PHIPPS-MEDICAL-SURGICAL-NURSING-HEALTH-AND-ILLNESS-PERSPECTIVES-8TH-EDITION-TEST-BANK

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Chapter 1: Scope of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Monahan: Phipps’ Medical-Surgical Nursing: Health and Illness Perspectives, 8th Edition Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A current trend in American society that will impact future nursing practice is:
1. More physicians graduating from medical schools
2. Increased need for child day care
3. Growth of the elderly population
4. Increased inpatient services
ANS: 3
PTS: 1
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
Maintenance
DIF: Category: No applicable category
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and
2. A major factor in rising health care costs is:
1. High-technology health care
2. Workplace violence
3. Prevention care
4. Nursing salaries
ANS: 1
PTS: 1
DIF: Category: No applicable category
TOP: Nursing Process: Analysis/Nursing Diagnosis
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Health care in industrialized countries other than the United States differs from U.S. health
care in that other industrialized countries:
1. Provide health insurance for everyone with a full-time job
2. Have more highly qualified physicians
3. Have healthier citizens
4. Guarantee basic health care to all
ANS: 4
PTS: 1
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation
Maintenance
DIF: Category: No applicable category
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and
4. One major factor in the current nursing shortage is:
1. A growing pool of inactive nurses
2. Ineffective international recruitment
3. Elevated entrance standards in nursing programs
4. More women pursuing medical rather than nursing degrees
ANS: 2
PTS: 1
DIF: Category: No applicable category
TOP: Nursing Process: Analysis/Nursing Diagnosis
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. In an effort to reduce cost, health care delivery has shifted to which type of care?
1. Emergent
2. Episodic–acute
3. Hospital-based
4. Community-based