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SURGICAL NURSING 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which is an advantage of primary nursing? Answer: a) Ensures a
consistent caregiver who provides holistic care
◉ Which management function involves a team effort to achieve
patient care outcomes? Answer: d) Collaboration
◉ According to Maslow, which category of needs represents the
most basic on the hierarchy? Answer: Physiologic needs
◉ The World Health Organization defines health as: Answer: c) "a
state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease and infirmity."
◉ Which program focuses on processes used to provide care?
Answer: Continuous quality improvement (CQJ)
◉ Which program focuses on focuses on individual incidents or
errors and mininimal expectations? Answer: a) Quality assurance
(QA)
,◉ Which statement is true regarding population demographics?
Answer: b) The culturally diverse population is increasing.
◉ Which of these roles would be considered an expanded nursing
role? Answer: Certified nurse practitioner (CNP)
◉ A type of nursing that includes individualized care provided by
the same nurse throughout the period of care is defined as Answer:
d) primary nursing.
◉ Which is a primary task of nursing research? Answer:
Contributing to the scientific base of nursing practice
◉ Which is an important role for a nurse in the health care delivery
system? Answer: Identifying patient needs and working with
patients to address them
◉ A nursing student overhears a patient talking with a rehabilitation
nurse. the patient states I plan to recover from my stroke to my best
ability I know I will always have some limitations; however I will not
let the limitations slow me down. which descriptor of health does
the patient exemplify with this statement? Answer: The concept of a
health-illness continuum.
, ◉ Which of these statements best defines the term culture? Answer:
c) The learned patterns of behavior, beliefs, and values that can be
attributed to a particular group of people
◉ According to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, which of the
following is the highest level of need(s)? Answer: c) Self-
actualization
◉ A nurse with 20 years experience attends a hospital-required
training session and learns a new bibliography of peer-reviewed
articles related to NG tube placement. The nurse recognizes the
change in procedure developed from which method? method for
assessing nasogastric (NG) tube placement. Answer: c) Evidence-
based practice
◉ The nurse educator is planning a team session for nursing
students related to the treatment and management of just stational
diabetes. The nurse educator arranges for a dietitian, pharmacist,
and a physician assistant to participate in the lesson plan. Which
professional nurse competency is the nurse educator
demonstrating? Answer: Interdisciplinary teamwork
◉ An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) specializing in
adult-gerontology has accepted a new position in a different state.
Which governing body does the APRN need to consuit to verify
prescriptive authority the new state? Answer: b) The new state's
boards of nursing
SURGICAL NURSING 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Which is an advantage of primary nursing? Answer: a) Ensures a
consistent caregiver who provides holistic care
◉ Which management function involves a team effort to achieve
patient care outcomes? Answer: d) Collaboration
◉ According to Maslow, which category of needs represents the
most basic on the hierarchy? Answer: Physiologic needs
◉ The World Health Organization defines health as: Answer: c) "a
state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease and infirmity."
◉ Which program focuses on processes used to provide care?
Answer: Continuous quality improvement (CQJ)
◉ Which program focuses on focuses on individual incidents or
errors and mininimal expectations? Answer: a) Quality assurance
(QA)
,◉ Which statement is true regarding population demographics?
Answer: b) The culturally diverse population is increasing.
◉ Which of these roles would be considered an expanded nursing
role? Answer: Certified nurse practitioner (CNP)
◉ A type of nursing that includes individualized care provided by
the same nurse throughout the period of care is defined as Answer:
d) primary nursing.
◉ Which is a primary task of nursing research? Answer:
Contributing to the scientific base of nursing practice
◉ Which is an important role for a nurse in the health care delivery
system? Answer: Identifying patient needs and working with
patients to address them
◉ A nursing student overhears a patient talking with a rehabilitation
nurse. the patient states I plan to recover from my stroke to my best
ability I know I will always have some limitations; however I will not
let the limitations slow me down. which descriptor of health does
the patient exemplify with this statement? Answer: The concept of a
health-illness continuum.
, ◉ Which of these statements best defines the term culture? Answer:
c) The learned patterns of behavior, beliefs, and values that can be
attributed to a particular group of people
◉ According to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, which of the
following is the highest level of need(s)? Answer: c) Self-
actualization
◉ A nurse with 20 years experience attends a hospital-required
training session and learns a new bibliography of peer-reviewed
articles related to NG tube placement. The nurse recognizes the
change in procedure developed from which method? method for
assessing nasogastric (NG) tube placement. Answer: c) Evidence-
based practice
◉ The nurse educator is planning a team session for nursing
students related to the treatment and management of just stational
diabetes. The nurse educator arranges for a dietitian, pharmacist,
and a physician assistant to participate in the lesson plan. Which
professional nurse competency is the nurse educator
demonstrating? Answer: Interdisciplinary teamwork
◉ An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) specializing in
adult-gerontology has accepted a new position in a different state.
Which governing body does the APRN need to consuit to verify
prescriptive authority the new state? Answer: b) The new state's
boards of nursing
