TEST BANK Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition, Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete

TEST BANK
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
3. Facilitating Care Transitions

UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
6. The Older Adult
7. Pain and Pain Management
8. Sedation and Delirium Management
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care

UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
11. Cardiovascular Disorders
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management

UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
14. Pulmonary Disorders
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management

UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
24. Trauma
25. Burns
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies

,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th

MULTIPLE
CHOICE

1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically
injured 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.
Triage 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. 1
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment

2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and
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manages complex clinical and system issues?
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a.Registered nurses gk


b.Advanced practice nurses gk gk


c.Clinical nurse leaders gk gk


d.Intensivists
ANS: B gk


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pecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical pract
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itioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct car
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e providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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nd Effective Care Environment
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d. Nurse practitioners
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arch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evi
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dence 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 cli
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nical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepract
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itioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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nd Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forre
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b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist gk gk gk gk gk


c. Society of Critical Care Medicine gk gk gk gk


d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses gk gk gk gk




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Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Boa
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rd of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Associa
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tion of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Socie
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ty of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for r
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egistered nurses. gk




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TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe a gk gk gk gk kg gk gk gk

nd Effective Care Environment
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit
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are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of c
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ANS: A gk


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rdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s
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preferences, 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 beco
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mes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces
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and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with
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the patient’s health as the common goal.
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