TESTBANK FOR SOLE’S INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL CARE
NURSING 9TH EDITION BY MARYBETH & LAUREN
,Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
Sole: Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nursing practice?
a. American Association of Critical-Care Nursing attendants
b. American Heart Association
c. American Nurses Association
d. Society of Critical Care Medicine
ACCURATE ANSWER: A
Reasoning :->> The American Association of Critical-Care nurses is the specialty organization that
supports and represents critical care nursing attendants. The American Heart Association supports
cardiovascular initiatives. The American Nurses Association supports all nursing attendants. The
Society of Critical CareMedicine represents the multiprofessional critical care team under the direction
of an intensivist.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: page. 5
OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical care practice.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing attendant has been working as a staff nursing attendant in the surgical intensive care unit for
2 years and isinterested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for the nursing
attendant to seek?
a. ACNPC-AG
b. CNML
c. CCRN
d. PCCN
ACCURATE
ANSWER: C
Reasoning :->>The CCRN certification is appropriate for nursing attendants in bedside practice who
care for critically illhospital clients. The ACNPC-AG certification is for acute care nursing attendant
practitioners. The CNML is forcritical care nursing attendant managers or leaders. The PCCN
certification is for staff nursing attendants working in progressive care, intermediate care, or step-down
unit settings.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: p. 6
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nursing attendants. TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. The main purpose of certification is to
a. assure the consumer that you will not make a mistake.
b. prepare for graduate school.
c. promote magnet status for your facility.
d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing.
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
, Reasoning :->>Certification assists in validating knowledge of the field, promotes excellence in the
profession, and helps nursing attendants to maintain their knowledge of critical care nursing.
Certificationhelps to assure the consumer that the nursing attendant has a minimum level of knowledge;
however, it does not ensure that care will be mistake-free. Certification does not prepare one for
graduate school; however, achieving certification demonstrates motivation for achievement and
professionalism. Magnet facilities are rated on the number of certified nursing attendants; however, that
isnot the purpose of certification.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: p. 6
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nursing attendants. TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. The synergy model of practice focuses on
a. allowing unrestricted visiting for the hospital client 24 hours a day.
b. holistic and alternative therapies.
c. the needs of hospital clients and their families, which drive nursing competency.
d. hospital clients’ needs for energy and support.
ACCURATE ANSWER: C
Reasoning :->>The synergy model of practice states that the needs of hospital clients and families
influence and drive competencies of nursing attendants. Nursing practice based on the synergy
model would involvetailored visiting to meet the hospital client’s and family’s needs and the
application of alternative therapies if desired by the hospital client, but that is not the primary focus
of the model.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: page.
6OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs CategoN ryU: RSSafIN
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5. The family of your critically ill hospital client tells you that they have not spoken with the physician in
over 24 hours and that they have some questions they want clarified. During morning rounds, you
convey this concern to the attending intensivist and arrange a meeting with the family at 4:00 PM.
Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
a. Advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues
b. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills
c. Collaboration with hospital clients, families, and team members
d. Facilitation of learning for hospital clients, families, and team members
ACCURATE ANSWER: C
Reasoning :->>Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being
addressed, communication and collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify
thecompetency of collaboration.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze/Analysis REF: page. 6 | Fig 1-3 | Box 1-1
OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
6. The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice use what framework toguide
critical care nursing practice?
a. Evidence-based practice
, b. Healthy work environment
c. National Hospital client Safety Goals
d. Nursing process
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
Reasoning :->>The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice delineate the nursing
process as applied to critically ill hospital clients: collect data, determine diagnoses, identify expected
outcomes, develop a plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate care. AACN promotes a
healthy work environment, but this is not included in its standards. The Joint Commission has
established National Hospital client Safety Goals, but these are not the AACN standards.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: page.
6OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
7. The charge nursing attendant is responsible for making the hospital client assignments on the critical
care unit. An experienced, certified nursing attendant is assigned to care for the acutely ill hospital client
with sepsis who also requires continuous renal replacement therapy and mechanical ventilation. The
nursing attendant withless than 1 year of experience is assigned to two hospital clients who are more
stable. This assignment reflects implementation of the
a. crew resource management model.
b. National Hospital client Safety Goals.
c. Quality and Safety Education for Nursing attendants (QSEN) model.
d. synergy model of practice.
ACCURA
TE
ANSWER
: D
Reasoning :->>This assignment demonstrates nursing care to meet the needs of the hospital client.
The synergy model notes that the nursing attendant competencies are matched to the hospital client
characteristics. Crew resource management concepts are related to team training; National Hospital
client Safety Goals arespecified by The Joint Commission to promote safe care but do not incorporate
the synergy model. The Quality and Safety Education for Nursing attendants initiative involves targeted
education ofundergraduate and graduate nursing students on quality and safety concepts.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze/Analysis REF: page.
6OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
8. The vision of the American Association of Critical-Care Nursing attendants is a health care system
drivenby
a. a healthy work environment.
b. care from a multiprofessional team under the direction of a critical care physician.
c. the needs of critically ill hospital clients and families.
d. respectful, healing, and humane environments.
ACCURATE ANSWER: C
NURSING 9TH EDITION BY MARYBETH & LAUREN
,Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
Sole: Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nursing practice?
a. American Association of Critical-Care Nursing attendants
b. American Heart Association
c. American Nurses Association
d. Society of Critical Care Medicine
ACCURATE ANSWER: A
Reasoning :->> The American Association of Critical-Care nurses is the specialty organization that
supports and represents critical care nursing attendants. The American Heart Association supports
cardiovascular initiatives. The American Nurses Association supports all nursing attendants. The
Society of Critical CareMedicine represents the multiprofessional critical care team under the direction
of an intensivist.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: page. 5
OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical care practice.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. A nursing attendant has been working as a staff nursing attendant in the surgical intensive care unit for
2 years and isinterested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for the nursing
attendant to seek?
a. ACNPC-AG
b. CNML
c. CCRN
d. PCCN
ACCURATE
ANSWER: C
Reasoning :->>The CCRN certification is appropriate for nursing attendants in bedside practice who
care for critically illhospital clients. The ACNPC-AG certification is for acute care nursing attendant
practitioners. The CNML is forcritical care nursing attendant managers or leaders. The PCCN
certification is for staff nursing attendants working in progressive care, intermediate care, or step-down
unit settings.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: p. 6
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nursing attendants. TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. The main purpose of certification is to
a. assure the consumer that you will not make a mistake.
b. prepare for graduate school.
c. promote magnet status for your facility.
d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing.
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
, Reasoning :->>Certification assists in validating knowledge of the field, promotes excellence in the
profession, and helps nursing attendants to maintain their knowledge of critical care nursing.
Certificationhelps to assure the consumer that the nursing attendant has a minimum level of knowledge;
however, it does not ensure that care will be mistake-free. Certification does not prepare one for
graduate school; however, achieving certification demonstrates motivation for achievement and
professionalism. Magnet facilities are rated on the number of certified nursing attendants; however, that
isnot the purpose of certification.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: p. 6
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nursing attendants. TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. The synergy model of practice focuses on
a. allowing unrestricted visiting for the hospital client 24 hours a day.
b. holistic and alternative therapies.
c. the needs of hospital clients and their families, which drive nursing competency.
d. hospital clients’ needs for energy and support.
ACCURATE ANSWER: C
Reasoning :->>The synergy model of practice states that the needs of hospital clients and families
influence and drive competencies of nursing attendants. Nursing practice based on the synergy
model would involvetailored visiting to meet the hospital client’s and family’s needs and the
application of alternative therapies if desired by the hospital client, but that is not the primary focus
of the model.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: page.
6OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs CategoN ryU: RSSafIN
eGanTdB.C
EfO
feM
ctive Care Environment
5. The family of your critically ill hospital client tells you that they have not spoken with the physician in
over 24 hours and that they have some questions they want clarified. During morning rounds, you
convey this concern to the attending intensivist and arrange a meeting with the family at 4:00 PM.
Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
a. Advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues
b. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills
c. Collaboration with hospital clients, families, and team members
d. Facilitation of learning for hospital clients, families, and team members
ACCURATE ANSWER: C
Reasoning :->>Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being
addressed, communication and collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify
thecompetency of collaboration.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze/Analysis REF: page. 6 | Fig 1-3 | Box 1-1
OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
6. The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice use what framework toguide
critical care nursing practice?
a. Evidence-based practice
, b. Healthy work environment
c. National Hospital client Safety Goals
d. Nursing process
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
Reasoning :->>The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice delineate the nursing
process as applied to critically ill hospital clients: collect data, determine diagnoses, identify expected
outcomes, develop a plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate care. AACN promotes a
healthy work environment, but this is not included in its standards. The Joint Commission has
established National Hospital client Safety Goals, but these are not the AACN standards.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge REF: page.
6OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
7. The charge nursing attendant is responsible for making the hospital client assignments on the critical
care unit. An experienced, certified nursing attendant is assigned to care for the acutely ill hospital client
with sepsis who also requires continuous renal replacement therapy and mechanical ventilation. The
nursing attendant withless than 1 year of experience is assigned to two hospital clients who are more
stable. This assignment reflects implementation of the
a. crew resource management model.
b. National Hospital client Safety Goals.
c. Quality and Safety Education for Nursing attendants (QSEN) model.
d. synergy model of practice.
ACCURA
TE
ANSWER
: D
Reasoning :->>This assignment demonstrates nursing care to meet the needs of the hospital client.
The synergy model notes that the nursing attendant competencies are matched to the hospital client
characteristics. Crew resource management concepts are related to team training; National Hospital
client Safety Goals arespecified by The Joint Commission to promote safe care but do not incorporate
the synergy model. The Quality and Safety Education for Nursing attendants initiative involves targeted
education ofundergraduate and graduate nursing students on quality and safety concepts.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze/Analysis REF: page.
6OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOPIC: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
8. The vision of the American Association of Critical-Care Nursing attendants is a health care system
drivenby
a. a healthy work environment.
b. care from a multiprofessional team under the direction of a critical care physician.
c. the needs of critically ill hospital clients and families.
d. respectful, healing, and humane environments.
ACCURATE ANSWER: C
