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TEST BANK FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING
8TH EDITION BY MARY ANN MATTESON;
ADRIANNE DILL LINTON
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UNIT I: Medical-Surgical NURSING
1. Aspects of Medical-Surgical NURSING
2. Medical-Surgical Practice Settings
UNIT II: Populations Receiving Medical-Surgical Care
3. Medical-Surgical Patients: Individuals, Families, and Communities
UNIT III: Pathology Processes and Effects
4. Health, Illness, Stress, and Coping
5. Immunity, Inflammation, and Infection
6. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
7. Cancer
8. Pain
9. Shock
UNIT IV: Special Problems of the Older Adult Patient
10. The Older Adult Patient
11. Falls
12. Immobility
13. Delirium & Dementia
14. Incontinence
UNIT V: Therapeutics
15. Nutrition
16. Intravenous Therapy
17. Surgery
18. Ostomy
19. Palliative and Hospice Care
20. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
UNIT VI: Neurological System
21. Neurological System Introduction
22. Neurological Disorders
23. Cerebrovascular Accident
24. Spinal Cord Injury
UNIT VII: Respiratory System
25. Respiratory System Introduction
26. Upper Respiratory Disorders
27. Acute Lower Respiratory Disorders
28. Chronic Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders
UNIT VIII: Hematologic and Immunologic Systems
29. Hematologic System Introduction
30. Hematologic Disorders
31. Immunologic System Introduction
32. Immunologic Disorders
UNIT IX: Cardiovascular System
33. Cardiovascular System Introduction
34. Cardiac Disorders
,35. Vascular Disorders
36. Hypertension
UNIT X: Digestive System
37. Digestive System Introduction
38. Upper Digestive Tract Disorders
39. Lower Digestive Tract Disorders
40. Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreatic Disorders
UNIT XI: Urologic System
41. Urologic System Introduction
42. Urologic Disorders
UNIT XII: Musculoskeletal System
43. Musculoskeletal System Introduction
44. Connective Tissue Disorders
45. Fractures
46. Amputations
UNIT XIII: Endocrine System
47. Endocrine System Introduction
48. Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders
49. Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders
50. Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
UNIT XIV: Reproductive Systems
51. Female Reproductive System Introduction
52. Female Reproductive Disorders
53. Male Reproductive System Introduction
54. Male Reproductive Disorders
55. Sexually Transmitted Infections
UNIT XV: Integumentary Systems
56. Integumentary System Introduction
57. Skin Disorders
UNIT XVI: Special Senses
58. Special Senses Introduction
59. Eye and Vision Disorders
60. Ear and Hearing Disorders
UNIT XVII: Medical-Surgical Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
61. Psychobiologic Disorders
62. Substance Abuse
UNIT XVIII: NURSING in Disasters and First Aid
63. First Aid, Emergency Care, and Disaster Management
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
ANSWER: 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
ANSWER: 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 this
concept?
a. Reliability
b. Maturity
c. Accountability
d. Liability
ANSWER: C
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be called
on to explain or justify them.
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