NCMB 418 - Prelim Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Critical Care Nursing - ANSWER is the delivery of specialised care to critically ill
clients
Critical care nurses - ANSWER are responsible for making sure that critically ill
patients and members of their families receive close attention and the best care
possible
Critical care nurses need to - ANSWER ACT (advocate, critical thinker and team
player)
Critical Care Nursing - ANSWER APIE
Assessment - ANSWER constant assessment of patient and equipment
Planning - ANSWER considerations: physiological and psychological
Implementation - ANSWER interventions to existing and potential problems
Evaluation - ANSWER patient's response to intervention
Multi disciplinary teams - ANSWER critical care nurses often collaborate with
multidisciplinary teams to meet the diverse needs of individual patients
Wound ostomy continence nurse - ANSWER Skin integrity, bowel and bladder
Occupational therapist - ANSWER Assess activities of daily living
Patient care technician - ANSWER Direct patient care: bathes the patient, vital
signs and transportation
Physical therapist - ANSWER Mobility and functional ability
Occupational therapist - ANSWER Assess activities of daily living
The doctor - ANSWER Cardiologist, neurologist and pulmonologist
, Rapid response team - ANSWER was identified as an evidence-based, lifesaving
strategy that would improve patient outcomes by preventing avoidable patient
deaths outside the critical care areas
Rapid response team members - ANSWER Doctor, critical care nurse and
respiratory therapist
SBAR - ANSWER a communication tool for ensuring that the right information
gets to the right person in the most clear, concise, and effective way
Situation - ANSWER What is going on?
Background - ANSWER What has happened? (In the past related to situation)
Assessment - ANSWER What do you think? (Is happening)
Recommendation - ANSWER What do you think? (Needs to be done)
Critical assessment process - ANSWER Pre arrival, admission quick check,
comprehensive admission and on going admission
Pre arrival - ANSWER patieNT and environmeNT
fluid, respiratory and cardio (FRC)
Admission quick check - ANSWER airway, breathing, circulation, cerebral
perfusion, chief complaint, drugs, diagnostics and equipment (ABCDE)
Comprehensive admission - ANSWER past medical history, social history,
psychological, spiritual, physical assessment and critical care nursing
assessment form (PSPSPA)
On going admission - ANSWER abbreviated version of comprehensive admission
done by critical care nurses at varying intervals
Stability - ANSWER ability to maintain equilibrium
Complexity - ANSWER entanglement of 2 or more systems
Predictability - ANSWER expectations on a certain course of events
Vulnerability - ANSWER susceptibility to actual or potential stressors
Resiliency - ANSWER capacity to return to a restorative level of functioning
Basic Life Support (BLS) - ANSWER for unconscious clients
With Correct Answers
Critical Care Nursing - ANSWER is the delivery of specialised care to critically ill
clients
Critical care nurses - ANSWER are responsible for making sure that critically ill
patients and members of their families receive close attention and the best care
possible
Critical care nurses need to - ANSWER ACT (advocate, critical thinker and team
player)
Critical Care Nursing - ANSWER APIE
Assessment - ANSWER constant assessment of patient and equipment
Planning - ANSWER considerations: physiological and psychological
Implementation - ANSWER interventions to existing and potential problems
Evaluation - ANSWER patient's response to intervention
Multi disciplinary teams - ANSWER critical care nurses often collaborate with
multidisciplinary teams to meet the diverse needs of individual patients
Wound ostomy continence nurse - ANSWER Skin integrity, bowel and bladder
Occupational therapist - ANSWER Assess activities of daily living
Patient care technician - ANSWER Direct patient care: bathes the patient, vital
signs and transportation
Physical therapist - ANSWER Mobility and functional ability
Occupational therapist - ANSWER Assess activities of daily living
The doctor - ANSWER Cardiologist, neurologist and pulmonologist
, Rapid response team - ANSWER was identified as an evidence-based, lifesaving
strategy that would improve patient outcomes by preventing avoidable patient
deaths outside the critical care areas
Rapid response team members - ANSWER Doctor, critical care nurse and
respiratory therapist
SBAR - ANSWER a communication tool for ensuring that the right information
gets to the right person in the most clear, concise, and effective way
Situation - ANSWER What is going on?
Background - ANSWER What has happened? (In the past related to situation)
Assessment - ANSWER What do you think? (Is happening)
Recommendation - ANSWER What do you think? (Needs to be done)
Critical assessment process - ANSWER Pre arrival, admission quick check,
comprehensive admission and on going admission
Pre arrival - ANSWER patieNT and environmeNT
fluid, respiratory and cardio (FRC)
Admission quick check - ANSWER airway, breathing, circulation, cerebral
perfusion, chief complaint, drugs, diagnostics and equipment (ABCDE)
Comprehensive admission - ANSWER past medical history, social history,
psychological, spiritual, physical assessment and critical care nursing
assessment form (PSPSPA)
On going admission - ANSWER abbreviated version of comprehensive admission
done by critical care nurses at varying intervals
Stability - ANSWER ability to maintain equilibrium
Complexity - ANSWER entanglement of 2 or more systems
Predictability - ANSWER expectations on a certain course of events
Vulnerability - ANSWER susceptibility to actual or potential stressors
Resiliency - ANSWER capacity to return to a restorative level of functioning
Basic Life Support (BLS) - ANSWER for unconscious clients
