TEST BANK FOR INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL CARE NURSING, 8TH EDITION, MARY LOU SOLE, DEBORAH KLEIN, MARTHE MOSELEY, ISBN: 9780323641937, ISBN: 9780323749732

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Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 02: Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Exper
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ienceChapter 03: Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 04: Palliative and End-of-
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Life CareChapter 05: Comfort and Se
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dation Chapter 06: Nutritional Therapy
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Chapter 07: Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Managemen
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tChapter 08: Hemodynamic Monitoring
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Chapter 09: Ventilatory Assistance
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Chapter 10: Rapid Response Teams and Code Manage
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mentChapter 11: Organ Donation
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Chapter 12: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndro
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meChapter 13: Cardiovascular Alterations
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Chapter 14: Nervous System Alterati
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onsChapter 15: Acute Respiratory Fail
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ure Chapter 16: Acute Kidney Injur
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Chapter 17: Hematological and Immune DisordersCh
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apter 19: Endocrine Alterations
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Chapter 20: Trauma and Surgical Manage
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Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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MULTIPLE CHOICE qy




1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nursing practice?
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a. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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b. American Heart Association qy qy




c. American Nurses Association qy qy




d. Society of Critical Care Med qy qy qy qy




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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. Th
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e American Heart Association supports cardiovascular initiatives. The American NursesAssocia
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tion supports all nurses. The Society of Critical Care Medicine represents the multiprofessional
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critical care team under the direction of an intensivist.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4
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OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical c
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are practice.TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX: 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 incertification. Which credential would be most applicable for her to seek?
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a. ACNPC



b. CCNS



c. CCRN

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d. PCCN



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The CCRN certification is appropriate for nurses in bedside practice who care for critically
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qy ill patients. TheACNPC certification is for acute care nurse practitioners. The CCNS certific
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ation is for critical care clinical nurse specialists. The PCCN certification is for staff nurses wo
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rking in progressive care, intermediate care, orstep-down unit settings.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 5
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OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses. TOP: Nursing Process St
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ep: N/AMSC: NCLEX: 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.
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d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing.
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Certification assists in validating knowledge of the field, promotes excellence in the professi
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on, and helps nurses to maintain their knowledge of critical care nursing. Certification helps to
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assure the consumer that thenurse has a minimum level of knowledge; however, it does not en
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sure that care will be mistake-free.
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Certification does not prepare one for graduate school; however, achieving certification dem
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onstrates motivation for achievement and professionalism. Magnet facilities are rated on the nu
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mber of certified nurses;however, that is not the purpose of certification.
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