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TEST BANK
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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 2p 2p




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
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UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
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5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
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6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management
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9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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11. Cardiovascular Disorders
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12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
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UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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14. Pulmonary Disorders
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15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
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UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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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
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21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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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
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25. Burns
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26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
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,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
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Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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CHOICE

1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyi
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njured patients? 2p


a. Intensive care 2p


b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. T
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riage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospit
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al. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
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REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A 2p 2p 2p 2 p 2p 2p 2p


TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a 2p 2p 2p 2p p
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nd Effective Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and
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manages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses 2p


b. Advanced practice nurses 2p 2p


c. Clinical nurse leaders 2p 2p


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 pra
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ctitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct c
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are providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: 2p2p2 p 1
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TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a 2p 2p 2p 2p p
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based andt
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hat safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse spec 2p 2p


ialist b. Advancedpract
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ice nurse c.
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Registered nurses 2p


d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A 2p

, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, res
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earch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis ev
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idence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs)have
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a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex cl
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inical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepra
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ctitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a 2p 2p 2p 2p p
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forre
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a. State Board of Registered Nurses
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c. Society of Critical Care Medicine 2p 2p 2p 2p


d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2p 2p 2p 2p




ANS: D 2p


American Association of Critical- 2p 2p 2p


Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Boa
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rd of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Associ
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ation of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Soci
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ety of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for
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registered nurses.
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TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a 2p 2p 2p 2p p
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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 of c
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are?
a. Holistic care 2p


b. Individualized care 2p


c. Cultural care 2p


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ANS: A 2p


Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are inte
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rdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s
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preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin
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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 withplac
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es and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals w
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ith the patient’s health as the common goal.
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TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a 2p 2p 2p 2p p
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nd Effective Care Environment
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