NCM 118 PRELIM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
A critical care nurse is a nurse who works with patients with_______ medical problems
a. mild
b. life-thretening
c.typical
d. multiple - answer b. life-thretening
Critical care nurses can improve their quality of care by____
a. patients
b. reviewinf patient's care plans
c. reviewing research evidence
d. all of the above - answer d. all of the above
In order to to practice safely and effectively, critical care nurses never stop
a. Caring
b. Practicing
c. Learning
d. Leading - answer c. Learning
What is the main purpose of certification for critical care nursing?
a. to assure the consumer that critical care nurses will not make a mistake
b. to help prepare the critical care nurse for graduate school
c. to assist in promoting more clients in a facility
d. to validate a nurse's knowledge of critical care nursing - answer d. to validate a
nurse's knowledge of critical care nursing
The family of your critically ill patient tells yoy that they have not spoken with the
, physician for over 24 hours and they have some questions that they want to be clarifies.
During morning rounds, you convey thic concern to the attending intensivist and
arrange for her to meet with their family at 4:00 pm in the conference room. Which
competency of critical care nursing does this represent
a. advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues
b. clinical judgement and clinic reasoning
c. collaboration with patients, families and team member
d. facilitation of learninf for patienrs, families and team members - answer c.
collaboration with patients, families and team members
The association of nurse's standards for acute and critical care nursing practice uses
what framework to guide critical care nursing practice?
a. healthy work environment
b. national patient safety goals
c. evidence- based practice
d. Nursing process - answer d. nursing process
The family members of a critically ill, 90 year old patient bring in a copy of the patient's
living will to the hospital, which identifies the patient's whishes regarding health care.
The nurse discuses the contents of living will with the patient's physician. This is an
example of the implementation of which of the critical care nurses' standards of
professional performance?
a. Acquires and maintains current knowledge of practice
b. acts ethically on the behalf of the patient and family
c. considers factors related to safe patient care
d. uses clinical inquiry and integrates research findings in practice - answer b. acts
ethically on the behalf of the patient and family
which of the following assists the critical care nurse in ensuring that care is appropriate
and based on research?
a. clinical practice guidelines
b. computerized physician order entry
c. consulting witj advanced- practice nurses
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
A critical care nurse is a nurse who works with patients with_______ medical problems
a. mild
b. life-thretening
c.typical
d. multiple - answer b. life-thretening
Critical care nurses can improve their quality of care by____
a. patients
b. reviewinf patient's care plans
c. reviewing research evidence
d. all of the above - answer d. all of the above
In order to to practice safely and effectively, critical care nurses never stop
a. Caring
b. Practicing
c. Learning
d. Leading - answer c. Learning
What is the main purpose of certification for critical care nursing?
a. to assure the consumer that critical care nurses will not make a mistake
b. to help prepare the critical care nurse for graduate school
c. to assist in promoting more clients in a facility
d. to validate a nurse's knowledge of critical care nursing - answer d. to validate a
nurse's knowledge of critical care nursing
The family of your critically ill patient tells yoy that they have not spoken with the
, physician for over 24 hours and they have some questions that they want to be clarifies.
During morning rounds, you convey thic concern to the attending intensivist and
arrange for her to meet with their family at 4:00 pm in the conference room. Which
competency of critical care nursing does this represent
a. advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues
b. clinical judgement and clinic reasoning
c. collaboration with patients, families and team member
d. facilitation of learninf for patienrs, families and team members - answer c.
collaboration with patients, families and team members
The association of nurse's standards for acute and critical care nursing practice uses
what framework to guide critical care nursing practice?
a. healthy work environment
b. national patient safety goals
c. evidence- based practice
d. Nursing process - answer d. nursing process
The family members of a critically ill, 90 year old patient bring in a copy of the patient's
living will to the hospital, which identifies the patient's whishes regarding health care.
The nurse discuses the contents of living will with the patient's physician. This is an
example of the implementation of which of the critical care nurses' standards of
professional performance?
a. Acquires and maintains current knowledge of practice
b. acts ethically on the behalf of the patient and family
c. considers factors related to safe patient care
d. uses clinical inquiry and integrates research findings in practice - answer b. acts
ethically on the behalf of the patient and family
which of the following assists the critical care nurse in ensuring that care is appropriate
and based on research?
a. clinical practice guidelines
b. computerized physician order entry
c. consulting witj advanced- practice nurses
