Medical Surgical

Ch.1 Aspects of Medical-Surgical NursingTort - correct answer a civil wrong against a person or property Ex: threatening contact without pt consent Malpractice - correct answer Professional negligence Ex: failure to monitor a pt or document findings Ethics - correct answer ethical questions that arise in health care, defining what actions are right and wrong and whether the motives and outcomes are good or bad Medical Surgical Nursing - correct answer specialty that requires skill and...

CHAPTER 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSINGThe medical-surgical nurse identifies a clinical practice issue and wants to determine if there is sufficient evidence to support a change in practice. Which type of study provides the strongest evidence to support a practice change? 1) Randomized control study 2) Quasi-experimental study 3) Case-control study 4) Cohort study - correct answer 1) Randomized control study The medical-surgical unit recently implemented a patient-centered c...

Capstone ATI NCLEX Medical Surgical Assessment 1 Questions With Complete Solutions

Hyperthyroidism Correct Answer: caused by excessive delivery of TH to the tissues this hormonal excess increases the metabolic rate and heightens the sympathetic nervous system's response to stimulation -this increases cardiac rate and stroke volume, which results in increased cardiac output results from: autoimmune stimulation (Grave's disease) excess secretion of thyroid stimulating hormone TSH by the pituitary gland thyroiditis neoplasms medications most common: Grave's and...