CRITICAL CARE NURSING 9TH EDITION
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is the highest priority intervention in critical care?
Answer: Maintenance of a patent airway and adequate ventilation
(ABC).
◉ What distinguishes critical care nursing from other nursing fields?
Answer: It focuses on the utmost care of critically ill or unstable
patients following extensive injury, surgery, or life-threatening
diseases.
◉ What is the primary survey in the assessment of critically ill
clients?
Answer: An initial assessment of the client's ABC (Airway, Breathing,
Circulation).
◉ What does the acronym SAMPLE stand for in comprehensive
history taking?
Answer: Signs and symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Persistent past
history, Last intake and output, Events leading to present
illness/injury.
, ◉ What is the role of clinical judgment in critical care nursing?
Answer: It includes clinical decision making, critical thinking, and a
global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills.
◉ What is the importance of advocacy in critical care nursing?
Answer: It involves working on another's behalf and representing
the concerns of the patient, family, and community.
◉ What is the significance of collaboration in critical care nursing?
Answer: It promotes and encourages contributions toward achieving
optimal and realistic patient goals.
◉ What is the purpose of systems thinking in critical care nursing?
Answer: To appreciate the holistic interrelationship that exists
within and across the healthcare system.
◉ What are the core competencies for critical care nurses?
Answer: Clinical judgment, advocacy/moral agency, caring practices,
collaboration, systems thinking, response to diversity, clinical
inquiry, and facilitator of learning.
◉ What is the role of the critical care nurse in managing patient
anxiety?
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is the highest priority intervention in critical care?
Answer: Maintenance of a patent airway and adequate ventilation
(ABC).
◉ What distinguishes critical care nursing from other nursing fields?
Answer: It focuses on the utmost care of critically ill or unstable
patients following extensive injury, surgery, or life-threatening
diseases.
◉ What is the primary survey in the assessment of critically ill
clients?
Answer: An initial assessment of the client's ABC (Airway, Breathing,
Circulation).
◉ What does the acronym SAMPLE stand for in comprehensive
history taking?
Answer: Signs and symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Persistent past
history, Last intake and output, Events leading to present
illness/injury.
, ◉ What is the role of clinical judgment in critical care nursing?
Answer: It includes clinical decision making, critical thinking, and a
global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills.
◉ What is the importance of advocacy in critical care nursing?
Answer: It involves working on another's behalf and representing
the concerns of the patient, family, and community.
◉ What is the significance of collaboration in critical care nursing?
Answer: It promotes and encourages contributions toward achieving
optimal and realistic patient goals.
◉ What is the purpose of systems thinking in critical care nursing?
Answer: To appreciate the holistic interrelationship that exists
within and across the healthcare system.
◉ What are the core competencies for critical care nurses?
Answer: Clinical judgment, advocacy/moral agency, caring practices,
collaboration, systems thinking, response to diversity, clinical
inquiry, and facilitator of learning.
◉ What is the role of the critical care nurse in managing patient
anxiety?
