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Test bank for Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition by Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, and Mary E. Lough ISBN: 9780323809818 All Chapters Latest Edition Grade A+

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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 v8 v8




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 v8


CHOICE

1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyi
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njured patients? v8


a. Intensive care v8


b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C v8


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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PTS: v8v8v 8 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering v8 v8


REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A v8 v8 v8 v 8 v8 v8 v8


TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a v8 v8 v8 v8 8v v8 v8 v8


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 v8


b. Advanced practice nurses v8 v8


c. Clinical nurse leaders v8 v8


d. Intensivists
ANS: B v8


Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirs
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pecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical prac
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titioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct ca
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re providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: v8v8v 8 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering v8 v8


REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A v8 v8 v8 v 8 v8 v8 v8


TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a v8 v8 v8 v8 8v v8 v8 v8


nd Effective Care Environment
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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 v8 v8


ialist b. Advancedpract
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ice nurse c.
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Registered nurses v8


d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A v8

, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, rese
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arch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evi
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dence 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 cli
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nical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepract
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itioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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PTS: v8v8v 8 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering v8 v8


REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A v8 v8 v8 v 8 v8 v8 v8


TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a v8 v8 v8 v8 8v v8 v8 v8


nd Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forre
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gistered nurses? v8


a. State Board of Registered Nurses v8 v8 v8 v8


b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist v8 v8 v8 v8 v8


c. Society of Critical Care Medicine v8 v8 v8 v8


d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses v8 v8 v8 v8




ANS: D v8


American Association of Critical- v8 v8 v8


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 Associa
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tion of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Socie
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ty of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for r
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egistered nurses. v8




PTS: v8v8v 8 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering v8 v8


REF: p. 3 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A v8 v8 v8 v 8 v8 v8 v8


TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a v8 v8 v8 v8 8v v8 v8 v8


nd Effective Care Environment
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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 v8


b. Individualized care v8


c. Cultural care v8


d. Interdisciplinary care v8




ANS: A v8


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 beco
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mes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces
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and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with
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the patient’s health as the common goal.
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PTS: v8v8v 8 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering v8 v8


REF: p. 4 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A v8 v8 v8 v 8 v8 v8 v8


TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a v8 v8 v8 v8 8v v8 v8 v8


nd Effective Care Environment
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