Medical-Surgical Nursing 10th Edition Lewis Test Bank 2025 I 915 Pages I Complete Chapters 1-68 I Verified Q&A with Rationales

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, TABLEnOFnCONTENT

1. ProfessionalnNursingnPractice
2. HealthnDisparitiesnandnCulturallynCompetentnCare
3. HealthnHistorynandnPhysicalnExamination
4. PatientnandnCaregivernTeaching
5. ChronicnIllnessnandnOldernAdults
6. StressnandnStressnManagement
7. SleepnandnSleepnDisorders
8. Pain
9. PalliativenCarenatnEndnofnLife
10. SubstancenAbuse
11. InflammationnandnWoundnHealing
12. GeneticsnandnGenomics
13. AlterednImmunenResponsesnandnTransplantation
14. Infection
15. Cancer
16. Fluid,nElectrolyte,nandnAcid-BasenImbalances
17. PreoperativenCare
18. IntraoperativenCare
19. PostoperativenCare
20. AssessmentnofnVisualnandnAuditorynSystems
21. VisualnandnAuditorynProblems
22. AssessmentnofnIntegumentarynSystem
23. IntegumentarynProblems
24. Burns
25. AssessmentnofnRespiratorynSystem
26. UppernRespiratorynProblems
27. LowernRespiratorynProblems
28. ObstructivenPulmonarynDiseases
29. AssessmentnofnHematologicnSystem
30. HematologicnProblems

,31. AssessmentnofnCardiovascularnSystem
32. Hypertension
33. CoronarynArterynDiseasenandnAcutenCoronarynSyndrome
34. HeartnFailure
35. Dysrhythmias
36. InflammatorynandnStructuralnHeartnDisorders
37. VascularnDisorders
38. AssessmentnofnGastrointestinalnSystem
39. NutritionalnProblems
40. Obesity
41. UppernGastrointestinalnProblems
42. LowernGastrointestinalnProblems
43. Liver,nPancreas,nandnBiliarynTractnProblems
44. AssessmentnofnUrinarynSystem
45. RenalnandnUrologicnProblems
46. AcutenRenalnFailurenandnChronicnKidneynDisease
47. AssessmentnofnEndocrinenSystem
48. DiabetesnMellitus
49. EndocrinenProblems
50. ReproductivenSystem
51. BreastnDisorders
52. SexuallynTransmittednInfections
53. FemalenReproductivenProblems
54. MalenReproductivenProblems
55. AssessmentnofnNervousnSystem
56. AcutenIntracranialnProblems
57. Stroke
58. ChronicnNeurologicnProblems
59.nAlzheimer’snDiseasenandnDementia
60. SpinalnCordnandnPeripheralnNervenProblems
61. AssessmentnofnMusculoskeletalnSystem

, 62. MusculoskeletalnTraumanandnOrthopedicnSurgery
63. MusculoskeletalnProblems
64. ArthritisnandnConnectivenTissuenDiseases
65. CriticalnCare
66. Shock,nSystemicnInflammatorynResponsenSyndrome,nandnMultiplenOrgann Dysfunction
Syndrome
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67. RespiratorynFailurenandnAcutenRespiratorynDistressnSyndrome
68. Emergency,nTerrorism,nandnDisasternNursing
professionalnNursingnPractice

MULTIPLEn CHOICE

1. Thennursencompletesnannadmissionndatabasenandnexplainsnthatnthenplannofncarenandn dischargen
goalsnwillnbendevelopednwithnthenpatient’sninput.nThenpatientnstates,n “Hownisnthisndifferentnfrom
whatnthendoctorndoes?”nWhichnresponsenwouldnbenmostn appropriatenfornthennursentonmake?
a. “Thenrolenofnthennursenisntonadministernmedicationsnandnotherntreatmentsn prescribe
dbynyourndoctor.”
b. “Thennurse’snjobnisntonhelpnthendoctornbyncollectingn informationnandc
ommunicatingnanynproblemsnthatnoccur.”
c. “Nursesnperformnmanynofnthensamenproceduresnasnthendoctor,nbutn nursesnar
enwiththenpatientsnfornanlongerntimenthannthendoctor.”
d. “Innadditionntoncaringnfornyounwhilenyounarensick,nthennursesnwilln assistnyou
ntodevelopnannindividualizednplanntonmaintainnyourn health.”


ANS:nD
ThisnresponsenisnconsistentnwithnthenAmericannNursesnAssociationn(ANA)n definitionnofnnursing,nw
hichndescribesnthenrolenofnnursesninnpromotingnhealth.nThen othernresponsesndescribesomenofnth
endependentnandncollaborativenfunctionsnofn thennursingnrolenbutndonnotnaccuratelyndescribenth
ennurse’snroleninnthenhealthncaren system.

DIF: CognitivenLevel:nUnderstandn(comprehension) REF:nn3
TOP:nn NursingnProcess:nImplementation
MSC:n NCLEX:nSafenandnEffectivenCaren Env
ironment

2. Thennursendescribesntonanstudentnnursenhowntonusenevidence-
basednpracticen guidelinesnwhencaringnfornpatients.nWhichnstatement,nifnmadenbynthennu
rse,n wouldnbenthenmostnaccurate?
a. “Inferencesnfromnclinicalnresearchnstudiesnarenusednasnanguide.”
b. “Patientncarenisnbasednonnclinicalnjudgment,nexperience,nandntraditions.”
c. “Datanarenevaluatedntonshownthatnthenpatientnoutcomesnarenconsistentlynmet.”
d. “Recommendationsnarenbasednonnresearch,nclinicalnexpertise,n andnpatie
ntpreferences.”

ANS:nD
Evidence-basednpracticen(EBP)nisnthenusenofnthenbestnresearch-
basednevidencen combinednwithcliniciannexpertise.nClinicalnjudgmentnbasednonnthennurse’sn cl
inicalnexperiencenisnpartnofnEBP,butnclinicalndecisionnmakingnshouldnalson incorporatencurrentn