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CCRN/PPCN certification Exam AACN critical care exam 1 || || || || || || || ||
(part 1) ques5ions with verified detailed answers
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two main professional organizations that support critical care? which one best supports
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critical care nurses? - ✔✔Name the two organizations
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) || || || || ||
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
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Which one do you think best supports critical care nurses?
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) || || || || ||
dedicated to providing knowledge and resources to those caring for acutely and critically ill
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patients
AACN: mission? vision? values? - ✔✔Mission: focuses on assisting acute and critical care
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nurses to attain knowledge and influence to deliver excellence care
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Vision: supports creating a health care system driven by the needs of patients and families
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in which critical care nurses make their optimal contributions, which is described as
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synergy (mixture of nurse, system, and patient along with patient characteristics and nurse
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competencies)
Values: accountability, advocacy, integrity, collaboration, leadership, stewardship, lifelong
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learning, quality, innovation, and commitment || || || ||
what is the synergy model and how is it used in practice? - ✔✔The Synergy Model focuses
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on the extent to which nurses' competencies match patients' characteristics. The goal of
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Synergy Model nursing is to "restore the patient to an optimal level of wellness as defined by
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the patient and family
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certifications: CCRN? PCCN? ACCNS? ACNPC-AG? why are certifications important? - || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔CCRN → nurses who provide care for critically ill adult, pediatric, or neonatal
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populations
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PCCN → nurses who provide acute care in progressive care, telemetry, and similar units
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Once nurses achieve the CCRN or PCCN credential, they can be eligible to sit for additional
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subspeciality certification in cardiac medicine or cardiac surgery || || || || || || ||
ACCNS→ acute and critical care clinical nurse specialist || || || || || || ||
ACNPC-AG→ acute care nurse practitioners || || || ||
Why are certifications important?
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validates knowledge of critical care nursing, promotes professional excellence, and helps
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nurse to maintain a current knowledge base
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What 4 specific projects/organizations are in place to assist nurses in providing safe care? -
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✔✔The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
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National Patient Safety Goals→ by the Joint Commission || || || || || || ||
Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) || || || ||
rapid response teams/ medical emergency teams
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what does QSEN do? - ✔✔roadmap for integrating quality and safety principles into
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prelicensure nursing education || ||
six core competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based
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practice, quality improvement, informatics, and safety
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What do national patient safety goals do? - ✔✔reduce medical errors and promote an
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environment that facilitates safe practices || || || ||
reduce infections ||
ex. improve accuracy of patient identification, improve communication among health care
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providers, improve medication safety, use alarms safely, reduce risk of healthcare-
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associated infections, identify safety risk, and prevent complications associated with surgery
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and procedures
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CCRN/PPCN certification Exam AACN critical care exam 1 || || || || || || || ||
(part 1) ques5ions with verified detailed answers
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two main professional organizations that support critical care? which one best supports
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
critical care nurses? - ✔✔Name the two organizations
|| || || || || || ||
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) || || || || ||
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
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Which one do you think best supports critical care nurses?
|| || || || || || || || ||
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) || || || || ||
dedicated to providing knowledge and resources to those caring for acutely and critically ill
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
patients
AACN: mission? vision? values? - ✔✔Mission: focuses on assisting acute and critical care
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
nurses to attain knowledge and influence to deliver excellence care
|| || || || || || || || ||
Vision: supports creating a health care system driven by the needs of patients and families
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
in which critical care nurses make their optimal contributions, which is described as
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
synergy (mixture of nurse, system, and patient along with patient characteristics and nurse
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
competencies)
Values: accountability, advocacy, integrity, collaboration, leadership, stewardship, lifelong
|| || || || || || || ||
learning, quality, innovation, and commitment || || || ||
what is the synergy model and how is it used in practice? - ✔✔The Synergy Model focuses
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
on the extent to which nurses' competencies match patients' characteristics. The goal of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Synergy Model nursing is to "restore the patient to an optimal level of wellness as defined by
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the patient and family
|| || || ||
certifications: CCRN? PCCN? ACCNS? ACNPC-AG? why are certifications important? - || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔CCRN → nurses who provide care for critically ill adult, pediatric, or neonatal
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
populations
, 2
PCCN → nurses who provide acute care in progressive care, telemetry, and similar units
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Once nurses achieve the CCRN or PCCN credential, they can be eligible to sit for additional
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
subspeciality certification in cardiac medicine or cardiac surgery || || || || || || ||
ACCNS→ acute and critical care clinical nurse specialist || || || || || || ||
ACNPC-AG→ acute care nurse practitioners || || || ||
Why are certifications important?
|| || ||
validates knowledge of critical care nursing, promotes professional excellence, and helps
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
nurse to maintain a current knowledge base
|| || || || || ||
What 4 specific projects/organizations are in place to assist nurses in providing safe care? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
|| || || || || || ||
National Patient Safety Goals→ by the Joint Commission || || || || || || ||
Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) || || || ||
rapid response teams/ medical emergency teams
|| || || || ||
what does QSEN do? - ✔✔roadmap for integrating quality and safety principles into
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
prelicensure nursing education || ||
six core competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based
|| || || || || || || || ||
practice, quality improvement, informatics, and safety
|| || || || ||
What do national patient safety goals do? - ✔✔reduce medical errors and promote an
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
environment that facilitates safe practices || || || ||
reduce infections ||
ex. improve accuracy of patient identification, improve communication among health care
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
providers, improve medication safety, use alarms safely, reduce risk of healthcare-
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
associated infections, identify safety risk, and prevent complications associated with surgery
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and procedures
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