Test Bank - Chapter 01 Q1: Which item in a medical record provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the patient’s and the support persons’ progress toward positive outcomes? A. Physician’s orders B. Progress notes C. Nursing care plan (Correct) D. Client health history Rationale: The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the patient’s and the support persons’ progress toward positive outcomes. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: 1 TOP: Nursing Care Plan KEY: Nursing Process: Planning
Q2: The nurse is performing behaviours and actions that assist patients and significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care. Which term is correct for these nursing behaviours? A. Assessments B. Interventions (Correct) C. Planning D. Evaluation Rationale: Care interventions are those nursing behaviours and actions that assist patients and significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care. DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering OBJ: 1 TOP: Interventions KEY: Nursing Process: Planning
Q3: The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all actions and the possibility of being called on to explain or justify them. Which term best describes this concept? A. Reliability B. Maturity C. Accountability (Correct) D. Liability Rationale: Accountability means that a person is answerable for their actions and may be called on to explain or justify them. DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering OBJ: 1 TOP: Accountability KEY: Nursing Process: N/A
Q4: Which action is an example of an RPN/LPN exhibiting beneficence? A. Removes defective equipment from the patient’s room (Correct) B. Willingly works extra shifts during a staff shortage C. Adheres to agency policy
Linton and Matteson's Medical: Surgical Practical Nursing in Canada 1e Poser Test Bank