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TEST BANK FOR: CRITICAL CARE NURSING: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT, 8TH EDITION BY LINDA D. URDEN, KATHLEEN M. STACY & MARY E. LOUGH

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TEST BANK FOR: CRITICAL CARE NURSING: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT, 8TH EDITION BY LINDA D. URDEN, KATHLEEN M. STACY & MARY E. LOUGH

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Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis And Management, 8
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Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management, 8

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| Unit |1: |Foundations |of |Critical |Care |Nursing
1. Critical |Care |Nursing |Practice

2. Ethical |Issues

3. Legal |Issues

4. Genetic |Issues

5. Patient |and |Family |Education

6. Psychosocial |Alterations |and |Management

7. Nutrition |Alterations |and |Management

8. Pain |and |Pain |Management
9. Sedation, |Agitation, |and |Delirium |Management

10. End-of-Life |Care

Unit |2: |Cardiovascular |Alterations
11. Cardiovascular |Anatomy |and |Physiology

12. Cardiovascular |Clinical |Assessment

13. Cardiovascular |Diagnostic |Procedures

14. Cardiovascular |Disorders

15. Cardiovascular |Therapeutic |Management

Unit |3: |Pulmonary |Alterations
16. Pulmonary |Anatomy |and |Physiology

17. Pulmonary |Clinical |Assessment

18. Pulmonary |Diagnostic |Procedures

19. Pulmonary |Disorders

20. Pulmonary |Therapeutic |Management

Unit |4: |Neurologic |Alterations

21. Neurologic |Anatomy |and |Physiology

22. Neurologic |Clinical |Assessment |and |Diagnostic |Procedures




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, 23. Neurologic |Disorders |and |Therapeutic |Management



Unit |5: |Kidney |Alterations
24. Kidney |Anatomy |and |Physiology

25. Kidney |Clinical |Assessment |and |Diagnostic |Procedures

26. Kidney |Disorders |and |Therapeutic |Management

Unit |6: |Gastrointestinal |Alterations

27. Gastrointestinal |Anatomy |and |Physiology

28. Gastrointestinal |Clinical |Assessment |and |DiagnosticProcedures
29. Gastrointestinal |Disorders |and |Therapeutic |Management

Unit |7: |Endocrine |Alterations
30. Endocrine |Anatomy |and |Physiology

31. Endocrine |Clinical |Assessment |and |Diagnostic |Procedures

32. Endocrine |Disorders |and |Therapeutic |Management

Unit |8: |Multisystem |Alterations
33. Trauma

34. Shock, |Sepsis, |and |Multiple |Organ |Dysfunction |Syndrome

35. Burns

36. Organ |Donation |and |Transplantation

37. Hematologic |and |Oncologic |Emergencies

Unit |9: |Special |Populations
38. The |Obstetric |Patient

39. The |Pediatric |Patient

40. The |Older |Adult |Patient

41. The |Perianesthesia |Patient




Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
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, MULTIPLE |CHOICE

1. During |World |War |II, |what |type |of |wards |were |developed |to |care |for |critically |injured
patients?
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a. Intensive |care
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative

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.
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Postoperative |wards |were |developed |in |1900 |and |later |evolved |into |intensive |care |units.
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PTS: | 1 DIF: Cognitive |Level: |Remembering REF: |p. |1
OBJ: | Nursing |Process |Step: |N/A
| TOP: | Critical |Care |Nursing |Practice
MSC: | NCLEX: |Safe |and |Effective |Care |Environment
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2. What |type |of |practitioner |has |a |broad |depth |of |specialty |knowledge |and |expertise |and |manages
complex |clinical |and |system |issues?
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a. Registered |nurses
b. Advanced |practice |nurses
c. Clinical |nurse |leaders
d. Intensivists

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
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practitioners |who |manage |the |critical |ill |patient. |Registered |nurses |(RNs) |are |generally |direct
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care |providers. |Clinical |nurse |leaders |(CNLs) |generally |do |not |manage |system |issues.
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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
3. What |type |of |practitioner |is |instrumental |in |ensuring |care |that |is |evidence |based |and |that
safety |programs |are |in |place?
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