ACCN CRIT CARE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS GRADE A CERTIFIED 2025/26

AACN Certification is what certifications - correct answeroversees: CCRN (adult, neonatal, pedi) CCRN-E CNML (critical care managers and leaders) PCCN (step-down) ACCNS (acute + critical care nurse specialist) AACNPC-AG (acute care np) CMC (Cardiac) CSC (cardiac surgery) purpose of an AACN certification - correct answer-promote professional excellenece -help nurses maintain up-to-date knowledge -validate knowledge AACN certification is based on the AACN synergy model for patient care which is - correct answerthat the needs of patients and families drive practice situation in SBAR - correct answerwhat is happening at present time backgroung in SBAR - correct answercircumstances leading up to situation Assessment in SBAR - correct answerwhat u think the problem is recommendation in SBAR - correct answerrecommendation to correct problem AACN standards - correct answeroutline nursinf process: collect data determine diagnoses identify expected outcomes develop plan of care implement interventions eval progress autonomy - correct answerright to make own decisions abotu medical care beneficence - correct answerduty to prevent/remove harm + promote good Nonmaleficence - correct answernot intentionally inflict harm justice - correct answerfair distribution of healthcare resources veracity - correct answertruthfulness fidelity - correct answerfaithfulness to commitment confidentiality - correct answerrespect for right to control info ethical principals - correct answerautonomy beneficence nonmaleficence justice veracity fidelity confidentiality when should advanced directives be created - correct answerbefore an emergency what is the patient self-determination act - correct answera law that all hospitals that get medicare/medicaid must inform patients that they can create/initiate advanced directives and refuse/consent to treatment advanced directives - correct answercan include: DNR natural death living will durable power of attorney what is a living will - correct answeroutlines treatments that are desired/not what is a durable power of attorney for health care - correct answerdetermines who makes decisions when pt is unable (health care surrogate/proxy) what is required to NOT initiate a code - correct answerDNR when should decisions be made reguarding code status - correct answerBEFORE a code withholding def - correct answernot starting withdrawing def - correct answerremoving/weaning what are decisions reguarding withholding/withdrawing care based on - correct answermedical futility and patient autonomy What is moral distress? - correct answerWhen the nurse knows the right thing to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to do the right thing. feels powerless what is medical futility - correct answerinterventions unlikely to produce any significant benefit to pt decisions made by surrogates are often ______ and the outcomes of decisions are ____ - correct answernot based on medical prognosis often not understood fully what factors are surogates likely to make decisions based on - correct answerreligion ethnicity NOT MEDICAL PROGNOSIS palliative care def - correct answerto relieve symptoms that negatively impact pt or family can be implemented w all pts not just dying pts RN interventions for palliative care - correct answerrepositioning hygiene skin care peaceful environment pain relief elements of palliateive care - correct answerearly identification of end-of -life pts pain management anxiety control glasgow coma scale and its significance for organ donation - correct answerGCS 5 may trigger for organ pocurment referral (brain death) opo (organ procurement organization) - correct answer-offers donation services and bereavement to families -multidisciplinary -manage the donor