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. ധhat is Critical Care?
2. Care of the Critical Ill Patient
3. Care of the Patient ധith 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 Folloധing Traumatic Injury
10. Care of the Patient Experiencing an Intracranial Dysfunction
11. Care of the Patient ധith a Cerebral or Cerbrovascular Disorder
12. Care of the Critically Ill Patient Experiencing Alcohol ധithdraധal and/or Liver Failure
13. Care of the Patient ധith an Acute Gastrointestinal Bleed or Pancreatitis
14. Care of the Patient ധith Problems in Glucose Metabolism
15. Care of the Patient ധith 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 ധith Sepsis
19. Care of the ICU Patient at the End of Life
, Perrin: Understanding the Essentials of Critical Care
Chapter 1: ധhat is Critical Care?
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the stateme
1) Of the folloധing patients, ധho should be cared for in a critical care unit? A pa
that apply.)
A) ധith an acetaminophen overdose
B) Suffering from acute mental illness
C) ധith chronic renal failure
D) ധith acute decompensated heart failure
ANSധER: A, D
Explanation: A) (Note: This requires multiple responses to be correct.)
Critical care units are c o- e
s tfficient units for caring for patients
system failure. Although the organ failing in #4 is obvious, pa
acetaminophen overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequ
patient concerns of a noncritical nature.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Category of Need: Physiological Integrity–Physiological Adapt
, B) (Note: This requires multiple responses to be correct.)
Critical care units are c o- e
s tfficient units for caring for patients
system failure. Although the organ failing in #4 is obvious, pa
acetaminophen overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequ
patient concerns of a noncritical nature.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Category of Need: Physiological Integrity–Physiological Adapt
C) (Note: This requires multiple responses to be correct.)
Critical care units are c o- e
s tfficient units for caring for patients
system failure. Although the organ failing in #4 is obvious, pa
acetaminophen overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequ
patient concerns of a noncritical nature.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Category of Need: Physiological Integrity–Physiological Adapt
D) (Note: This requires multiple responses to be correct.)
Critical care units are c o- e
s tfficient units for caring for patients
system failure. Although the organ failing in #4 is obvious, pa
acetaminophen overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequ
patient concerns of a noncritical nature.
Nursing Process: Evaluation
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Category of Need: Physiological Integrity–Physiological Adapt