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1 Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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2 Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience
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3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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4 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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5 Organ Donation
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6 Comfort and Sedation
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7 Nutritional Therapy st
8 Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management st st st
9 Hemodynamic Monitoring st
10 Ventilatory Assistance st
11 Rapid Response Teams and Code Management
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12 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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13 Cardiovascular Alterations st
14 Nervous System Alterations st st
15 Acute Respiratory Failure
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16 Acute Kidney Injury
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17 Hematological and Immune Disorders st st st
18 Gastrointestinal Alterations st
19 Endocrine Alterations st
20 Trauma and Surgical Management
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21 Burns
,Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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Sole’s Introduction to Critical Care Nursing 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE st
1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nursing pr
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actice?
a. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses st st st st
b. American Heart Association st st
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d. Society of Critical Care Medicine st st st st
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The American Association of Critical-
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Care Nurses is the specialty organization that supports and represents critical care nurses.
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The American Heart Association supports cardiovascular initiatives. The American Nurs
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es Association supports all nurses. The Society of Critical Care Medicine represents the m
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ultiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist. st st st st st st st st st
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge st st
OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical c
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are practice. st TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A s t st st st
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. A nurse has been working as a staff nurse in the surgical intensive care unit for 2 years and
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is interested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for the nurse to s
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eek?
a. ACNPC-AG
b. CNML
c. CCRN
d. PCCN
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The CCRN certification is appropriate for nurses in bedside practice who care for criticall
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y ill patients. The ACNPC-
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AG certification is for acute care nurse practitioners. The CNML is for critical care nurse
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managers or leaders. The PCCN certification is for staff nurses working in progressive car
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e, intermediate care, or step-down unit settings.
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OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses.
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TOP: Nursing Process Step: s t st st
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3. The main purpose of certification is to
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a. assure the consumer that you will not make a mistake. st st st st st st st st st
b. prepare for graduate school. st st st
c. promote magnet status for your facility. st st st st st
d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing. st st st st st
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Certification assists in validating knowledge of the field, promotes excellence in the profes st st st st st st st st st st st st
sion, and helps nurses to maintain their knowledge of critical care nursing.
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Certification helps to assure the consumer that the nurse has a minimum level of knowledg st st st st st st st st st st st st st st
e; however, it does not ensure that care will be mistake-
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free. Certification does not prepare one for graduate school; however, achieving certificati
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on demonstrates motivation for achievement and professionalism. Magnet facilities are rat
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ed on the number of certified nurses; however, that is not the purpose of certification.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge st st
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses.
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TOP: Nursing Process Step: s t st st
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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4. The synergy model of practice focuses on
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a. allowing unrestricted visiting for the patient 24 hours a day. st st st st st st st st st
b. holistic and alternative therapies. st st st
c. the needs of patients and their families, which drive nursing competency.
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d. patients’ needs for energy and support. st st st st st
ANS: C s t
The synergy model of practice states that the needs of patients and families influence and
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drive competencies of nurses. Nursing practice based on the synergy model would involve
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tailored visiting to meet the patient’s and family’s needs and the application of alternative t
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herapies if desired by the patient, but that is not the primary focus of the model.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge st st
OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing. TOP
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: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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5. The family of your critically ill patient tells you that they have not spoken with the physicia
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n in over 24 hours and that they have some questions they want clarified. During morning
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rounds, you convey this concern to the attending intensivist and arrange a meeting with the f
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amily at 4:00 PM. Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
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a. Advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues st st st st st st st
b. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills st st st st st
c. Collaboration with patients, families, and team members st st st st st st
d. Facilitation of learning for patients, families, and team members st st st st st st st st
ANS: C s t
Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being addressed, commun
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ication and collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify the competency of
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collaboration.
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1 Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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2 Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience
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3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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4 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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5 Organ Donation
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6 Comfort and Sedation
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7 Nutritional Therapy st
8 Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management st st st
9 Hemodynamic Monitoring st
10 Ventilatory Assistance st
11 Rapid Response Teams and Code Management
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12 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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13 Cardiovascular Alterations st
14 Nervous System Alterations st st
15 Acute Respiratory Failure
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16 Acute Kidney Injury
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17 Hematological and Immune Disorders st st st
18 Gastrointestinal Alterations st
19 Endocrine Alterations st
20 Trauma and Surgical Management
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21 Burns
,Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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Sole’s Introduction to Critical Care Nursing 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE st
1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nursing pr
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actice?
a. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses st st st st
b. American Heart Association st st
c. American Nurses Association st st
d. Society of Critical Care Medicine st st st st
ANS: A s t
The American Association of Critical-
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Care Nurses is the specialty organization that supports and represents critical care nurses.
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The American Heart Association supports cardiovascular initiatives. The American Nurs
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es Association supports all nurses. The Society of Critical Care Medicine represents the m
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ultiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist. st st st st st st st st st
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge st st
OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical c
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are practice. st TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A s t st st st
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. A nurse has been working as a staff nurse in the surgical intensive care unit for 2 years and
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is interested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for the nurse to s
st st st st st st st st st st st st st st
eek?
a. ACNPC-AG
b. CNML
c. CCRN
d. PCCN
ANS: C s t
The CCRN certification is appropriate for nurses in bedside practice who care for criticall
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y ill patients. The ACNPC-
st st st st
AG certification is for acute care nurse practitioners. The CNML is for critical care nurse
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managers or leaders. The PCCN certification is for staff nurses working in progressive car
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e, intermediate care, or step-down unit settings.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge st st
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses.
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TOP: Nursing Process Step: s t st st
N/A
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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3. The main purpose of certification is to
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a. assure the consumer that you will not make a mistake. st st st st st st st st st
b. prepare for graduate school. st st st
c. promote magnet status for your facility. st st st st st
d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing. st st st st st
, ANS: D s t
Certification assists in validating knowledge of the field, promotes excellence in the profes st st st st st st st st st st st st
sion, and helps nurses to maintain their knowledge of critical care nursing.
st st st st st st st st st st st
Certification helps to assure the consumer that the nurse has a minimum level of knowledg st st st st st st st st st st st st st st
e; however, it does not ensure that care will be mistake-
st st st st st st st st st st
free. Certification does not prepare one for graduate school; however, achieving certificati
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on demonstrates motivation for achievement and professionalism. Magnet facilities are rat
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ed on the number of certified nurses; however, that is not the purpose of certification.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge st st
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses.
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TOP: Nursing Process Step: s t st st
N/A
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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4. The synergy model of practice focuses on
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a. allowing unrestricted visiting for the patient 24 hours a day. st st st st st st st st st
b. holistic and alternative therapies. st st st
c. the needs of patients and their families, which drive nursing competency.
st st st st st st st st st st
d. patients’ needs for energy and support. st st st st st
ANS: C s t
The synergy model of practice states that the needs of patients and families influence and
st st st st st st st st st st st st st st st
drive competencies of nurses. Nursing practice based on the synergy model would involve
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tailored visiting to meet the patient’s and family’s needs and the application of alternative t
t st st st st st st st st st st st st st st
herapies if desired by the patient, but that is not the primary focus of the model.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge st st
OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing. TOP
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: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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5. The family of your critically ill patient tells you that they have not spoken with the physicia
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n in over 24 hours and that they have some questions they want clarified. During morning
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rounds, you convey this concern to the attending intensivist and arrange a meeting with the f
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amily at 4:00 PM. Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
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a. Advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues st st st st st st st
b. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills st st st st st
c. Collaboration with patients, families, and team members st st st st st st
d. Facilitation of learning for patients, families, and team members st st st st st st st st
ANS: C s t
Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being addressed, commun
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ication and collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify the competency of
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collaboration.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze/Analysis st st
