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This is a comprehensive, publisher-verified Test Bank for Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition by Linda D. Urden (Elsevier, 2020), covering all 27 chapters of the textbook in full. The test bank addresses the complete spectrum of critical care nursing practice, beginning with foundational topics such as caring for the critically ill patient, ethical and legal issues, patient and family education, psychosocial alterations, nutritional support, and gerontologic considerations, before advancing into core clinical areas including pain management, sedation and delirium, and end-of-life care. Clinical system-based chapters cover cardiovascular assessment, disorders, and therapeutic management; pulmonary clinical assessment, disorders, and therapeutic management; neurologic assessment and disorders; kidney clinical assessment and disorders; gastrointestinal clinical assessment and disorders; and endocrine clinical assessment and disorders. The test bank also covers high-acuity specialty topics including trauma, burns, shock and sepsis, and hematologic disorders. Each question includes the correct answer with detailed rationale-based feedback, cognitive level classification, nursing process step, NCLEX client needs category, and topic tags — making this an essential resource for critical care nursing students, CCRN exam candidates, and faculty developing course assessments.

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Chapter 01: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
Urden: Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and manages
complex clinical and system issues?
a. Registered nurses
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Clinical nurse leaders
d. Intensivists

ANS: B

Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their
specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct
care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care

2. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and that safety
programs are in place?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Advanced practice nurse
c. Registered nurses
d. Nurse practitioners

ANS: A

Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care is
evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have
a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clinical
and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse practitioners
(NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care

3. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for registered
nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine




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d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

ANS:D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer
certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not
administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not
administer nursing certification exams for registered nurses.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care

4. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has developed short directives
that can be used as quick references for clinical use that are known as:
a. critical care protocol.
b. practice policies.
c. evidence-based research.
d. practice alerts.


ANS: D
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has promulgated several
evidence-based practice summaries in the form of “practice alerts.” Evidence-based nursing
practice considers the best research evidence on the care topic along with clinical expertise of
the nurse and patient preferences. Critical care protocol and practice policies are established
by individual institutions.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning

TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
Environment: Coordinated Care




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5. What type of therapy is an option to conventional treatment?
a. Alternative
b. Holistic
c. Complementary
d. Individualized
ANS: A
The term alternative denotes that a specific therapy is an option or alternative to what is
considered conventional treatment of a condition or state. The term complementary was
proposed to describe therapies that can be used to complement or support conventional
treatments. Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and
spirit are interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of
each patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation
TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort

6. Guided imagery and massage are both examples of what type of treatment?
a. Alternative therapy
b. Holistic care
c. Complementary care
d. Individualized care
ANS: C
The term complementary was proposed to describe therapies that can be used to complement
or support conventional treatments. Guided imagery, massage, and animal-assisted therapy
are all examples of complementary care. The term alternative denotes that a specific therapy
is an option or alternative to what is considered conventional treatment of a condition or state.
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation
TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort

7. A patient was admitted to a rural critical care unit in Montana. Critical care nurses are
assisting with monitoring and care of the patient from the closest major city. What is this
type of practice termed?
a. Tele-nursing
b. Tele-ICU
c. Tele-informatics
d. Tele-hospital
ANS: B
Tele-ICU is a form of telemedicine. Telemedicine was initially used in outpatient areas,
remote rural geographic locations, and areas where there was a dearth of medical
providers. Currently, there are tele-ICUs in areas where there are limited resources on-
site. However, experts (critical care nurses, intensivists) are located in a central distant




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