TEST BANK FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING 7TH EDITION BY LINTON

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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 p... ositive outcomes? a. Physician’s orders b. Progress notes c. Nursing care plan d. Client health history ANS: C The nursing care plan 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. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1 TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk 2. 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 ANS: 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: Planning MSC: 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 ANS: C Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be called on to explain or justify them. [Show More]

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