Test Bank for Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition by Linda D. Urden | Verified 2025/2026 Update

TEST BANK
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
3. Facilitating Care Transitions

UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
6. The Older Adult
7. Pain and Pain Management
8. Sedation and Delirium Management
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care

UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
11. Cardiovascular Disorders
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management

UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
14. Pulmonary Disorders
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management

UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
24. Trauma
25. Burns
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies

,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
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MULTIPLE
CHOICE
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1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically
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Dinjured patients? D


a. Intensive care D


b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C D


During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients.
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DTriage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
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hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care
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units.
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PTS: 1 DD D DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 1 D D D D


OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
D D TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
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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
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D andmanages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses D


b. Advanced practice nurses D D


c. Clinical nurse leaders D D


d. Intensivists
ANS: B D


Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their
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specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
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Dpractitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally
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Ddirect care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system
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Dissues.

PTS: 1 DD D DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2 D D D D


OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and
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that safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse D


Dspecialist b. D

DAdvancedpractice D


Dnurse c. D


Registered nurses D


d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A D

, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
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Dresearch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care
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is evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs)
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have
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a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex
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Dclinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse
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practitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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PTS: 1 DD D DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2 D D D D


OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
D D TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
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MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
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Dregistered nurses? D


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 D D D D


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




ANS: D D


American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams
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for registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not
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administercertification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
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(NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine
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(SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered nurses.
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PTS: 1 DD D DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3 D D D D


OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and
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Dspiritare interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which
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Dmethodology of care? D D


a. Holistic care D


b. Individualized care D


c. Cultural care D


d. Interdisciplinary care D




ANS: A D


Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
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Dinterdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
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Dpatient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversity
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in
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health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world
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Dbecomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with
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places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care
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Dprofessionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
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PTS: 1 DD D DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4 D D D D


OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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