Test bank for Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition by Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, and Mary E. Lough ISBN: 9780323809818 All Chapters Latest Edition Grade A+

,Chapter 01priorities in Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden:
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Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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HOICE

1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically injure
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d patients?
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b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative

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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients.
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Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a ho
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spital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care u
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nits.

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e and Effective Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise an
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d manages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses Ri


b. Advanced practice nurses Ri Ri


c. Clinical nurse leaders Ri Ri


d. Intensivists

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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in thei
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r specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medic
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al practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generall
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y direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system i
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ssues.

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e and Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based an
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d that safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse specialist b. Advanced practice nurse c.
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d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A R i

, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
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research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that c
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are is evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (
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APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and mana
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ge complex clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care provi
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ders. Nurse practitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams fo
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r registered nurses?
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d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Ri Ri Ri Ri




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Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State B
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oard of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer certification exams. National As
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sociation of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams
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. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification ex
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ams for registered nurses.
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e and Effective Care Environment
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit a
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re interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of car
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e?
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ANS: A R i


Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are i
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nterdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each pati
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ent’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversity in
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health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world bec
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omes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with pla
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ces and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professional
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s with the patient’s health as the common goal.
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