MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING PATIENT
CENTERED COLLABORATIVE CARE 7TH
EDITION BY IGNATAVICIUS 2026 PRACTICE SET
MOCK EXAM REVISION NOTES AND
SOLUTIONS EXPERT GRADE A+
◉ 2. A nurse is caring for a postoperative client on the surgical unit.
The clients blood pressure was 142/76 mm
Hg 30 minutes ago, and now is 88/50 mm Hg. What action by the
nurse is best?
a. Call the Rapid Response Team.
b. Document and continue to monitor.
c. Notify the primary care provider.
d. Repeat blood pressure measurement in 15 minutes. Answer: a.
Call the Rapid Response Team.
The purpose of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) is to intervene
when clients are deteriorating before they
suffer either respiratory or cardiac arrest. Since the client has
manifested a significant change, the nurse should call the RRT.
Changes in blood pressure, mental status, heart rate, and pain are
particularly significant.
,Documentation is vital, but the nurse must do more than document.
The primary care provider should be notified, but this is not the
priority over calling the RRT. The clients blood pressure should be
reassessed frequently, but the priority is getting the rapid care to the
client.
◉ 3. A nurse is orienting a new client and family to the inpatient
unit. What information does the nurse provide to
help the client promote his or her own safety?
a. Encourage the client and family to be active partners.
b. Have the client monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
c. Offer the family the opportunity to stay with the client.
d. Tell the client to always wear his or her armband.. Answer: a.
Encourage the client and family to be active partners.
Each action could be important for the client or family to perform.
However, encouraging the client to be active in his or her health care
as a partner is the most critical. The other actions are very limited in
scope and do not provide the broad protection that being active and
involved does.
◉ 4. A new nurse is working with a preceptor on an inpatient
medical-surgical unit. The preceptor advises the
, student that which is the priority when working as a professional
nurse?
a. Attending to holistic client needs
b. Ensuring client safety
c. Not making medication errors
d. Providing client-focused care. Answer: b. Ensuring client safety
All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. However,
ensuring client safety is the priority. Up to
98,000 deaths result each year from errors in hospital care,
according to the 2000 Institute of Medicine report. Many more
clients have suffered injuries and less serious outcomes. Every nurse
has the responsibility to
guard the clients safety.
◉ 5. A client is going to be admitted for a scheduled surgical
procedure. Which action does the nurse explain is
the most important thing the client can do to protect against errors?
a. Bring a list of all medications and what they are for.
b. Keep the doctors phone number by the telephone.
c. Make sure all providers wash hands before entering the room.
CENTERED COLLABORATIVE CARE 7TH
EDITION BY IGNATAVICIUS 2026 PRACTICE SET
MOCK EXAM REVISION NOTES AND
SOLUTIONS EXPERT GRADE A+
◉ 2. A nurse is caring for a postoperative client on the surgical unit.
The clients blood pressure was 142/76 mm
Hg 30 minutes ago, and now is 88/50 mm Hg. What action by the
nurse is best?
a. Call the Rapid Response Team.
b. Document and continue to monitor.
c. Notify the primary care provider.
d. Repeat blood pressure measurement in 15 minutes. Answer: a.
Call the Rapid Response Team.
The purpose of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) is to intervene
when clients are deteriorating before they
suffer either respiratory or cardiac arrest. Since the client has
manifested a significant change, the nurse should call the RRT.
Changes in blood pressure, mental status, heart rate, and pain are
particularly significant.
,Documentation is vital, but the nurse must do more than document.
The primary care provider should be notified, but this is not the
priority over calling the RRT. The clients blood pressure should be
reassessed frequently, but the priority is getting the rapid care to the
client.
◉ 3. A nurse is orienting a new client and family to the inpatient
unit. What information does the nurse provide to
help the client promote his or her own safety?
a. Encourage the client and family to be active partners.
b. Have the client monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
c. Offer the family the opportunity to stay with the client.
d. Tell the client to always wear his or her armband.. Answer: a.
Encourage the client and family to be active partners.
Each action could be important for the client or family to perform.
However, encouraging the client to be active in his or her health care
as a partner is the most critical. The other actions are very limited in
scope and do not provide the broad protection that being active and
involved does.
◉ 4. A new nurse is working with a preceptor on an inpatient
medical-surgical unit. The preceptor advises the
, student that which is the priority when working as a professional
nurse?
a. Attending to holistic client needs
b. Ensuring client safety
c. Not making medication errors
d. Providing client-focused care. Answer: b. Ensuring client safety
All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. However,
ensuring client safety is the priority. Up to
98,000 deaths result each year from errors in hospital care,
according to the 2000 Institute of Medicine report. Many more
clients have suffered injuries and less serious outcomes. Every nurse
has the responsibility to
guard the clients safety.
◉ 5. A client is going to be admitted for a scheduled surgical
procedure. Which action does the nurse explain is
the most important thing the client can do to protect against errors?
a. Bring a list of all medications and what they are for.
b. Keep the doctors phone number by the telephone.
c. Make sure all providers wash hands before entering the room.
