Essentials of Critical Care Nursing
3rd Edition Perrin
Chapters 1 - 19
, TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ESSENTIALS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING 3RD
EDITION BY KATHLEEN PERRIN, CARRIE MACLEOD
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. What is Critical Care?
,2. Care of the Critical Ill Patient
3. Care of the Patient with Respiratory Failure
4. Interpretation and Management of Basic Dysrhythmias
5. Cardiodynamics and Hemodynamic Regulation
6. Care of the Patient Experiencing Shock
7. Care of the Patient Experiencing Heart Failure
8. Care of the Patient Experiencing Acute Coronary Syndrome
9. Care of the Patient Following Traumatic Injury
10. Care of the Patient Experiencing an Intracranial Dysfunction
11. Care of the Patient With a Cerebral or Cerbrovascular Disorder
12. Care of the Critically Ill Patient Experiencing Alcohol Withdrawal and/or Liver Failure
13. Care of the Patient With an Acute Gastrointestinal Bleed or Pancreatitis
14. Care of the Patient with Problems in Glucose Metabolism
15. Care of the Patient with Acute Kidney Injury
16. Care of the Organ Donor and Transplant Recipient
17. Care of the Acutely Ill Burn Patient
18. Care of the Patient with Sepsis
19. Care of the ICU Patient at the End of Life
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is Critical Care?
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answe
1) Of the following patients, who should be cared for in a critical care unit? A patient: (Select
apply.)
A) With an acetaminophen overdose
B) Suffering from acute mental illness
C) With chronic renal failure
D) With acute decompensated
heart failure ANSWER: A, D
Explanation: A) (Note: This requires multiple responses to be correct.)
Critical care units are c o- es tf ficient units for caring for patients with specific
system failure. Although the organ failing in #4 is obvious, patients with
overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequence. #2 and #3 presen
concerns of a noncritical nature.
Nursing Process:
Evaluation
Cognitive Level:
Analysis
Category of Need: Physiological Integrity–Physiological Adaptation
B) (Note: This requires multiple responses to be correct.)
Critical care units are c o- e
s tf ficient units for caring for patients with specific
system failure. Although the organ failing in #4 is obvious, patients wit
overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequence. #2 and #3
concerns of a noncritical nature.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Category of Need: Physiological Integrity–Physiological Adaptation
C) (Note: This requires multiple responses to be correct.)
Critical care units are c o- e
s tf ficient units for caring for patients with specific
system failure. Although the organ failing in #4 is obvious, patients with
overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequence. #2 and #3 presen
concerns of a noncritical nature.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Category of Need: Physiological Integrity–Physiological Adaptation
D) (Note: This requires multiple responses to be correct.)
Critical care units are c o- e
s tf ficient units for caring for patients with specific
system failure. Although the organ failing in #4 is obvious, patients with
overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequence. #2 and #3 presen
concerns of a noncritical nature.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Category of Need: Physiological Integrity–Physiological Adaptation
2) A hospital in a small rural town would be able to provide which level of care in the critical
A) Level I