CHAMBERLAIN NR 340 EXAM CHAPTER 1 -14 COMPLETE
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Chapter 1 – Overview of Critical Care Nursing (6 questions)
1. Define and discuss the purpose and functions of professional
organizations that support critical care practice.
a. Support critical care nurses and practice
b. Validate knowledge, promote professional excellence, help
nurses to maintain upto-date knowledge
2. Certification options for critical care nurses.
, 2
a. AACN Certification is based on synergy model of patient care
and oversees process
b. Bedside practice: CCRN (adult, neonatal, and pediatric),
PCCN (those working in step-down units)
c. Advanced practice: CCNS (critical care clinical nurse
specialist), ACNPC (acute care nurse practitioner)
d. Subspecialty certification: cardiac medicine, cardiac surgery
3. Standards of professional practice for critical care nursing, what is
synergy model.
a. Guide clinical practice, establish goals for patient care, provide
assessment of outcomes
b. Synergy model – needs of patients and families drive practice
4. What are current trends and issues in critical care
nursing?
a. Trends – collaboration, communication, reduce hospital
readmission rates, increase use of technology, telemedicine
b. Issues – critical care patients more complex, increasing costs of
care, aging population and workforce, transfer of patients from
the ICU while still acute
5.Organization that support critical care nursing?
a. American Association of Critical Care Nurses
(AACN) – vision is driven by the needs of critically
ill patients and families
b. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 6.
Purpose of National Safety Goal.
a. Communication, medication safety, reduce infections,
reconcile medications
b. Accurately identify patient, medication reconciliation across
the continuum of care, reduce risk of HAI’s
Chapter 2 – Patient and Family Response to Critical Care (6 questions)
1. Nursing interventions to reduce stress to the family members.
a. Modification of environment – noise reduction (acoustical
tiles/design, sooting music, private areas for communication),
EXAM QUESTIONS BANK WITH ACCURATE EXPERT
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS + RATIONALES | GRADED A+ | FULLY
SOLVED & UPDATED | SURE PASS
1
Chapter 1 – Overview of Critical Care Nursing (6 questions)
1. Define and discuss the purpose and functions of professional
organizations that support critical care practice.
a. Support critical care nurses and practice
b. Validate knowledge, promote professional excellence, help
nurses to maintain upto-date knowledge
2. Certification options for critical care nurses.
, 2
a. AACN Certification is based on synergy model of patient care
and oversees process
b. Bedside practice: CCRN (adult, neonatal, and pediatric),
PCCN (those working in step-down units)
c. Advanced practice: CCNS (critical care clinical nurse
specialist), ACNPC (acute care nurse practitioner)
d. Subspecialty certification: cardiac medicine, cardiac surgery
3. Standards of professional practice for critical care nursing, what is
synergy model.
a. Guide clinical practice, establish goals for patient care, provide
assessment of outcomes
b. Synergy model – needs of patients and families drive practice
4. What are current trends and issues in critical care
nursing?
a. Trends – collaboration, communication, reduce hospital
readmission rates, increase use of technology, telemedicine
b. Issues – critical care patients more complex, increasing costs of
care, aging population and workforce, transfer of patients from
the ICU while still acute
5.Organization that support critical care nursing?
a. American Association of Critical Care Nurses
(AACN) – vision is driven by the needs of critically
ill patients and families
b. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 6.
Purpose of National Safety Goal.
a. Communication, medication safety, reduce infections,
reconcile medications
b. Accurately identify patient, medication reconciliation across
the continuum of care, reduce risk of HAI’s
Chapter 2 – Patient and Family Response to Critical Care (6 questions)
1. Nursing interventions to reduce stress to the family members.
a. Modification of environment – noise reduction (acoustical
tiles/design, sooting music, private areas for communication),
