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PrioritiesinCriticalCareNursing,9thEdition,
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Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
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,TABLEOF CONTENTS
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UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
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1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
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2. Ethical and Legal Issues
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3. Facilitating Care Transitions n n
UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations n n n
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management n n n
6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management n n n
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care n n n
UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures n n n n n
11. Cardiovascular Disorders n
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management n n
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures n n n n n
14. Pulmonary Disorders n
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management n n
UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures n n n n n
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management n n n n
UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
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18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
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20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures n n n n n
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management n n n n
UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
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22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures n n n n n
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management n n n n
UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
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24. Trauma
25. Burns
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies n n n
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden:
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Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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MULTIPLE
CHOICE
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1. During WorldWarII, what type of wards were developed to care for critically
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injured patients?
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a. Intensivecare n
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C n
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients.
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nTriage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
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nhospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care
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nunits.
PTS: 1 nn n DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 1 n n n n
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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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
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manages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registerednurses n
b. Advanced practice nurses n n
c. Clinical nurse leaders n n
d. Intensivists
ANS: B n
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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npractitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct
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ncare providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: 1 nn n DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2 n n n n
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence basedand
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that safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse n
specialistb.
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Advanced practice
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nurse c.
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Registerednurses n
d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A n
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
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nresearch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis
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nevidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs)have
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na broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex
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nclinical 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 nn n DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2 n n n n
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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Practice 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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n registerednurses? n
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
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b. National Association of Clinical NurseSpecialist n n n n n
c. Societyof Critical Care Medicine n n n n
d. American Association of Critical-CareNurses n n n n
ANS: D n
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
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nregistered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer
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certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not
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nadminister certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not
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nadminister nursing certification exams for registered nurses.
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PTS: 1 nn n DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3 n n n n
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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Practice 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 spirit are
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ninterdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care? n n n n n n n n n
a. Holisticcare n
b. Individualized care n
c. Cultural care n
d. Interdisciplinarycare n
ANS: A n
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
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interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
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npatient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin
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nhealth care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world becomes
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more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with places and
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peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the
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patient’s health as the common goal.
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PTS: 1 nn n DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4 n n n n
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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