Test Bank for Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th
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Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical
,MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of
accurate, safecare 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 ofaccurate, 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:
PlanningMSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant
others inmeeting 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:
PlanningMSC: 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 thisconcept?
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 calledon to explain or justify them.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 3 | 5
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Edition by Adrianne Dill Linton and Mary Ann
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Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical
,MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of
accurate, safecare 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 ofaccurate, 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:
PlanningMSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant
others inmeeting 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:
PlanningMSC: 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 thisconcept?
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 calledon to explain or justify them.
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 3 | 5
|7
