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TEST BANK
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Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
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Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. 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
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3. Facilitating Care Transitions
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UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
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5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
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6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management
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9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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11. Cardiovascular Disorders
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12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
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UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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14. Pulmonary Disorders
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15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
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UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
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18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
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20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
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22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
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24. Trauma
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25. Burns
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26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
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,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing
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PracticeUrden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care
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for criticallyinjured patients?
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b. Triage
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d. Postoperative
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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically
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injured patients. Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen
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or treated upon arrival to a hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in
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1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p.
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1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
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Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and
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expertise andmanages complex clinical and system issues?
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d. Intensivists
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and
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expertise in theirspecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems
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issues. Intensivists are medical practitioners who manage the critical ill
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patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care providers. Clinical
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nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is
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evidence basedandthat safety programs are in place?
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