Test Bank for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice, 8th Edition

The Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice, 8th Edition by Adrianne Dill Linton test bank gives you targeted practice across adult health topics, from fluid and electrolyte balance to diabetes and hypoglycemia. The medical surgical nursing 8th edition linton test bank is designed to build your confidence with NCLEX-style questions that mirror real clinical decision-making in today’s medical-surgical settings.

Comprehensive Coverage of Medical-Surgical Concepts

This test bank follows the textbook chapter by chapter, starting with core concepts in medical-surgical nursing and extending through body systems and specialty topics. You’ll find question sets on immunity, inflammation, infection, fluid and electrolyte balance, cancer, pain, shock, neurological, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, urologic, endocrine, reproductive, integumentary, sensory, and emergency care content.

Chapters address essential foundations such as health, illness, coping, IV therapy, surgery, palliative and hospice care, as well as system-based disorders like hypertension, fractures, liver disease, endocrine disorders, diabetes and hypoglycemia, eye and ear problems, and substance-related and addictive disorders.

Why This Test Bank Helps You Succeed

Medical-surgical nursing is at the heart of NCLEX and clinical practice. This test bank supports you in applying pathophysiology, pharmacology, and the nursing process to complex, real-world patient scenarios. By working through questions that emphasize assessment, priority setting, and patient education, you strengthen the clinical judgment skills needed for course exams, standardized tests, and safe bedside practice.

Key Features

• Chapter-aligned questions that follow the Linton 8th edition table of contents for structured study.
• NCLEX-style multiple choice and select-all-that-apply items focused on safety, prioritization, and patient teaching.
• Coverage of core topics including immunity, infection, fluid and electrolyte balance, oncology, shock, neurology, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders.
• Endocrine and diabetes questions that clarify differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes and common clinical presentations.
• Rationales for correct answers to explain key concepts such as beta-cell destruction, insulin resistance, and hunger in uncontrolled diabetes.
• Applied clinical focus on older adults, falls, delirium, incontinence, mobility, and skin integrity.
• Instant digital access so you can download and start practicing immediately after purchase.

Table of Contents

Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Chapter 02: Medical-Surgical Practice Settings
Chapter 03: Medical-Surgical Patients: Individuals, Families, and Communities1
Chapter 04: Health, Illness, Stress, and Coping
Chapter 05: Immunity, Inflammation, and Infection
Chapter 06: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance 
Chapter 07: The Patient With Cancer
Chapter 08: Pain 
Chapter 09: Shock 
Chapter 10: The Older Adult Patient
Chapter 11: Falls
Chapter 12: Immobility 
Chapter 13: Delirium and Dementia
Chapter 14: Incontinence
Chapter 15: Nutrition
Chapter 16: Intravenous Therapy 
Chapter 17: Surgery
Chapter 18: The Patient With an Ostomy
Chapter 19: Palliative and Hospice Care
Chapter 20: Complementary and Alternative Therapies and Integrative Health Care
Chapter 21: Neurological System Introduction 
Chapter 22: Neurological Disorders 
Chapter 23: Cerebrovascular Accident
Chapter 24: Spinal Cord Injury 
Chapter 25: Respiratory System Introduction 
Chapter 26: Upper Respiratory Disorders
Chapter 27: Acute Lower Respiratory Disorders 
Chapter 28: Chronic Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders 
Chapter 29: Hematologic System Introduction 
Chapter 30: Hematologic Disorders 
Chapter 31: Immunologic System Introduction 
Chapter 32: Immunologic Disorders 
Chapter 33: Cardiovascular System Introduction
Chapter 34: Hypertension
Chapter 35: Cardiac Disorders 
Chapter 36: Vascular Disorders
Chapter 37: Digestive System Introduction
Chapter 38: Upper Digestive Tract Disorders 
Chapter 39: Lower Digestive Tract Disorders
Chapter 40: Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreatic Disorders
Chapter 41: Urologic System Introduction
Chapter 42: Urologic Disorders
Chapter 43: Musculoskeletal System Introduction
Chapter 44: Connective Tissue Disorders 
Chapter 45: Fractures
Chapter 46: Amputations
Chapter 47: Endocrine System Introduction 
Chapter 48: Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders 
Chapter 49: Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders
Chapter 50: Diabetes and Hypoglycemia 
Chapter 51: Female Reproductive System Introduction
Chapter 52: Female Reproductive Disorders
Chapter 53: Male Reproductive System Introduction 
Chapter 54: Male Reproductive Disorders 
Chapter 55: Sexually Transmitted Infections 
Chapter 56: Integumentary System Introduction
Chapter 57: Skin Disorder
Chapter 58: Special Senses: Vision and Hearing Introduction
Chapter 59: Eye and Vision Disorders 
Chapter 60: Ear and Hearing Disorders
Chapter 61: Psychobiologic Disorders 
Chapter 62: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 63: First Aid, Emergency Care, and Disaster Management

Sample Questions — Chapter 01: Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing

Linton: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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 client’s and the
support persons’ progress toward positive 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 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. Which term is correct 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: Knowledge 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. Which 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.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge OBJ: 1 TOP: Accountability
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/AMSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk

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