statement accurately describes the primary purpose of the state nurse practice act (NPA)? a. To test and license LPN/LVNs. b. To define the scope of LPN/LVN practice. c. To improve the quality of care provided by the LPN/LVN. d. To limit the LPN/LVN employment placement. ANS: B While improving quality of care provided by the LPN/LVN may be a result of the NPA, the primary purpose of the NPA of each state d...

TEST BANK FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING CONCEPTS & PRACTICE 3RD EDITION SUSAN DEWIT HOLLY STROMBERG CAROL DALLRED ISBN: 9780323328913TEST BANK FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING CONCEPTS & PRACTICE 3RD EDITION SUSAN DEWIT HOLLY STROMBERG CAROL DALLRED ISBN: 9780323328913 Table of Contents Unit One: Medical-Surgical Nursing Settings, Roles, and Issues 1. Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients 2. Critical Thinking and Nursing Process Unit Two: Medical-Surgical Patient Care Problems 3. Fluids, E...

TEST BANK : MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING: CONCEPTS & PRACTICE 3RD EDITION BY deWit (CHAPTER 1-48)Chapter 01: Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients Chapter 02: Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process Chapter 03: Fluid, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance, and Intravenous Therapy Chapter 04: Care of Preoperative and Intraoperative Surgical Patients Chapter 05: Care of Postoperative Patients Chapter 06: Infection Prevention and Control Chapter 07: Care of Patients with Pain Chapter 08: Care of Patients wi...