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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,
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9th
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MULTIPLE
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1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for
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a. Intensive care ww


b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured
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patients. Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated
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upon arrival to a hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later
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evolved into intensive careunits.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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OBJ:
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PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and
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wwexpertise andmanages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses ww


b. Advanced practice nurses ww ww


c. Clinical nurse leaders ww ww


d. Intensivists
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise
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in theirspecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists
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are medical practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses
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(RNs) are generally direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do
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not manage system issues.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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OBJ:
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PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence
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wwbased andthat safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse ww


specialist b.
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Advancedpractice
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nurse c.
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d. Nurse practitioners
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical,
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teaching, research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in
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ensuring that careis evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced
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practice nurses (APNs)have
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a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage
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complex clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care
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providers. Nursepractitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of
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patients.
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PTS: 1
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OBJ:
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PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams
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forregistered nurses?
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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 ww ww ww ww


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




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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification
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exams for registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does
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not administercertification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
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(NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care
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Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered
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nurses.
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PTS: 1
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OBJ:
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PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind,
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wwand spiritare interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which
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c. Cultural care ww


d. Interdisciplinary care ww




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Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit
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are interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of
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each patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural
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diversityin
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health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the
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world becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and
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interfaces withplaces and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of
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health care professionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
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PTS: 1
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OBJ:
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PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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