Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice
(Chapter 1)
1.
Medical-surgical nursing focuses on adult
patients with?
A)
Acute or chronic illness and their responses to
actual or potential alternation in health.
B)
Typical medical-surgical patient over age 65 and
above.
C)
Two or more children before the age 65.
2.
To be an effective educator, the nurse must be
skilled at?
A)
Community advocacy service.
B)
Youth empowerment.
C)
Interpersonal communication and familiar with
principles of adult learning.
3.
As a change agent, the nurse works with the
patient to address
A)
His
health concerns, and with staff members to address organizational and community
concerns.
B)
His research.
C)
His legal authority and supervise his health
condition.
4.
A nurse who is preparing to delegate:
A)
Can delegate any member of staff not minding
their qualification
B)
Makes sure the person to whom she delegate has
the legal authority to perform the task
C)
Emphasize the age of the patient to whomever she
chooses
5.
One of
the five ‘’rights’’ of delegation that must be satisfied by the delegating
nurse
A)
Right to plan and implement teaching ability.
B)
Right direction and communication.
C)
Right research to promote growth in the science
of nursing.
6.
The primary tasks of nursing research are to
promote growth
A)
In the synthesis of multiple randomized
controlled clinical trials
B)
In the science nursing and to develop a
scientific basis for nursing practice.
C)
To determine the strength of parental support
system
7.
In the community, nurses serve as
A)
Delegate to safety and environmental hazards in
communities
B)
Institutional policies makers and decision
makers for communities.
C)
Role models and assist consumers in bringing
about changes to improve the environment, work condition, or other factors that
affect health.
8.
Nurses provide the best possible patient care
when they base.
A)
Their strength on empirical evidence.
B)
Their strength of evidence increases.
C)
Their practices on scientific evidence.
9.
A common description for health is?
A)
A disease unfree state
B)
A disease state
C)
A disease-free state
10.
THE World Health Organization (WHO) calls health
A)
A culture of social cultural state of wellness
B)
A state of incomplete and physical well being
C)
A state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
11.
Sociologists view health as?
A)
A cultural values of complete state of mind
B)
A condition that allows for the pursuit and
enjoyment of desired cultural value.
C)
A culture that allows the activities of daily
living.
12.
One of
the nurse’s primary functions is to assist
A)
Patients in reaching an optimal level of
wellness.
B)
Patients maximize their diverse cultural values
C)
Patients view their health and community
wellness
13.
Illness
may be defined as?
A)
A sickness or deviation from a healthy state.
B)
A state of unhealthiness
C)
A state of valuation from a healthy state
14.
Illness
may be?
A)
Accurate and chronic
B)
Acute and chronic
C)
Critical and accurate
15.
Chronic
illness refers to a condition
A)
Shortest expected period of illness and health
condition
B)
Typically has a slower onset, less intensity and
a longer duration than acute illness
C)
A shorter and more intense illness.
16.
When a person experience an illness, one or more
changes occur that signal its presence. Theses includes
A)
Sensory changes.
B)
Changes in body appearance or function
C)
All of the above
17.
One of
these is not an effects of illness
A)
Changes in relationship
B)
Changes in community
C)
Changes in emotional status
18.
The
presence of illness in a family can have a dramatic effect on.
A)
Sensory movement
B)
The functioning of the family as a unit
C)
Family morals
19.
The
effect of illness in a family depends on the following factors:
A)
The seriousness
and duration of the illness
B)
Which family member is ill
C)
All of the above
20.
One of these is not an effect of illness on the
family
A)
The family’s social and cultural customs
B)
Health benefits and promotions
C)
The seriousness and duration of the illness
21.
Research
shows that poor health practices contribute
A)
Serious economic and child care problems.
B)
To a wide
range of illness, a shortened life spans and increased health care costs.
C)
Neighborhood illness and lower health care costs
for communities.
22.
In good health practices
A)
The person must depend on support systems for
help or people face additional stress
B)
It can benefits most people no matter when they
started
C)
Can have opposite effect
23.
Stopping
cigarette smoking has immediate and long-term benefits
A) Immediately, the patient will experience
stressful movement and critical condition
B) Immediately, the patient will experience
unimproved health condition and circulation of pulse rate.
C) Immediately, the patient will experience
improved circulation, pulse rate and blood pressure.
24.
After 10 years without smoking, the patient will
cut his risk of dying from lung cancer in
A)
Quarter
B)
Half
C)
Figures
25.
Health promotion is
A)
Teaching good health practices and finding ways
to help people correct their poor health practices.
B)
Teaching good health practices and giving false
hope to health concise people.
C)
Teaching good health practices and moving people
from one geographical location to another.
26.
The
project ‘’Healthy people 2020 sets forth comprehensive health goals for:
A) The
nation to help community develop the health sector.
B) The
nation with the aim of reducing mortality and morbidity in all ages.
C) The
nation wants all citizens to adhere to health information and policy.
27.
The US department of Health and Human services
identifies a set of health improvement objectives for the next decade.
‘’Healthy people 2020’’ include.
A)
Create social objectives and health goals for all.
B)
Measurable healthy and success rate among infant, toddlers &
teenagers.
C) Eliminate
preventable diseases, disability, injury and premature death.
28.
The US
department of Health and Human services identifies a set of health improvement
objectives for the next decade. ‘’Healthy people 2020’’ Exclude.
A)
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and
improve the health of all groups.
B)
Create social and physical environments good
health for all.
C)
Uncomfortable physical manifestation.
29.
Adult between the age of _________________ may
fall victim to several health problems, including heart disease and cancer
A)
25 and 75
B)
25 and 74
C)
25 and 64
30.
Some of these problems stem from?
A)
General predisposition
B)
Genital predisposition
C)
Genetic predisposition
31.
Many of these health problem are linked to
unhealthy habits, such as
A)
Overeating
B)
Dancing
C)
None of the above
32.
Many of these health problems are linked to
unhealthy habits. Excluding
A)
Creativity
B)
Lack of exercise
C)
Alcohol and use of drugs
33.
Today, people live longer than ever before
A)
True
B)
False
C)
Never
34.
In the
past century, life expectancy in the United States has increased from
A)
46 years to about 78
B)
47 years to about 78
C)
48 years to about 79
35.
Most elderly people suffer from at least
A)
Many chronic health problems
B)
One chronic health problem
C)
Severe chronic health problem
36.
Emphasize that aging is?
A)
A state of mind as well as body
B)
Weakness of the body
C)
None of the above
37.
Recommend to elderly patient
A) To avoid driving at night or using high
power machine
B) To sit around and move slowly
C) They attend a hospital –or community
sponsored seminar on retirement.
38.
Which trait isn’t a characteristic of a critical
thinker?
A)
Desire for truth
B)
Relying on tradition
C)
Open-mindedness
39.
The effect of illness on a family unit depends
on several factors, including:
A)
When illness occurs
B)
At what point the patient sought care
C)
Which family member is affected
40.
Which action is an example of health promotion?
A)
Assisting a patient in smoking cessation
B)
Administering any kind of drug to ease pain
C)
None of the above
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