Comprehensive Success Test Bank: Linton’s Medical-Surgical Nursing – 7th Edition" Holistic Care, Critical Thinking, and NCLEX-PN® Mastery

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Unit 1: Foundations for Medical-Surgical Nursing

1. Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing
2. Medical-Surgical Practice Settings
3. Medical-Surgical Patients: Individuals, Families, and Communities
4. Health, Illness, Stress, and Coping

Unit 2: Foundations for Practice

1. Immunity, Inflammation, and Infection
2. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Imbalance

 The Patient with Cancer
 Pain
 Shock
 The Older Adult

Unit 3: Nursing Care of Patients with Medical-Surgical Disorders

1. Nursing Care of Patients with Immune and Lymphatic Disorders
2. Nursing Care of Patients with Respiratory Disorders

 Nursing Care of Patients with Cardiovascular Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Hematologic Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Gastrointestinal Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Endocrine Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Urinary and Renal Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Reproductive Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Neurologic Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Integumentary Disorders
 Nursing Care of Patients with Sensory Disorders

Unit 4: Emergency, Trauma, and Mental Health

1. Emergency and Disaster Nursing
2. Nursing Care of Patients with Psychiatric Disorders

✅ This 7th edition is unique because it integrates gerontologic nursing, culturally competent
care, and NCLEX-PN® prep throughout the chapters, making it especially valuable for
LPN/LVN students.

,Comprehensive Success Test Bank: Linton’s Medical-Surgical Nursing – 7th Edition"
Holistic Care, Critical Thinking, and NCLEX-PN® Mastery

,MULTIPLE CHOICE Answers

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
ANS: C
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be called
on to explain or justify them.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 3 | 5 | 7

, TOP: Accountability KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk


MULTIPLE RESPONSE

1. The nurse manager is providing an inservice about conflict resolution. What modes of
conflict resolution should be addressed? (Select all that apply.)
a. Suppression
b. Accommodation
c. Compromise
d. Avoidance
e. Collaboration
f. Competition
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation, collaboration, compromise,
avoidance, and competition.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1
OBJ: 7 TOP: Conflict Resolution KEY: Nursing Process Step:
N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A

2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
a. Effective communication
b. Rigid rules and regulations
c. Delegates appropriately
d. Acts as a role model
e. Consistently handles conflict
f. Focuses on individual development
ANS: A, C, D, E
Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication, consistency in
managing conflict, knowledge and competency in all aspects of delivery of care, effective
role model for staff, uses participatory approach in decision making, shows appreciation
for a job well done, delegates work appropriately, sets objectives and guides staff, displays
caring, understanding, and empathy for others, motivates and empowers others, is
proactive and flexible, and focuses on team development.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: 5
TOP: Leadership KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A


COMPLETION

1. is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between
individuals verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.

ANS:
Communication