INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL CARE NURSING
SOLE FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL STUDY GUIDE
◉ resource person with specific expertise. Answer: Things to
Remember about ICU Beds:
■ Individual hospitals often have a ________________ in specialty beds.
◉ bed scales, specialty (ie, ceiling) lifts, and bariatric chairs. Answer:
Things to Remember about ICU Beds:
■ The increasing number of obese patients in the healthcare system
has led to the development of new technologies such as _________,
_________ and _________ for early mobilization of these patients.
◉ an intensivist physician,
a clinical pharmacist,
a dietician,
several respiratory therapists
bedside nurses, and
other health care providers such as clinical psychologists.. Answer:
ICU teams are typically composed of: (6)
,◉ intensivist. Answer: 1. The ____________, a physician with
specialized training in critical care medicine, is the leader of the
team and has ultimate responsibility for medical decision-making.
◉ TRUE. Answer: An extensive body of literature demonstrates that
the presence of an intensivist as team leader as opposed to a
physician without specialty critical care training, is associated with
lower mortality. TRUE OR FALSE
◉ Clinical pharmacists. Answer: 2. _______________ provide unique
expertise on drugs that are the cornerstone of ICU treatment.
◉ Dieticians provide. Answer: 3. ________________ unique expertise for
patients' nutritional needs, and must account for the problem that
feeding protocols are often contingent upon other therapies.
◉ Respiratory therapists. Answer: 4. ________________ typically oversee
the provision of mechanical ventilation, which is the central
supportive therapy for patients experiencing respiratory failure and
among the most common ICU treatment.
◉ Critical care nurses. Answer: 5. __________________ are responsible
for closely monitoring and reporting changes in patients' health and
wellbeing.
, ◉ assessing vital signs,
delivering drugs, and
monitoring for complications of therapy.. Answer: Nurses only care
for a subset of patients, typically no more than two at any one time.
Yet nurses are central members of the ICU team because they are
directly involved in nearly all ICU treatments, in that they are
responsible for ___________, ___________ and ___________.
◉ Clinical psychologists and other behavioral healthcare specialists.
Answer: 6. _____________ and ______________ play a unique role in that
they specifically address patients' psychological recovery and they
provide care for patients, families, and critical care providers.
◉ family members. Answer: NURSING ALERT!
In the modern ICU, _______________ are increasingly considered to be
part of the ICU team, especially when they take on the role of
surrogate decision makers for loved ones who are too ill to advocate
for themselves
◉ Critical Nurse Nursing. Answer: _________________ is highly technical
and is generally considered beyond the level of a new graduate.
often, experience in medical-surgical nursing is required prior to
entering the critical care environment.
◉ Clinical Inquiry
SOLE FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL STUDY GUIDE
◉ resource person with specific expertise. Answer: Things to
Remember about ICU Beds:
■ Individual hospitals often have a ________________ in specialty beds.
◉ bed scales, specialty (ie, ceiling) lifts, and bariatric chairs. Answer:
Things to Remember about ICU Beds:
■ The increasing number of obese patients in the healthcare system
has led to the development of new technologies such as _________,
_________ and _________ for early mobilization of these patients.
◉ an intensivist physician,
a clinical pharmacist,
a dietician,
several respiratory therapists
bedside nurses, and
other health care providers such as clinical psychologists.. Answer:
ICU teams are typically composed of: (6)
,◉ intensivist. Answer: 1. The ____________, a physician with
specialized training in critical care medicine, is the leader of the
team and has ultimate responsibility for medical decision-making.
◉ TRUE. Answer: An extensive body of literature demonstrates that
the presence of an intensivist as team leader as opposed to a
physician without specialty critical care training, is associated with
lower mortality. TRUE OR FALSE
◉ Clinical pharmacists. Answer: 2. _______________ provide unique
expertise on drugs that are the cornerstone of ICU treatment.
◉ Dieticians provide. Answer: 3. ________________ unique expertise for
patients' nutritional needs, and must account for the problem that
feeding protocols are often contingent upon other therapies.
◉ Respiratory therapists. Answer: 4. ________________ typically oversee
the provision of mechanical ventilation, which is the central
supportive therapy for patients experiencing respiratory failure and
among the most common ICU treatment.
◉ Critical care nurses. Answer: 5. __________________ are responsible
for closely monitoring and reporting changes in patients' health and
wellbeing.
, ◉ assessing vital signs,
delivering drugs, and
monitoring for complications of therapy.. Answer: Nurses only care
for a subset of patients, typically no more than two at any one time.
Yet nurses are central members of the ICU team because they are
directly involved in nearly all ICU treatments, in that they are
responsible for ___________, ___________ and ___________.
◉ Clinical psychologists and other behavioral healthcare specialists.
Answer: 6. _____________ and ______________ play a unique role in that
they specifically address patients' psychological recovery and they
provide care for patients, families, and critical care providers.
◉ family members. Answer: NURSING ALERT!
In the modern ICU, _______________ are increasingly considered to be
part of the ICU team, especially when they take on the role of
surrogate decision makers for loved ones who are too ill to advocate
for themselves
◉ Critical Nurse Nursing. Answer: _________________ is highly technical
and is generally considered beyond the level of a new graduate.
often, experience in medical-surgical nursing is required prior to
entering the critical care environment.
◉ Clinical Inquiry
