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Table s s of s s Contents
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Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 02: Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care
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Experience Chapter 03: Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical
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Care Nursing
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Chapter 04: Palliative and End-of-
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Life Care Chapter 05:
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Chapter 06: Nutritional ss ss 117
Therapy
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Chapter 07: Dysrhythmia Interpretation and
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Management Chapter 08: Hemodynamic Monitoring
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Chapter 09: Ventilatory Assistance
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Chapter 10: Rapid Response Teams and Code Management
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Chapter 11: Organ Donation
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Chapter 12: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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Chapter 13: Cardiovascular Alterations
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Chapter 14: Nervous System
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Respiratory Failure Chapter 16: Acute
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Kidney Injury Chapter 17:
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Gastrointestinal Alterations
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Chapter 17: Hematological and Immune Disorders
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Chapter 19: Endocrine Alterations
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Chapter 20: Trauma and Surgical Management
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Chapter 21: Burns
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Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing s s s s s s s s s s s s




MULTIPLE s s CHOICE

1. Which of the s s s s s s following s s professional s s organizations best s s s s supports critical s s s s care s s nursing
practice?
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a. American Association s s s s of Critical-Care
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b. American s s Heart s s Association


c. American s s Nurses s s Association


d. Society of Critical Care ss ss ss




Medicine ANS: A ss ss




The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is the specialty organization that supports
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and
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The American Nurses Association supports all nurses. The Society of Critical Care Medicine represents
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the multiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist.
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DIF: Cognitive s s s s Level: s s Knowledge s s REF: s s p. s s 4

OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical care
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spractice. TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX: Safe and ss s s s s s s Effective Care s s s s Environment

2. A nurse has been working as a staff nurse in the surgical intensive care unit for 2 years and is
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interested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for her to seek?
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a. ACNPC


b. CCNS


c. CCRN


d. PCCN


ANS: s s C

The CCRN certification is appropriate for nurses in bedside practice who care for
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critically ill patients. The ACNPC certification is for acute care nurse practitioners. The
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CCNS certification is for critical care clinical nurse specialists. The PCCN certification is for
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staff nurses working in progressive care, intermediate care, or step-down unit settings.
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DIF: s s Cognitive s s Level: s s Application s s REF: s s p. 5 s s




OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses. TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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3. The main s s s s purpose of s s s s certification s s is to: s s




a. assure the consumer that you will not make a mistake.
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b. prepare s s for graduate s s s s school.


c. promote s s magnet status for s s s s s s your facility. s s




d. validate knowledge of s s s s s s critical s s care nursing. s s




ANS: s s D

Certification assists in validating knowledge of the field, promotes excellence in the
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profession, and helps nurses to maintain their knowledge of critical care nursing.
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Certification helps to assure the consumer that the nurse has a minimum level of
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knowledge; however, it does not ensure that care will be mistake-free.
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Certification does not prepare one for graduate school; however, achieving certification
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demonstrates motivation for achievement and professionalism. Magnet facilities are rated on the
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number of certified
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DIF: Cognitive
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OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses. TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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N/A MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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4. The synergy s s s s model s s of practice s s s s focuses on: s s




a. allowing unrestricted s s s s visiting s s for s s the s s patient s s 24 hours s s s s each day. s s




b. holistic and s s s s alternative s s therapies.


c. needs of patients ss ss s s and their families, which
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d. patients needs for energy and support.
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ANS: s s C

The synergy model of practice states that the needs of patients and families influence
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and drive competencies of nurses. Nursing practice based on the synergy model would
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involve tailored visiting to meet the patients and familys needs and application of
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alternative therapies if desired by the patient, but that is not the primary focus of the
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model.
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DIF: Cognitive
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OBJ: Describe standards of
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TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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5. The family of your critically ill patient tells
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the physician in
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During morning rounds, you convey this concern to
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her to meet with the family at 4:00 PM in
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of critical care nursing does this represent?
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a. Advocacy and ss s s moral s s agency in s s s s solving s s ethical issues s s




b. Clinical s s judgment s s and s s clinical reasoning s s s s skills


c. Collaboration s s with s s patients, families, and team members
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d. Facilitation of learning for patients, families, and team
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members ANS: C ss ss




Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being addressed, communication and
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s collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify the competency of
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collaboration.
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DIF: s s Cognitive s s Level: s s Analysis s s REF: p. s s s s 9

OBJ: Describe standards of
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TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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6. The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice use what framework to
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guide critical care nursing practice?
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a. Evidence-based practice s s




b. Healthy work environment s s s s




c. National s s Patient s s Safety s s Goals


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ANS: D ss




The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice delineate the nursing
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ssprocess as applied to critically ill patients: collect data, determine diagnoses, identify
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expected outcomes, develop a plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate care.
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AACN promotes a healthy work environment, but this is
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The Joint Commission has established National Patient Safety Goals, but these are not the
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AACN Standards.
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DIF: Cognitive s s s s Level: s s Analysis s s REF: p. 5 s s s s s s | Box 1-2
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OBJ: Describe standards of
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TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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7. The charge nurse is responsible for making the patient assignments on the critical care
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ssunit. She assigns the experienced, certified nurse to care for the acutely ill patient with
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sepsis who also requires continuous renal replacement therapy and mechanical ventilation.
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She assigns the nurse with less than 1 year of experience to two patients who are more
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stable. This assignment reflects implementation of the:
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a. crew s s resource s s management s s model