Ncm 118 Prelim Exam Questions With Correct Answers

NCM 118 PRELIM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS

A critical care nurse is a nurse who works with patients with_______ medical
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problems


a. mild
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b. life-thretening
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c.typical
d. multiple - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. life-thretening
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Critical care nurses can improve their quality of care by____
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a. patients
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b. reviewinf patient's care plans
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c. reviewing research evidence
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d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. all of the above
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In order to to practice safely and effectively, critical care nurses never stop
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a. Caring
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b. Practicing
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c. Learning
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d. Leading - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Learning
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,What is the main purpose of certification for critical care nursing?
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a. to assure the consumer that critical care nurses will not make a mistake
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b. to help prepare the critical care nurse for graduate school
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c. to assist in promoting more clients in a facility
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d. to validate a nurse's knowledge of critical care nursing - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-d. to validate a nurse's knowledge of critical care nursing
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The family of your critically ill patient tells yoy that they have not spoken with the
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|physician for over 24 hours and they have some questions that they want to be
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clarifies. During morning rounds, you convey thic concern to the attending
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intensivist and arrange for her to meet with their family at 4:00 pm in the
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conference room. Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent
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a. advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues
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b. clinical judgement and clinic reasoning
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c. collaboration with patients, families and team member
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d. facilitation of learninf for patienrs, families and team members - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. collaboration with patients, families and team members
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The association of nurse's standards for acute and critical care nursing practice
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uses what framework to guide critical care nursing practice?
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a. healthy work environment
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, b. national patient safety goals
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c. evidence- based practice
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d. Nursing process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. nursing process
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The family members of a critically ill, 90 year old patient bring in a copy of the
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patient's living will to the hospital, which identifies the patient's whishes
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regarding health care. The nurse discuses the contents of living will with the
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patient's physician. This is an example of the implementation of which of the
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critical care nurses' standards of professional performance?
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a. Acquires and maintains current knowledge of practice
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b. acts ethically on the behalf of the patient and family
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c. considers factors related to safe patient care
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d. uses clinical inquiry and integrates research findings in practice - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. acts ethically on the behalf of the patient and family
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which of the following assists the critical care nurse in ensuring that care is
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appropriate and based on research? | | | |




a. clinical practice guidelines
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b. computerized physician order entry
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c. consulting witj advanced- practice nurses
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d. implementing national patient safety goals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. clinical
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practice guidelines |