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en: Critical Care Nursing, 10th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE +h
1. During World War II, what types of wards were developed to care for critically inju
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red patients? +h
a. Intensive care +h
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C + h
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients
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. Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
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hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive car
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e units.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: +h +h
p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
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Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
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hEnvironment
2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise a
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nd manages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses +h
b. Advanced practice nurses +h +h
c. Clinical nurse leaders +h +h
d. Intensivists
ANS: B + h
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their s
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pecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical pra
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ctitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct ca
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re providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: +h +h
p. 5 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
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Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
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hEnvironment
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and t
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hat safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse specialist +h +h
b. Advanced practice nurse +h +h
c. Registered nurses +h
d. Nurse practitioners +h
+h ANS: A + h
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