Deck 1: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing

Question 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 1

Nursing care plan

Question 2

Place the corresponding letter to each stage of conflict in the correct order._________ (Place the events in the appropriate sequence with capital letters.Do not separate answers with a space or punctuation.Example: ABCD.)

A)Outcomes
B)Conceptualization
C)Frustration
D)Action

Answer 2

CBDA

Question 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 3

Accountability

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

_________ is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.

Question 7

_________ is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of appraising the client's health status.