Part 1: ECCO Global Perspectives in Critical Care
Key Concepts, Questions and Answers Study guide 2025
A colleague is causing workplace violence. Which is a group strategy that, if implemented, may manage the
situation? - ansOffer support to work colleagues and get their support.
A patient is being transferred to a lower level of care. Which resource should the nurse consider to ensure
patient needs can be met? - ansWhen transferring a patient to a lower level of care, consider the patient's
dependence of medical technology, as well as the technology and resource availability of the lower level of
care.
A patient with septic shock is admitted. The patient is sedated and unstable. Titration of pressors is required.
Which nurse characteristic is needed to care for this patient? - ansThe patient has a complex clinical situation
with septic shock, sedation, and titration of vasoppressors. Clinical judgement required for the nurse to provide
the needed care and optimal patient outcomes. There is no information provided that points to needs for
advocacy and moral agency, systems thinking, or facilitation of learning.
A postoperative trauma patient is admitted. Which family need has the highest priority at this time? The need:
- ans?
According to the IOM, which are core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice? - ansProvide
patient-centered care.
An older patient with no family is visited by close friends and a minister. The nurse observes the patient will
need help with medications at discharge. Which strategy should the nurse consider? - ansAsk the friends and
minister who might help the patient with medications.
In preparing to transport a critically ill patient, which primary task should the nurse perform? - ansDetermine
transport personnel needed based on monitoring and equipment.
Older adult patients are at risk of geriatric syndromes which prolong length of stay and can result in loss of
function. Which of the following should the nurse do to prevent geriatric syndromes? - ansAssess sleep
patterns and encourage daytime activity.
Key Concepts, Questions and Answers Study guide 2025
A colleague is causing workplace violence. Which is a group strategy that, if implemented, may manage the
situation? - ansOffer support to work colleagues and get their support.
A patient is being transferred to a lower level of care. Which resource should the nurse consider to ensure
patient needs can be met? - ansWhen transferring a patient to a lower level of care, consider the patient's
dependence of medical technology, as well as the technology and resource availability of the lower level of
care.
A patient with septic shock is admitted. The patient is sedated and unstable. Titration of pressors is required.
Which nurse characteristic is needed to care for this patient? - ansThe patient has a complex clinical situation
with septic shock, sedation, and titration of vasoppressors. Clinical judgement required for the nurse to provide
the needed care and optimal patient outcomes. There is no information provided that points to needs for
advocacy and moral agency, systems thinking, or facilitation of learning.
A postoperative trauma patient is admitted. Which family need has the highest priority at this time? The need:
- ans?
According to the IOM, which are core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice? - ansProvide
patient-centered care.
An older patient with no family is visited by close friends and a minister. The nurse observes the patient will
need help with medications at discharge. Which strategy should the nurse consider? - ansAsk the friends and
minister who might help the patient with medications.
In preparing to transport a critically ill patient, which primary task should the nurse perform? - ansDetermine
transport personnel needed based on monitoring and equipment.
Older adult patients are at risk of geriatric syndromes which prolong length of stay and can result in loss of
function. Which of the following should the nurse do to prevent geriatric syndromes? - ansAssess sleep
patterns and encourage daytime activity.
