TEST BANK
Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management
LINDA D. URDEN, KATHLEEN M. STACY, MARY E. LOUGH
9th Edition
,Test Bank - Critical Care Nursing-Diagnosis and Management, 9th Edition (Urden, 2022)
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, Test Bank - Critical Care Nursing-Diagnosis and Management, 9th Edition (Urden, 2022)
Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing
Practice Urden: Critical Care
Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During World War II, what types of wards were developed to care for critically
injure d 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.
Tr iage 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. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CareEn
vironment
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
sp ecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
practi tioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally
direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage
systemjjissues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF:
p. 5 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CareEn
vironment
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based
jj
and tha t 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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, Test Bank - Critical Care Nursing-Diagnosis and Management, 9th Edition (Urden, 2022)
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
re search, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that
care is e vidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice
nurses (APNs) hav e a broad depthjjof knowledge and expertise in their specialty area
and manage complex cli nical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally
direct care providers. Nurse practi tioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of
patients.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF:
p. 6 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CareEn
vironment
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
jj
registered nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Societyjjof 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
Associationj of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification
exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing
certification exams for register ed nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF:
p. 7 OBJ: Nursing ProcessjjStep: NW/ WAW . T B S M T.OW PS:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CarejjEn
vironment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and
jj
spirit ar e 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 int erdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of
each patient ’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status.
Cultural diversity in hea lth 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 an d peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care
among a variety of health care professionals with t he patient’s health as the common
goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF:
p. 12 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CareEn
vironment
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Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management
LINDA D. URDEN, KATHLEEN M. STACY, MARY E. LOUGH
9th Edition
,Test Bank - Critical Care Nursing-Diagnosis and Management, 9th Edition (Urden, 2022)
1|Page
, Test Bank - Critical Care Nursing-Diagnosis and Management, 9th Edition (Urden, 2022)
Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing
Practice Urden: Critical Care
Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During World War II, what types of wards were developed to care for critically
injure d 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.
Tr iage 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. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CareEn
vironment
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
sp ecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
practi tioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally
direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage
systemjjissues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF:
p. 5 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CareEn
vironment
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based
jj
and tha t 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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, Test Bank - Critical Care Nursing-Diagnosis and Management, 9th Edition (Urden, 2022)
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
re search, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that
care is e vidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice
nurses (APNs) hav e a broad depthjjof knowledge and expertise in their specialty area
and manage complex cli nical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally
direct care providers. Nurse practi tioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of
patients.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF:
p. 6 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CareEn
vironment
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
jj
registered nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Societyjjof 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
Associationj of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification
exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing
certification exams for register ed nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF:
p. 7 OBJ: Nursing ProcessjjStep: NW/ WAW . T B S M T.OW PS:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CarejjEn
vironment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and
jj
spirit ar e 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 int erdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of
each patient ’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status.
Cultural diversity in hea lth 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 an d peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care
among a variety of health care professionals with t he patient’s health as the common
goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF:
p. 12 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP:
Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective CareEn
vironment
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