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Strengthen critical care nursing expertise with Priorities in Critical Care Nursing 9th Edition by Linda D. Urden and Kathleen M., featuring a comprehensive test bank with solution covering hemodynamic monitoring, respiratory failure, shock management, cardiac care, and ICU prioritization strategies. This resource provides exam-style questions, detailed rationales, and structured practice designed to enhance clinical judgment, rapid decision-making, and exam performance. Ideal for nursing students and critical care practitioners preparing for ICU exams and advanced clinical assessments.

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Test Bank
Priorities In Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition, Linda D. Urden: Kathleen M. Stacy
Chapters 1 – 27

TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
3. Facilitating Care Transitions

UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
6. The Older Adult
7. Pain and Pain Management
8. Sedation and Delirium Management
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9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care

UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
11. Cardiovascular Disorders
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management

UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
14. Pulmonary Disorders
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management

UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
24. Trauma
25. Burns
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies




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Linda
Linda
D.D.D.
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Urden,
Kathleen
Kathleen
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M.
M.M.
Stacy,
Stacy,
Stacy,
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Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th

MULTIPLE
CHOICE

1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically
injured patients?
a. Intensive care
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients.
Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care
units.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 1
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment

2. 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 REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment

3. 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




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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 REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment

4. 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
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 REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment

5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit
are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of
care?
a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care
ANS: A
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. Cultural diversity in
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world
becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with
places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals
with the patient’s health as the common goal.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment




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6. 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 REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment

7. 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 REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment

8. Prayer, guided imagery, and massage are all 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. Spirituality, prayer, 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 andpsychosocial status.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: p. 4




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