TEST BANK
pc
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
pc pc pc pc pc pc
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
,TABLE OF CONTENTS pc pc
UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
pc pc pc pc pc pc
1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
pc pc pc pc pc pc
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
pc pc pc pc
3. Facilitating Care Transitions
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UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
pc pc pc pc pc pc
4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
pc pc pc pc
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
pc pc pc pc
6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
pc pc pc pc
8. Sedation and Delirium Management
pc pc pc pc
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
pc pc pc pc
UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
11. Cardiovascular Disorders
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12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
14. Pulmonary Disorders
pc pc
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc
UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc pc pc
UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc pc pc
UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc pc pc
UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc pc pc
UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
24. Trauma
pc
25. Burns
pc
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
pc pc pc pc
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
pc pc pc pc pc cp
Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
pc pc pc pc
MULTIPLE cp
CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyin
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
jured patients? pc
a. Intensive care pc
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C pc
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Tr
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
iage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
manages complex clinical and system issues?
pc pc pc pc pc
a. Registered nurses pc
b. Advanced practice nurses pc pc
c. Clinical nurse leaders pc pc
d. Intensivists
ANS: B pc
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirs
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
pecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical pract
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
itioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct car
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
e providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based andt
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
hat safety programs are in place?
pc pc pc pc pc
a. Clinical nurse spec pc pc
ialist b. Advancedpract
pc pc cp
ice nurse c.
pc pc
Registered nurses pc
d. Nurse practitioners
pc pc
ANS: A pc
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, rese
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
arch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evi
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp pc
dence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs)have
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex cli
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
nical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepract
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
itioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forre
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
gistered nurses? pc
a. State Board of Registered Nurses pc pc pc pc
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist pc pc pc pc pc
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine pc pc pc pc
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses pc pc pc pc
ANS: D pc
American Association of Critical- pc pc pc
Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Boa
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
rd of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Associa
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
tion of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Socie
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
ty of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for r
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
egistered nurses. pc
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 3 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of c
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
are?
a. Holistic care pc
b. Individualized care pc
c. Cultural care pc
d. Interdisciplinary care pc
ANS: A pc
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are inte
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
rdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world beco
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
mes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp p
and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with
c pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc p
the patient’s health as the common goal.
c pc pc pc pc pc pc
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 4 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
pc
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
pc pc pc pc pc pc
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
,TABLE OF CONTENTS pc pc
UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
pc pc pc pc pc pc
1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
pc pc pc pc pc pc
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
pc pc pc pc
3. Facilitating Care Transitions
pc pc pc
UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
pc pc pc pc pc pc
4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
pc pc pc pc
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
pc pc pc pc
6. The Older Adult
pc pc pc
7. Pain and Pain Management
pc pc pc pc
8. Sedation and Delirium Management
pc pc pc pc
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
pc pc pc pc
UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
11. Cardiovascular Disorders
pc pc
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
14. Pulmonary Disorders
pc pc
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc
UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc pc pc
UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc pc pc
UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc pc pc
UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
pc pc pc pc pc pc
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
pc pc pc pc pc
UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
pc pc pc
24. Trauma
pc
25. Burns
pc
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
pc pc pc pc
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
pc pc pc pc pc cp
Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
pc pc pc pc
MULTIPLE cp
CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyin
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
jured patients? pc
a. Intensive care pc
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C pc
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Tr
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
iage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
manages complex clinical and system issues?
pc pc pc pc pc
a. Registered nurses pc
b. Advanced practice nurses pc pc
c. Clinical nurse leaders pc pc
d. Intensivists
ANS: B pc
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirs
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
pecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical pract
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
itioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct car
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
e providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based andt
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
hat safety programs are in place?
pc pc pc pc pc
a. Clinical nurse spec pc pc
ialist b. Advancedpract
pc pc cp
ice nurse c.
pc pc
Registered nurses pc
d. Nurse practitioners
pc pc
ANS: A pc
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, rese
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
arch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evi
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp pc
dence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs)have
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex cli
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
nical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepract
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
itioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forre
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
gistered nurses? pc
a. State Board of Registered Nurses pc pc pc pc
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist pc pc pc pc pc
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine pc pc pc pc
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses pc pc pc pc
ANS: D pc
American Association of Critical- pc pc pc
Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Boa
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
rd of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Associa
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
tion of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Socie
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
ty of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for r
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
egistered nurses. pc
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 3 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of c
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
are?
a. Holistic care pc
b. Individualized care pc
c. Cultural care pc
d. Interdisciplinary care pc
ANS: A pc
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are inte
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
rdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world beco
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc
mes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces
pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc cp p
and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with
c pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc p
the patient’s health as the common goal.
c pc pc pc pc pc pc
PTS: pcpcp c 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering pc pc
REF: p. 4 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A pc pc pc p c pc pc pc
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a pc pc pc pc cp pc pc pc
nd Effective Care Environment
pc pc pc