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COMPLETE TEST BANK
CRITICAL CARE NURSING: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT 9TH EDITION

BY LINDA D. URDEN DNSC RN CNS FAAN ||VERIFIED EDITION

9th Edition

,Table of Contents
UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING .............................................................................4
Chapter 01: critical care nursing practice ................................................................................................. 4
Chapter 02: ethical issues ....................................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 03: legal issues .......................................................................................................................... 20
Chapter 04: genetic issues ...................................................................................................................... 32
Chapter 05: patient and family education .............................................................................................. 40
Chapter 06: psychosocial and spiritual alterations and management ................................................... 52
Chapter 07: nutrition alterations and management............................................................................... 64
Chapter 08: pain and pain management ................................................................................................ 78
Chapter 09: sedation, agitation, and delirium management ................................................................. 88
Chapter 10: end-of-life care .................................................................................................................... 98
Chapter 11: cardiovascular anatomy and physiology ........................................................................... 107
Chapter 12: cardiovascular clinical assessment .................................................................................... 119
Chapter 13: cardiovascular diagnostic procedures............................................................................... 131
Chapter 14: cardiovascular disorders ................................................................................................... 167
Chapter 15: cardiovascular therapeutic management ......................................................................... 184
UNIT 3: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS ............................................................................................... 201
Chapter 16: pulmonary anatomy and physiology................................................................................. 201
Chapter 17: pulmonary clinical assessment ......................................................................................... 219
Chapter 18: pulmonary diagnostic procedures .................................................................................... 233
Chapter 19: pulmonary disorders ......................................................................................................... 248
Chapter 20: pulmonary therapeutic management ............................................................................... 259
UNIT 4: NEUROLOGIC ALTERATIONS ............................................................................................... 273
Chapter 21: neurologic anatomy and physiology ................................................................................. 273
Chapter 22: neurologic clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures .............................................. 287
Chapter 23: neurologic disorders and therapeutic management ........................................................ 310
UNIT 5: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS ........................................................................................................ 331
Chapter 24: kidney anatomy and physiology........................................................................................ 331
Chapter 25: kidney clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures..................................................... 343
Chapter 26: kidney disorders and therapeutic management ............................................................... 353
UNIT 6: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS ..................................................................................... 367
Chapter 27: gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology ......................................................................... 367

, Chapter 28: gastrointestinal clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures ...................................... 377
Chapter 29: gastrointestinal disorders and therapeutic management ................................................ 390
UNIT 7: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS ................................................................................................. 402
Chapter 30: endocrine anatomy and physiology .................................................................................. 402
Chapter 31: endocrine clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures ............................................... 413
Chapter 32: endocrine disorders and therapeutic management ......................................................... 427
UNIT 8: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS ............................................................................................. 452
Chapter 33: trauma ............................................................................................................................... 452
Chapter 34: shock, sepsis, and multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome ................................................ 467
Chapter 35: burns ................................................................................................................................. 482
Chapter 36: organ donation and transplantation ................................................................................. 497
Chapter 37: hematologic and oncologic emergencies.......................................................................... 511
Chapter 38: the obstetric patient ......................................................................................................... 522
Chapter 39: the pediatric patient ......................................................................................................... 536
Chapter 40: the older adult patient ...................................................................................................... 547
Chapter 41: the perianesthesia patient ................................................................................................ 558

, UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING




Chapter 01: critical care nursing practice
Urden: critical care nursing, 9th edition




Multiple choice



1. During world war ii, what types of wards were developed to care for critically injured patients?

A. Intensive care

B. Triage

C. Shock

D. Postoperative

Correct ans>>c

During world war ii, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Triage wards
establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital. Postoperative wards
were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care units.

Pts: 1 dif: cognitive level: remembering ref: p. 2 obj: nursing process step: n/a top: critical
care nursing practice msc: nclex: safe and effective care environment



2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and manages
complex clinical and system issues?

A. Registered nurses

B. Advanced practice nurses

C. Clinical nurse leaders

D. Intensivists

Correct ans>>b

Advanced practice nurses (apns) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area
and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical practitioners who manage the

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