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Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 3 Chapter 01: Professional Nursing Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse teaches a student nurse about how to apply the nursing process when providing patient care. Which statement, if made the student nurse, indicates that teaching was successful? a. The nursing process is a method of diagnosing the patients health care problems. b. The nursing process is a tool used to identify and treat patients health care needs. c. The nursing process is based on nursing theory that incorporates the biopsychosocial nature of humans. d. The nursing process is used primarily to explain nursing interventions to other health care professionals. ANS: B The nursing process is a approach to the identification and treatment of patients problems. Diagnosis is only one phase of the nursing process. The primary use of the nursing process is in patient care, not to establish nursing theory or explain nursing interventions to other health care professionals. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 2. The nurse describes to a student nurse how to use practice guidelines when caring for patients. Which statement, if made the nurse, would be the most accurate? a. Inferences from clinical research studies are used as a guide. b. Patient care is based on clinical judgment, experience, and traditions. C. Data are evaluated to show that the patient outcomes are consistently met. d. Recommendations are based on research, clinical expertise, and patient preferences. ANS: D practice (EBP) is the use of the best evidence combined with clinician expertise. Clinical judgment based on the nurses clinical experience is part of EBP, but clinical decision making should also incorporate current research and guidelines. Evaluation of patient outcomes is important, but interventions should be based on research from randomized control studies with a large number of subjects. DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (knowledge) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 3 Chapter 01: Professional Nursing Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse teaches a student nurse about how to apply the nursing process when providing patient care. Which statement, if made the student nurse, indicates that teaching was successful? a. The nursing process is a method of diagnosing the patients health care problems. b. The nursing process is a tool used to identify and treat patients health care needs. c. The nursing process is based on nursing theory that incorporates the biopsychosocial nature of humans. d. The nursing process is used primarily to explain nursing interventions to other health care professionals. ANS: B The nursing process is a approach to the identification and treatment of patients problems. Diagnosis is only one phase of the nursing process. The primary use of the nursing process is in patient care, not to establish nursing theory or explain nursing interventions to other health care professionals. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 2. The nurse describes to a student nurse how to use practice guidelines when caring for patients. Which statement, if made the nurse, would be the most accurate? a. Inferences from clinical research studies are used as a guide. b. Patient care is based on clinical judgment, experience, and traditions. C. Data are evaluated to show that the patient outcomes are consistently met. d. Recommendations are based on research, clinical expertise, and patient preferences. ANS: D practice (EBP) is the use of the best evidence combined with clinician expertise. Clinical judgment based on the nurses clinical experience is part of EBP, but clinical decision making should also incorporate current research and guidelines. Evaluation of patient outcomes is important, but interventions should be based on research from randomized control studies with a large number of subjects. DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (knowledge) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 4 3. The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharge goals will be developed with the patients input. The patient states, How is this different from what the doctor does? Which response would be most appropriate for the nurse to make? a. The role of the nurse is to administer medications and other treatments prescribed your doctor. b. The nurses job is to help the doctor collecting information and communicating any problems that occur. c. Nurses perform many of the same procedures as the doctor, but nurses are with the patients for a longer time than the doctor. d. In addition to caring for you while you are sick, the nurses will assist you to develop an individualized plan to maintain your health. ANS: D This response is consistent with the American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing, which describes the role of nurses in promoting health. The other responses describe some of the dependent and collaborative functions of the nursing role but do not accurately describe the nurses role in the health care system. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 4. A patient who is paralyzed on the left side of the body after a stroke develops a pressure ulcer on the left hip. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate? a. Impaired physical mobility related to paralysis b. Risk for impaired tissue integrity related to weakness c. Impaired skin integrity related to altered circulation and pressure d. Ineffective tissue perfusion related to inability to move independently ANS: C The patients major problem is the impaired skin integrity as demonstrated the presence of a pressure ulcer. The nurse is able to treat the cause of altered circulation and pressure frequently repositioning the patient. Although weakness is a problem for the patient, the nurse cannot treat the weakness. The risk for diagnosis is not appropriate for this patient, who already has impaired tissue integrity. The patient does have ineffective tissue perfusion, but the impaired skin integrity diagnosis indicates more clearly what the health problem is. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity 5. A patient has been admitted to the hospital for surgery and tells the nurse, I do not feel comfortable leaving my children with my parents. Which action should the nurse take next? Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 4 3. The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharge goals will be developed with the patients input. The patient states, How is this different from what the doctor does? Which response would be most appropriate for the nurse to make? a. The role of the nurse is to administer medications and other treatments prescribed your doctor. b. The nurses job is to help the doctor collecting information and communicating any problems that occur. c. Nurses perform many of the same procedures as the doctor, but nurses are with the patients for a longer time than the doctor. d. In addition to caring for you while you are sick, the nurses will assist you to develop an individualized plan to maintain your health. ANS: D This response is consistent with the American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing, which describes the role of nurses in promoting health. The other responses describe some of the dependent and collaborative functions of the nursing role but do not accurately describe the nurses role in the health care system. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 4. A patient who is paralyzed on the left side of the body after a stroke develops a pressure ulcer on the left hip. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate? a. Impaired physical mobility related to paralysis b. Risk for impaired tissue integrity related to weakness c. Impaired skin integrity related to altered circulation and pressure d. Ineffective tissue perfusion related to inability to move independently ANS: C The patients major problem is the impaired skin integrity as demonstrated the presence of a pressure ulcer. The nurse is able to treat the cause of altered circulation and pressure frequently repositioning the patient. Although weakness is a problem for the patient, the nurse cannot treat the weakness. The risk for diagnosis is not appropriate for this patient, who already has impaired tissue integrity. The patient does have ineffective tissue perfusion, but the impaired skin integrity diagnosis indicates more clearly what the health problem is. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity 5. A patient has been admitted to the hospital for surgery and tells the nurse, I do not feel comfortable leaving my children with my parents. Which action should the nurse take next? Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 6 d. To establish if the patient agrees that the nursing care provided was satisfactory ANS: A Evaluation consists of determining whether the desired patient outcomes have been met and whether the nursing interventions were appropriate. The other responses do not describe the evaluation phase. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 8. The nurse interviews a patient while completing the health history and physical examination. What is the purpose of the assessment phase of the nursing process? a. To teach interventions that relieve health problems b. To use patient data to evaluate patient care outcomes c. To obtain data with which to diagnose patient problems d. To help the patient identify realistic outcomes for health problems ANS: C During the assessment phase, the nurse gathers information about the patient to diagnose patient problems. The other responses are examples of the planning, intervention, and evaluation phases of the nursing process. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 9. Which nursing diagnosis statement is written correctly? a. Altered tissue perfusion related to heart failure b. Risk for impaired tissue integrity related to sacral redness C. Ineffective coping related to response to biopsy test results d. Altered urinary elimination related to urinary tract infection ANS: C This diagnosis statement includes a NANDA nursing diagnosis and an etiology that describes a patients response to a health problem that can be treated nursing. The use of a medical diagnosis as an etiology (as in the responses beginning Altered tissue perfusion and Altered urinary elimination) is not appropriate. The response beginning Risk for impaired tissue integrity uses the defining characteristic as the etiology. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 6 d. To establish if the patient agrees that the nursing care provided was satisfactory ANS: A Evaluation consists of determining whether the desired patient outcomes have been met and whether the nursing interventions were appropriate. The other responses do not describe the evaluation phase. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 8. The nurse interviews a patient while completing the health history and physical examination. What is the purpose of the assessment phase of the nursing process? a. To teach interventions that relieve health problems b. To use patient data to evaluate patient care outcomes c. To obtain data with which to diagnose patient problems d. To help the patient identify realistic outcomes for health problems ANS: C During the assessment phase, the nurse gathers information about the patient to diagnose patient problems. The other responses are examples of the planning, intervention, and evaluation phases of the nursing process. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 9. Which nursing diagnosis statement is written correctly? a. Altered tissue perfusion related to heart failure b. Risk for impaired tissue integrity related to sacral redness C. Ineffective coping related to response to biopsy test results d. Altered urinary elimination related to urinary tract infection ANS: C This diagnosis statement includes a NANDA nursing diagnosis and an etiology that describes a patients response to a health problem that can be treated nursing. The use of a medical diagnosis as an etiology (as in the responses beginning Altered tissue perfusion and Altered urinary elimination) is not appropriate. The response beginning Risk for impaired tissue integrity uses the defining characteristic as the etiology. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 7 10. The nurse admits a patient to the hospital and develops a plan of care. What components should the nurse include in the nursing diagnosis statement? a. The problem and the suggested patient goals or outcomes b. The problem with possible causes and the planned interventions C. The problem, its cause, and objective data that support the problem d. The problem with an etiology and the signs and symptoms of the problem ANS: D When writing nursing diagnoses, this format should be used: problem, etiology, and signs and symptoms. The subjective, as well as objective, data should be included in the defining characteristics. Interventions and outcomes are not included in the nursing diagnosis statement. DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (knowledge) TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 11. A nurse is caring for a patient with heart failure. Which task is appropriate for the nurse to delegate to experienced unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)? a. Monitor for shortness of breath or fatigue after ambulation. b. Instruct the patient about the need to alternate activity and rest. c. Obtain the patients blood pressure and pulse rate after ambulation. d. Determine whether the patient is ready to increase the activity level. ANS: C UAP education includes accurate vital sign measurement. Assessment and patient teaching require registered nurse education and scope of practice and cannot be delegated. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) OBJ: Special Questions: Delegation TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 12. A nurse is caring for a group of patients on the unit with the help of one float registered nurse (RN), one unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP), and one licensed nurse Which assignment, if delegated the nurse, would be inappropriate? a. Measurement of a patients urine output UAP b. Administration of oral medications Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 7 10. The nurse admits a patient to the hospital and develops a plan of care. What components should the nurse include in the nursing diagnosis statement? a. The problem and the suggested patient goals or outcomes b. The problem with possible causes and the planned interventions C. The problem, its cause, and objective data that support the problem d. The problem with an etiology and the signs and symptoms of the problem ANS: D When writing nursing diagnoses, this format should be used: problem, etiology, and signs and symptoms. The subjective, as well as objective, data should be included in the defining characteristics. Interventions and outcomes are not included in the nursing diagnosis statement. DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (knowledge) TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 11. A nurse is caring for a patient with heart failure. Which task is appropriate for the nurse to delegate to experienced unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)? a. Monitor for shortness of breath or fatigue after ambulation. b. Instruct the patient about the need to alternate activity and rest. c. Obtain the patients blood pressure and pulse rate after ambulation. d. Determine whether the patient is ready to increase the activity level. ANS: C UAP education includes accurate vital sign measurement. Assessment and patient teaching require registered nurse education and scope of practice and cannot be delegated. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) OBJ: Special Questions: Delegation TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 12. A nurse is caring for a group of patients on the unit with the help of one float registered nurse (RN), one unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP), and one licensed nurse Which assignment, if delegated the nurse, would be inappropriate? a. Measurement of a patients urine output UAP b. Administration of oral medications Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 9 allow the maximal patient benefit at the least cost. The case manager does not provide direct care in either the acute or home setting. The case manager coordinates and advocates for care but does not determine what medical care is that would be completed the health care provider or other provider. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 15. The nurse is caring for an older adult patient who had surgery to repair a fractured hip. The patient needs continued nursing care and physical therapy to improve mobility before returning home. The nurse will help to arrange for transfer of this patient to which facility? a. A skilled care facility b. A residential care facility c. A transitional care facility d. An intermediate care facility ANS: C Transitional care settings are appropriate for patients who need continued rehabilitation before discharge to home or to care settings. The patient is no longer in need of the more continuous assessment and care given in acute care settings. There is no indication that the patient will need the permanent and ongoing medical and nursing services available in intermediate or skilled care. The patient is not yet independent enough to transfer to a residential care facility. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 16. A home care nurse is planning care for a patient who has just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which task is appropriate for the nurse to delegate to the home health aide? a. Assist the patient to choose appropriate foods. b. Help the patient with a daily bath and oral care. c. Check the patients feet for signs of breakdown. d. Teach the patient how to monitor blood glucose. ANS: B Assisting with patient hygiene is included in home education and scope of practice. Assessment of the patient and instructing the patient in new skills, such as diet and blood glucose monitoring, are complex skills that are included in registered nurse education and scope of practice. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) OBJ: Special Questions: Delegation TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 9 allow the maximal patient benefit at the least cost. The case manager does not provide direct care in either the acute or home setting. The case manager coordinates and advocates for care but does not determine what medical care is that would be completed the health care provider or other provider. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 15. The nurse is caring for an older adult patient who had surgery to repair a fractured hip. The patient needs continued nursing care and physical therapy to improve mobility before returning home. The nurse will help to arrange for transfer of this patient to which facility? a. A skilled care facility b. A residential care facility c. A transitional care facility d. An intermediate care facility ANS: C Transitional care settings are appropriate for patients who need continued rehabilitation before discharge to home or to care settings. The patient is no longer in need of the more continuous assessment and care given in acute care settings. There is no indication that the patient will need the permanent and ongoing medical and nursing services available in intermediate or skilled care. The patient is not yet independent enough to transfer to a residential care facility. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 16. A home care nurse is planning care for a patient who has just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which task is appropriate for the nurse to delegate to the home health aide? a. Assist the patient to choose appropriate foods. b. Help the patient with a daily bath and oral care. c. Check the patients feet for signs of breakdown. d. Teach the patient how to monitor blood glucose. ANS: B Assisting with patient hygiene is included in home education and scope of practice. Assessment of the patient and instructing the patient in new skills, such as diet and blood glucose monitoring, are complex skills that are included in registered nurse education and scope of practice. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) OBJ: Special Questions: Delegation TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 10 MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 17. The nurse is providing education to nursing staff on quality care initiatives. Which statement would be the most accurate description of the impact of health care financing on quality care? a. Hospitals are reimbursed for all costs incurred if care is documented electronically. b. Payment for patient care is primarily based on clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. c. If a patient develops a infection, the hospital receives additional funding. d. Because hospitals are accountable for overall care, it is not nursings responsibility to monitor care delivered others. ANS: B Payment for health care services programs reimburses hospitals for their performance on overall care measures. These measures include clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. Nurses are responsible for coordinating complex aspects of patient care, including the care delivered others, and identifying issues that are associated with poor quality care. Payment for care can be withheld if something happens to the patient that is considered preventable (e., acquiring a urinary tract infection). DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 18. The nurse documenting the patients progress in the care plan in the electronic health record before an interdisciplinary discharge conference is demonstrating competency in which QSEN category? a. care b. Quality improvement C. practice d. Informatics and technology ANS: D The nurse is displaying competency in the QSEN area of informatics and technology. Using a computerized information system to document patient needs and progress and communicate vital information regarding the patient with health care team members provides evidence that nursing practice standards related to the nursing process have been maintained during the care of the patient. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment MULTIPLE RESPONSE 1. Which information will the nurse consider when deciding what nursing actions to delegate to a licensed nurse who is working on a unit (select all that apply)? Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 10 MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 17. The nurse is providing education to nursing staff on quality care initiatives. Which statement would be the most accurate description of the impact of health care financing on quality care? a. Hospitals are reimbursed for all costs incurred if care is documented electronically. b. Payment for patient care is primarily based on clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. c. If a patient develops a infection, the hospital receives additional funding. d. Because hospitals are accountable for overall care, it is not nursings responsibility to monitor care delivered others. ANS: B Payment for health care services programs reimburses hospitals for their performance on overall care measures. These measures include clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction. Nurses are responsible for coordinating complex aspects of patient care, including the care delivered others, and identifying issues that are associated with poor quality care. Payment for care can be withheld if something happens to the patient that is considered preventable (e., acquiring a urinary tract infection). DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment 18. The nurse documenting the patients progress in the care plan in the electronic health record before an interdisciplinary discharge conference is demonstrating competency in which QSEN category? a. care b. Quality improvement C. practice d. Informatics and technology ANS: D The nurse is displaying competency in the QSEN area of informatics and technology. Using a computerized information system to document patient needs and progress and communicate vital information regarding the patient with health care team members provides evidence that nursing practice standards related to the nursing process have been maintained during the care of the patient. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment MULTIPLE RESPONSE 1. Which information will the nurse consider when deciding what nursing actions to delegate to a licensed nurse who is working on a unit (select all that apply)? Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 12 change in patient status to a health care provider. In which order should the nurse make the following statements? (Put a comma and a space between each answer choice B, C, a. The patient needs to be evaluated immediately and may need intubation and mechanical ventilation. b. The patient was admitted yesterday with heart failure and has been receiving furosemide (Lasix) for diuresis. but urine output has been low. c. The patient has crackles audible throughout the posterior chest and the most recent oxygen saturation is Her condition is very unstable. d. This is the nurse on the surgical unit. After assessing the patient, I am very concerned about increased shortness of breath over the past hour. ANS: D, B, C, A The order of the nurses statements follows the SBAR format. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) OBJ: Special Questions: Prioritization TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment Test Bank Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition Harding) 12 change in patient status to a health care provider. In which order should the nurse make the following statements? (Put a comma and a space between each answer choice B, C, a. The patient needs to be evaluated immediately and may need intubation and mechanical ventilation. b. The patient was admitted yesterday with heart failure and has been receiving furosemide (Lasix) for diuresis. but urine output has been low. c. The patient has crackles audible throughout the posterior chest and the most recent oxygen saturation is Her condition is very unstable. d. This is the nurse on the surgical unit. After assessing the patient, I am very concerned about increased shortness of breath over the past hour. ANS: D, B, C, A The order of the nurses statements follows the SBAR format. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (application) OBJ: Special Questions: Prioritization TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment