Test Bank for Understanding the Essentials of Critical Care Nursing 3rd Edition Perrin Chapters 1 - 19  

Test Bank for Understanding the Essentials of
Critical Care Nursing 3rd Edition Perrin
Chapters 1 - 19

, TEST37BANK37FOR37UNDERSTANDING37THE37ESSENTIALS37OF37CRITICAL37CARE37NURSING373RD
37EDITION37BY37KATHLEEN37PERRIN,37CARRIE37MACLEOD




TABLE37OF37CONTENT

1. What37is37Critical37Care?

2. Care37of37the37Critical37Ill37Patient

3. Care37of37the37Patient37with37Respiratory37Failure

4. Interpretation37and37Management37of37Basic37Dysrhythmias

5. Cardiodynamics37and37Hemodynamic37Regulation

6. Care37of37the37Patient37Experiencing37Shock

7. Care37of37the37Patient37Experiencing37Heart37Failure

8. Care37of37the37Patient37Experiencing37Acute37Coronary37Syndrome

9. Care37of37the37Patient37Following37Traumatic37Injury

10. Care37of37the37Patient37Experiencing37an37Intracranial37Dysfunction

11. Care37of37the37Patient37With37a37Cerebral37or37Cerbrovascular37Disorder

12. Care37of37the37Critically37Ill37Patient37Experiencing37Alcohol37Withdrawal37and/or37Liver37Fa
ilure

13. Care37of37the37Patient37With37an37Acute37Gastrointestinal37Bleed37or37Pancreatitis

14. Care37of37the37Patient37with37Problems37in37Glucose37Metabolism

15. Care37of37the37Patient37with37Acute37Kidney37Injury

16. Care37of37the37Organ37Donor37and37Transplant37Recipient

17. Care37of37the37Acutely37Ill37Burn37Patient

18. Care37of37the37Patient37with37Sepsis

19. Care37of37the37ICU37Patient37at37the37End37of37Life

, Perrin:37Understanding37the37Essentials37of37Critical37Care3
71:37What37is37Critical37Care?

MULTIPLE3 7 CHOICE.3 7 3 7 Choose3 7 the3 7 one3 7 alternative3 7 that3 7 best3 7 completes3 7 the3 7 sta
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1) Of37the37following37patients,37who37should37be37cared37for37in37a37critical37care37unit?
37all37that37apply.)

A) With3 7 an3 7 acetaminophen3 7 overdose
B) Suffering37from37acute37mental37illness
C) With37chronic37renal37failure
D) With37acute37decompensated37heart37failure
ANSWER:37A,3 7 D
Explanation:3 7 3 7 A)3 7 (Note:3 7 This3 7 requires3 7 multiple3 7 responses3 7 to3 7 be3 7 correct.)
Critical37care37units37are37c o- 37e s tf ficient 37units37for37caring37for37patien
system37failure.37Although37the37organ37failing37in37#437is37obvious,
en37overdose37often37suffer37liver37failure37as37a37consequence.37#
37concerns37of37a37noncritical37nature.
Nursing37Process:37Evaluation37Cognit
ive37Level:37Analysis
Category37of37Need:37Physiological37Integrity–Physiological37Adapta

, B) (Note:37This37requires37multiple37responses37to37be37correct.)
Critical37care37units37are37c o- 37e
s tf ficient 37units37for37caring37for37patien
system37failure.37Although37the37organ37failing37in37#437is37obvious,
en37overdose37often37suffer37liver37failure37as37a37consequence.37#
37concerns37of37a37noncritical37nature.
Nursing37Process:37Evaluation37Cognit
ive37Level:37Analysis
Category37of37Need:37Physiological37Integrity–Physiological37Adapta
C) (Note:37This37requires37multiple37responses37to37be37correct.)
Critical37care37units37are37c o- 37e
s tf ficient 37units37for37caring37for37patien
system37failure.37Although37the37organ37failing37in37#437is37obvious,
en37overdose37often37suffer37liver37failure37as37a37consequence.37#
37concerns37of37a37noncritical37nature.
Nursing37Process:37Evaluation37Cognit
ive37Level:37Analysis
Category37of37Need:37Physiological37Integrity–Physiological37Adapta
D) (Note:37This37requires37multiple37responses37to37be37correct.)
Critical37care37units37are37c o- 37e
s tf ficient 37units37for37caring37for37patien
system37failure.37Although37the37organ37failing37in37#437is37obvious,
en37overdose37often37suffer37liver37failure37as37a37consequence.37#
37concerns37of37a37noncritical37nature.
Nursing37Process:37Evaluation37Cognit
ive37Level:37Analysis
Category37of37Need:37Physiological37Integrity–Physiological37Adapta