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Test bank for Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition by Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, and Mary E. Lough ISBN: 9780323809818 All Chapters Latest Edition Grade A+

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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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,TABLE OF CONTENTS nw nw




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 Practice
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Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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CHOICE

1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticall
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yinjured patients?
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a. Intensive care nw


b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients.
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Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a h
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ospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care
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units.

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REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A nw nw nw n w nw nw nw


TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe nw nw nw nw w
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and Effective Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise a
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ndmanages complex clinical and system issues?
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a.Registered nurses nw


b.Advanced practice nurses nw nw


c.Clinical nurse leaders nw nw


d.Intensivists
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in th
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eirspecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
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practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally d
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irect care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issue
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s.

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TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe nw nw nw nw w
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and Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based a
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ndthat safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse spe nw nw


cialist b. Advancedpra
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ctice nurse c. nw nw


Registered nurses nw


d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A nw

, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, r
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esearch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that carei
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s evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs
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)have
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a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex
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wclinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurs
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epractitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A nw nw nw n w nw nw nw


TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe nw nw nw nw w
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and Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
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registered nurses? nw


a. State Board of Registered Nurses
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b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
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c. Society of Critical Care Medicine nw nw nw nw


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




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Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State B
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oard of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National As
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sociation of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams
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. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification ex
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ams for registered nurses.
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TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe nw nw nw nw w
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and Effective Care Environment
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spi
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ritare interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology
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b. Individualized care nw


c. Cultural care nw


d. Interdisciplinary care nw




ANS: A nw


Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are i
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nterdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patie
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nt’s 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 b
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ecomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with
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places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professio
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nals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
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TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe nw nw nw nw w
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and Effective Care Environment
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