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Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
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Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
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1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
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2. Ethical and Legal Issues
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3. Facilitating Care Transitions mn mn
UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations mn mn mn
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management mn mn mn
6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management mn mn mn
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care mn mn mn
UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures mn mn mn mn mn
11. Cardiovascular Disorders mn
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management mn mn
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Proceduresmn mn mn mn mn
14. Pulmonary Disorders mn
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management mn mn
UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures mn mn mn mn mn
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management mn mn mn mn
UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
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18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
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20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures mn mn mn mn mn
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management mn mn mn mn
UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
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22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management mn mn mn mn
UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
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24. Trauma
25. Burns
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies mn mn mn
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden:
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Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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MULTIPLE
CHOICE
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1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically
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injured patients?
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a. Intensive care mn
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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mTriage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
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mhospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive
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care units.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise
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and manages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses mn
b. Advanced practice nurses mn mn
c. Clinical nurse leaders mn mn
d. Intensivists
ANS: B mn
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their
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mspecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
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m practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct
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m care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence basedand
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that safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse mn
specialist b.
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Advanced practice
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nurse c.
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ANS: A mn
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
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m research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that
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careis 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
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manage complex clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care
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providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
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b. National Association of Clinical NurseSpecialist mn mn mn mn mn
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine mn mn mn mn
d. American Association of Critical-CareNurses mn mn mn mn
ANS: D mn
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m registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer
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mcertification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not
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m administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not
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m administer nursing certification exams for registered nurses.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit
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ANS: A mn
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minterdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
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m patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural
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diversityin
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world becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces
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with places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care
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professionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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