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Test Bank for Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, 12th Edition by Patricia Gonce Morton & Paul A. Thurman – All Chapters 1–56 (2025/2026 NGN & CCRN-Aligned Edition)

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Companion test bank for Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, 12th Edition, edited by Patricia Gonce Morton and Paul A. Thurman This comprehensive resource covers all 56 chapters organized into 12 parts: The Concept of Holism Applied to Critical Care Nursing Practice; Special Populations in Critical Care; Special Situations in Critical Care; Cardiovascular System; Respiratory System; Renal System; Nervous System; Gastrointestinal System; Endocrine System; Hematologic and Immune Systems; Integumentary System; and Multisystem Dysfunction The test bank includes over 340 pages of verified exam-style questions—multiple-choice, select-all-that-apply (SATA), prioritization, and case-based clinical scenarios—with detailed rationales explaining the reasoning behind each correct answer Key topics include critical care nursing practice and AACN Standards of Professional Performance, certification value and benefits, evidence-based practice (PubMed searches, meta-analyses of RCTs), healthy work environment components (true collaboration, skilled communication, meaningful recognition, appropriate staffing), patient and family experience with critical illness, pain management and comfort, palliative and end-of-life care, ethical and legal issues, special populations (pediatric, pregnant, older adult, postanesthesia), rapid response teams and transport, disaster management, cardiovascular assessment and management (dysrhythmias, heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, cardiac surgery), respiratory disorders (ARDS), acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease, neurologic disorders (TBI, spinal cord injury), gastrointestinal disorders, endocrine disorders, hematologic and immune disorders, burns, shock/SIRS/MODS, trauma, and drug overdose/poisoning The 12th Edition is streamlined to include the most recent information and provides the theory and application knowledge necessary to prepare for the highly specialized and complicated technical world of critical care nursing Designed for nursing students, critical care educators, and professionals preparing for CCRN certification and NCLEX-RN licensure Edition Details: Authors: Patricia Gonce Morton, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN; Paul A. Thurman, PhD, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC, CCRN (Editors) Edition: Twelfth Edition (North American) Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) Publication Year: 2024 (published January 31, 2023) ISBN-10: 1975174453 ISBN-13: 9781975174453 (hardcover); 9781975174460 (eBook) Pages: xxvii, 1,099 (textbook); Test bank: 340

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Test Bank For Critical Care Nursing- A Holistic Approach
12th Edition Morton Fontaine
Chapters 1 - 56

,Table of Contents

Part 1 The Concept of Holism Applied to Critical Care Nursing Practice

Chapter 1. Critical Care Nursing Practice: Promoting Excellence Through Caring, Collaboration, and Evidence

Chapter 2. The Patient’s Experience With Critical Illness

Chapter 3. The Family’s Experience With Critical Illness

Chapter 4. Patient and Family Education in Critical Care

Chapter 5. Relieving Pain and Providing Comfort

Chapter 6. Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues in Critical Care

Part 2 Professional Practice Issues in Critical Care

Chapter 7. Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing

Chapter 8. Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing

Chapter 9. Building a Professional Practice Model for Excellence in Critical Care Nursing

Part 3 Special Populations in Critical Care

Chapter 10. The Critically Ill Pediatric Patient

Chapter 11. The Critically Ill Pregnant Woman

Chapter 12. The Critically Ill Older Patient

Chapter 13. The Postanesthesia Patient

Part 4 Special Situations in Critical Care

Chapter 14. Rapid Response Teams and Transport of the Critically Ill Patient

Chapter 15. Disaster Management: Implications for the Critical Care Nurse

Part 5 Cardiovascular System

Chapter 16. Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System

Chapter 17. Patient Assessment: Cardiovascular System

Chapter 18. Patient Management: Cardiovascular System

Chapter 19. Common Cardiovascular Disorders

Chapter 20. Heart Failure

Chapter 21. Acute Myocardial Infarction

Chapter 22. Cardiac Surgery

Part 6 Respiratory System

Chapter 23. Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System

Chapter 24. Patient Assessment: Respiratory System

,Chapter 25. Patient Management: Respiratory System

Chapter 26. Common Respiratory Disorders

Chapter 27. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Part 7 Renal System

Chapter 28. Anatomy and Physiology of the Renal System

Chapter 29. Patient Assessment: Renal System

Chapter 30. Patient Management: Renal System

Chapter 31. Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease

Part 8 Nervous System

Chapter 32. Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System

Chapter 33. Patient Assessment: Nervous System

Chapter 34. Patient Management: Nervous System

Chapter 35. Common Neurosurgical and Neurological Disorders

Chapter 36. Traumatic Brain Injury

Chapter 37. Spinal Cord Injury

Part 9 Gastrointestinal System

Chapter 38. Anatomy and Physiology of the Gastrointestinal System

Chapter 39. Patient Assessment: Gastrointestinal System

Chapter 40. Patient Management: Gastrointestinal System

Chapter 41. Common Gastrointestinal Disorders

Part 10 Endocrine System

Chapter 42. Anatomy and Physiology of the Endocrine System

Chapter 43. Patient Assessment: Endocrine System

Chapter 44. Common Endocrine Disorders

Part 11 Hematological and Immune Systems

Chapter 45. Anatomy and Physiology of the Hematological and Immune Systems

Chapter 46. Patient Assessment: Hematological and Immune Systems

Chapter 47. Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Chapter 48. Common Immunological Disorders

Chapter 49. Common Hematological Disorders

Part 12 Integumentary System

, Chapter 50. Anatomy and Physiology of the Integumentary System

Chapter 51. Patient Assessment: Integumentary System

Chapter 52. Patient Management: Integumentary System

Chapter 53. Burns and Common Integumentary Disorders

Part 13 Multisystem Dysfunction

Chapter 54. Shock, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Chapter 55. Trauma

Chapter 56. Drug Overdose and Poisoning

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