Test Bank for Critical Care Nursing Diagnosis and Management 9th Edition by Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy Included All Chapters 1-41

,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden:
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Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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MULTIPLE C xt


HOICE

1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically injured
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patients?
a. Intensive care xt


b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative

ANS: C x t


During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. T
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riage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospita
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l. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care units.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A x t xt xt x t xt xt xt


TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe x t xt xt xt xt xt xt


xt 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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tmanages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses xt


b. Advanced practice nurses xt xt


c. Clinical nurse leaders xt xt


d. Intensivists

, ANS: B x t


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 p
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ractitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally dire
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ct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: 1 x t DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering x t xt xt


REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A x t xt xt x t xt xt xt


TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe x t xt xt xt xt xt xt


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 specialist b. Advanced practice nurse c. Registered nurses
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d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A x t

, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, r
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esearch, 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 a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage compl
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ex clinical 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 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A x t xt xt x t xt xt xt


TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe x t xt xt xt xt xt xt


xt and Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
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registered nurses? xt


a. State Board of Registered Nurses xt xt xt xt


b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist xt xt xt xt xt


c. Society of Critical Care Medicine xt xt xt xt


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




ANS: D x t


American Association of Critical- xt xt xt


Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Boa
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rd of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer certification exams. National Associ
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ation of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Soc
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iety of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams fo
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r registered nurses.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 3 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A x t xt xt x t xt xt xt


TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe x t xt xt xt xt xt xt


xt 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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tinterdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care? xt xt xt xt xt xt xt xt xt


a. Holistic care xt


b. Individualized care xt


c. Cultural care xt


d. Interdisciplinary care xt




ANS: A x t


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