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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 vv vv
UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations vv vv vv
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management vv vv vv
6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management vv vv vv
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UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures vv vv vv vv vv
11. Cardiovascular Disorders vv
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management vv vv
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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14. Pulmonary Disorders vv
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management vv vv
UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures vv vv vv vv vv
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management vv vv vv vv
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 vv vv vv vv vv
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management vv vv vv vv
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
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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 vv vv vv
,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
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critically injured patients?
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a. Intensive care vv
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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vTriage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
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vhospital. 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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a. Registered nurses vv
b. Advanced practice nurses vv vv
c. Clinical nurse leaders vv vv
d. Intensivists
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their
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specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
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v practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally
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direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system
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issues.
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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 based
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and
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a. Clinical nurse vv
specialist b.
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Advanced practice
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nurse c.
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d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A vv
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
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v 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
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nurses (APNs)have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area
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and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct
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care providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of
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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
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for registered nurses?
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a. State Board of Registered Nurses vv vv vv vv
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist vv vv vv vv vv
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine vv vv vv vv
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses vv vv vv vv
ANS: D vv
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
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v registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer
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certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not
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v administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not
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v 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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Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit
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are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology
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of care?
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a. Holistic care vv
b. Individualized care vv
c. Cultural care vv
d. Interdisciplinary care v
ANS: A vv
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
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interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
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v patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural
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diversityin
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the world becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and
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interfaces with places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of
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health care professionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
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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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