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Prioritiesin Critical Care Nursing,9th Edition,
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Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
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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
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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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MULTIPLE
CHOICE
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1. DuringWorldWarII, what typeofwards weredeveloped to careforcriticallyinjured
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patients?
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a. Intensivecare c
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C c
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Triage
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wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital. Postoperative
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wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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Safe and Effective CareEnvironment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise andmanages
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complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses c
b. Advanced practice nurses c c
c. Clinical nurseleaders c c
d. Intensivists
ANS: B c
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirspecialty
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area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical practitioners who
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manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care providers. Clinical
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nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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cNursingProcess Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX:
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Safe and Effective CareEnvironment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence basedandthat safety
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programs are inplace?
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a. Clinical nurse c
specialist b. Advanced
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practice nurse c.
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Registerednurses c
d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A c
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, research,
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leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evidence based
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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 clinical and
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systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepractitioners (NPs)
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manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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PTS: 1 cc DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
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cregistered nurses? c
a. State Board of Registered Nurses c c c c
b. National Association of Clinical NurseSpecialist c c c c c
c. Societyof Critical CareMedicine c c c c
d. American Association of Critical-CareNurses c c c c
ANS: D c
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
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registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification
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exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer
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certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing
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certification exams forregistered nurses.
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PTS: 1 cc DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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5. Emphasis is on human integrityand stresses the theorythat the body,mind, and spiritare
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a. Holisticcare c
b. Individualized care c
c. Cultural care c
d. Interdisciplinarycare c
ANS: A c
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 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 becomes more
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accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces and peoples.
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Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the patient’s health as
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the common goal.
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PTS: 1 cc DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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Safe and Effective CareEnvironment
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