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Chapter 02: Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience
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Chapter 03: Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 04: Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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Chapter 05: Comfort and Sedation
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Chapter 06: Nutritional Therapy
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Chapter 07: Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management
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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 13: Cardiovascular Alterations
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Chapter 15: Acute Respiratory Failure
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Chapter 16: Acute Kidney Injury
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Chapter 17: Hematological and Immune Disorders
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multiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4
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OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical care practice.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 5 | Fig. 1-3
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OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
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TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 9
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Chapter 04: Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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Chapter 05: Comfort and Sedation
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Chapter 06: Nutritional Therapy
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Chapter 07: Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management
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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 13: Cardiovascular Alterations
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Chapter 15: Acute Respiratory Failure
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Chapter 16: Acute Kidney Injury
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Chapter 17: Hematological and Immune Disorders
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Chapter 19: Endocrine Alterations
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4
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care nursing practice?
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d. Nursing process F T L
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The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice delineate the nursing process as applied to
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F implement interventions, and evaluate care. AACN promotes a healthy work environment, but this is not
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F included in the Standards. The Joint Commission has established National Patient Safety
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FGoals, but these are not the AACN Standards.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 5 | Box 1-2
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OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
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TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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7. The charge nurse is responsible for making the patient assignments on the critical care unit. She assigns the
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F experienced, certified nurse to care for the acutely ill patient with sepsis who also requires continuous renal
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F replacement therapy and mechanical ventilation. She assigns the nurse with less than 1 year
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F of experience to two patients who are more stable. This assignment reflects implementation
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