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LindaD. Urden, KathleenM. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
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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 IIll IIll IIll
3. Facilitating Care Transitions IIll IIll
UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations IIll IIll IIll
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management IIll IIll IIll
6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management IIll IIll IIll
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care IIll IIll IIll
UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
11. Cardiovascular Disorders IIll
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management IIll IIll
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
14. Pulmonary Disorders IIll
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management IIll IIll
UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management IIll IIll IIll IIll
UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
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18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management IIll IIll IIll IIll
UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
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20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management IIll Il IIll IIll
UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
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22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management IIll IIll IIll IIll
UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
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24. Trauma
25. Burns
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies IIll IIll IIll
,Chapter01:Critical Care NursingPractice Urden: Il Il Il Il Il I I l l
Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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1. DuringWorldWarII, what type of wards were developed to care for critically lI lI lI Il Il Il Il Il Il IIll IIll Il Il
injured patients?
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d. Postoperative
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I Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
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I hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive
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OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and IIll IIll IIll Il IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll Il IIll
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a. Registerednurses lI
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d. Intensivists
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I specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
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I practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct
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I care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence basedand Il IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll Il IIll IIll IIll lI
that safetyprograms are inplace?
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specialistb.
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, Il IIll Il Il IIll IIll IIll Il Il IIll Il Il
I research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that
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manage complex clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care
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providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for IIll IIll IIll IIll Il IIll IIll IIll
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b. National Association of Clinical NurseSpecialist IIll IIll IIll IIll lI
c. Societyof Critical CareMedicine lI IIll Il lI
d. American Association of Critical-CareNurses Il IIll IIll lI
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for IIll IIll Il IIll IIll IIll Il IIll IIll
I registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer
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certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not
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I administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not
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5. Emphasis is on human integrityand stresses the theorythat the body,mind, and spirit Il IIll IIll IIll lI IIll Il IIll lI IIll IIll lI IIll IIll
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I interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
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I patient’spreferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural
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world becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces
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professionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
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Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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