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PRIORITIES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING, 9TH
EDITION,
LINDA D. URDEN, KATHLEEN M. STACY, CHAPTERS 1 - 27, COMPLETE
,TABLE OF CONTENTS WS WS
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 PracticeU
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rden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyinjur
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ed patients? WS
a. Intensive care WS
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C WS
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Triag
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e wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital. Post
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operative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise andma
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nages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses WS
b. Advanced practice nurses WS WS
c. Clinical nurse leaders WS WS
d. Intensivists
ANS: B WS
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirspe
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cialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical practition
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ers who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care provi
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ders. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based andthat
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safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse speci WS WS
alist b. Advancedpracti
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ce nurse c.WS WS
Registered nurses WS
d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A WS
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, researc
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h, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evidence
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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 clinic
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al and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepractition
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ers (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forregi
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stered nurses? WS
a. State Board of Registered Nurses WS WS WS WS
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist WS WS WS WS WS
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine WS WS WS WS
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses WS WS WS WS
ANS: D WS
American Association of Critical- WS WS WS
Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Board
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of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Association
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of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of C
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ritical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered
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nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 3 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spiritare
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interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care? WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
a. Holistic care WS
b. Individualized care WS
c. Cultural care WS
d. Interdisciplinary care WS
ANS: A WS
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are interde
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pendent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s prefer
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ences, 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 becomes
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more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces and pe
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oples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the patie
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nt’s health as the common goal.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 4 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
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PRIORITIES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING, 9TH
EDITION,
LINDA D. URDEN, KATHLEEN M. STACY, CHAPTERS 1 - 27, COMPLETE
,TABLE OF CONTENTS WS WS
UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
WS WS WS WS WS WS
1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
WS WS WS WS WS WS
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
WS WS WS WS
3. Facilitating Care Transitions
WS WS WS
UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
WS WS WS WS WS WS
4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
WS WS WS WS
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
WS WS WS WS
6. The Older Adult
WS WS WS
7. Pain and Pain Management
WS WS WS WS
8. Sedation and Delirium Management
WS WS WS WS
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
WS WS WS WS
UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
WS WS WS
10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
WS WS WS WS WS WS
11. Cardiovascular Disorders
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12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
WS WS WS
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
WS WS WS
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
WS WS WS
24. Trauma
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25. Burns
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26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
WS WS WS WS
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing PracticeU
WS WS WS WS WS S
W
rden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
WS WS WS WS
MULTIPLE S
W
CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyinjur
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
ed patients? WS
a. Intensive care WS
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C WS
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Triag
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
e wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital. Post
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
operative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
WSWSW S WS WS
REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
WS WS WS
2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise andma
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
nages complex clinical and system issues?
WS WS WS WS WS
a. Registered nurses WS
b. Advanced practice nurses WS WS
c. Clinical nurse leaders WS WS
d. Intensivists
ANS: B WS
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirspe
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
cialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical practition
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
ers who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care provi
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
ders. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
WSWSW S WS WS
REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
WS WS WS
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based andthat
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
safety programs are in place?
WS WS WS WS WS
a. Clinical nurse speci WS WS
alist b. Advancedpracti
WS WS SW
ce nurse c.WS WS
Registered nurses WS
d. Nurse practitioners
WS WS
ANS: A WS
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, researc
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
h, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evidence
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW WS WS
based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs)have
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clinic
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
al and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepractition
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
ers (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
WSWSW S WS WS
REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
WS WS WS
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forregi
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
stered nurses? WS
a. State Board of Registered Nurses WS WS WS WS
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist WS WS WS WS WS
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine WS WS WS WS
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses WS WS WS WS
ANS: D WS
American Association of Critical- WS WS WS
Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Board
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of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Association
WS WS WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS WS
of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of C
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
ritical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
WSWSW S WS WS
REF: p. 3 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
WS WS WS
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spiritare
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW WS
interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care? WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
a. Holistic care WS
b. Individualized care WS
c. Cultural care WS
d. Interdisciplinary care WS
ANS: A WS
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are interde
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
pendent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s prefer
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
ences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world becomes
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces and pe
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS SW WS WS
oples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the patie
WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
nt’s health as the common goal.
WS WS WS WS WS
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
WSWSW S WS WS
REF: p. 4 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
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