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A set of exam questions and verified answers related to medical surgical nursing. The questions cover topics such as critical thinking in nursing, implementation step of the nursing process, nursing diagnosis, and care planning. The answers provide feedback and explanations for each question. useful for nursing students preparing for exams or looking for study notes on medical surgical nursing.
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B) It shows trends and patterns in client status. C) It makes judgments based on conjecture.
D) It supplies validation for reimbursement. Ans:A Feedback: In nursing, critical thinking involves purposeful, outcome- directed thinking. Critical think Providing a foundation for evaluation and quality improvement and showing trends and
outcomes Ans:B Feedback: The implementation step in the nursing process involves documenting nursing care and interventions, documenting the plan of care, and identifying measurable outcomes.
important element of implementation?
A) Client database B) Critical thinking C) Nursing orders D) Documentation Ans: D Feedback: An important element of implementation is documentation. The client database include history. Physical examination and diagnostic studies are not an
important element of im outcome-directed thinking. Developing good critical thinking skills will make nurses mor multiple interventions. Nursing orders are specific nursing directions so that all healthca they are not an important element of implementation.
A) Nursing care B) Diagnostic studies C) Plan of care D) Collaborative problems Ans:B Feedback: The client database includes all the information obtained from the medical and nursing
database does not include nursing care, plan of care, or collaborative problems.
5. Which type of nursing diagnosis statement begins with the stem readiness for enhanced A) Health promotion B) Syndrome C) Risk
D) Actual Ans:A Feedback: Health promotion nursing diagnoses reflect clinical judgment of a client’s motivation an behaviors. Risk nursing diagnoses identify potential problems and use the stem risk for , nursing diagnoses identify existing problems. Syndrome diagnoses describe specific dia collective interventions.
Ans: D Feedback: The highest level need is self- actualization. The first level of need is physiological needs esteem are fourth-level needs.
compare the actual outcomes A) Assessment B) Planning C) Implementation D) Evaluation Ans: D Feedback: Evaluation is assessment and review of the quality and suitability of the care given and
observation and evaluation of a client’s health status. Planning involves setting prioritie specific nursing interventions, and recording the plan of care. Implementation means ca monitoring the client’s status; and assessing and reassessing the client before, during, a
A) It makes judgments based on conjecture. B) It is based on the medical model. C) It considers only the client’s needs. D) It is guided by professional standards and codes of ethics. Ans: D Feedback: Critical thinking is guided by
professional standards and codes of ethics. It is based on p thinking makes judgments based on evidence rather than conjecture. It considers client
C) Wellness D) Actual Ans:A Feedback: Health promotion nursing diagnoses look for ways to enhance health. Risk nursing diagn Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to inactivity. In wellness diagnoses, the diagnosti does not include related factors or supporting
data. Actual nursing diagnoses identify ex
diagnosis associated with a cluster of other diagnoses, s problems and use the stem risk for , as in Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to inact of a client’s motivation and behavior to increase well-being and enhance health-seeking
should talk to the manager about eliminating the B) “I think it is something we have always done, and we have to continue to u C) “It helps to provide a systematic method for us to plan and implement care D) “Physicians use our care plans in order to see what we are doing for the clie Ans:C
Feedback: The purpose of the nursing process is to provide a systematic method for nurses to plan learning principles of critical thinking and nursing process, it’s like using a calculator wit divide” and is why the process should be complete with the paperwork. The other two a the process.
A) When the client enters the healthcare system B) Prior to the client being discharged C) After the RN initiates the plan of care D) When the physician writes the first order for care Ans: A