Physiological integrity in nursing refers to what?

• A. Collecting billing data
• B. Maintaining health and well-being via appropriate interventions
• C. Maximizing staff satisfaction
• D. Managing hospital operations

Answer: (B)

Physiological integrity focuses on protecting and improving a patient’s physical health through appropriate nursing interventions, ongoing assessment, and safety measures. This means actively maintaining health and well-being by implementing actions such as medication administration, monitoring vital signs, managing fluids, nutrition, and pain; preventing and treating infections; wound care; ensuring safety during care; and aiding recovery or adaptation after illness or injury.

The other options are about administrative or organizational tasks rather than the patient’s physical condition: collecting billing data is administrative, maximizing staff satisfaction and managing hospital operations are organizational concerns. So the best description is maintaining health and well-being via appropriate interventions.