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Test Bank for Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, 11th Edition by Patricia G. Morton & Dorrie K. Fontaine

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Test Bank for Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, 11th Edition by Patricia G. Morton & Dorrie K. FontaineChapter 1 Critical Care Nursing Practice: Promoting Excellence-Caring,Collaboration Evidence 1. A nurse is the only one in the ICU who has not achieved certification in critical care nursing. She often will ask her fellow nurses what to do in caring for a patient because she doubts the accuracy of her knowledge and her intuition. She loves her work but wishes she could do it with a greater level of competence. What is the most important effect that obtaining certification would likely have on the nurses practice? A) Recognition by peers B) Increase in salary and rank C) More flexibility in seeking employment D) Increased confidence in making decisions 2. A hospital interviews two different candidates for a position in the ICU. Both candidates have around 10 years of experience working in the ICU. Both have excellent interpersonal skills and highly positive references. One, however, has certification in critical care nursing. Which of the following is the most compelling and accurate reason for the hospital to hire the candidate with certification? A) The certified nurse will have more knowledge and expertise. B) The certified nurse will behave more ethically. C) The certified nurse will be more caring toward patients. D) The certified nurse will work more collaboratively with other nurses. 3. A nurse is caring for an elderly man recently admitted to the ICU following a stroke. She assesses his cognitive function using a new cognitive assessment test she learned about in a recent article in a nursing journal. She then brings a cup of water and a straw to the patient because she observes that his lips are dry. Later, she has the patient sit in a wheelchair and takes him to have some blood tests performed. He objects at first, saying that he can walk on his own, but the nurse explains that it is hospital policy to use the wheelchair. That evening, she recognizes signs of an imminent stroke in the patient and immediately pages the physician. Which action taken by the nurse is the best example of evidence-based practice? A) Giving the patient a cup of water B) Transferring the patient in a wheelchair C) Using the cognitive assessment test D) Recognizing signs of imminent stroke and paging the physician 4. A nurse is on a committee that is trying to reduce the occurrence of hospital-acquired infections in the ICU. Her role is to conduct research to find which interventions have been shown to be most effective in reducing these infections. She consults many different sources and finds conflicting information. Which of the following sources should she consider the most authoritative? A) AACN expert panel report B) A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in the American Journal of Nursing C) A systematic review of qualitative studies in the Journal of Advanced Nursing D) A single randomized controlled trial in the American Journal of Critical Care 5. A nurse who has been recently hired to manage the nursing staff of the ICU is concerned at the lack of evidence-based practice she sees among the staff. Which of the following would be the best step for her to take to promote incorporating evidence into clinical practice? A) Only hire nurses certified in critical care nursing. B) Leave copies of several different nursing journals in the nurses lounge. C) Demonstrate to the staff the best nursing-related search terms to use in Google or Yahoo! D) Introduce the staff to the PubMed search engine and assign them topics to research on it. 6. A physician visits a patient in the ICU while the nurse is out. The patient complains that the pain medication is not effective and that he would like to receive an increased dose. The physician has the nurse paged and consults with him in the hallway regarding the patients request for stronger pain medication. The nurse explains that patient was started on a morphine drip only 20 minutes ago and that the drug has not had time to take effect yet. The physician agrees and tells the patient to give it just a bit more time. Which component of a healthy work environment is most evident in this scenario? A) Skilled communication B) Appropriate staffing C) True collaboration D) Meaningful recognition 7. A nurse in the ICU is responding to a patient who has just gone into cardiac arrest. A moment later, the nurse is notified that another patient has just gone into anaphylactic shock due to a drug allergy. She is conflicted as to what to do, as she is the only nurse available at the moment to tend to both patients. Which component of a healthy work environment is lacking in this scenario? A) Effective decision making B) Appropriate staffing C) Authentic leadership D) Meaningful recognition 8. An ICU nurse has provided excellent care for a 6-year-old girl who had been admitted to the ICU for a head injury. The nurse was attentive not only to the needs of the patient but also went out of her way to care for the needs of the girls family. According to research, which of the following forms of recognition would the nurse value the most? A) A card from the girls family B) A plaque from the ICU physicians naming her as Nurse of the Year C) A letter of commendation from the hospitals administration D) A bouquet of flowers from her supervisor 9. A patient in the ICU has recently been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. Before being discharged, this patient will require detailed instructions on how to manage her diet, how to self-inject insulin, and how to handle future diabetic emergencies. Which nurse competency is most needed in this situation? A) Clinical judgment B) Advocacy and moral agency C) Caring practices D) Facilitation of learning 10. An elderly patient is admitted to the ICU with stage IV lung cancer, diabetes mellitus, and congestive heart failure. The health care team assembled to care for her is large and diverse, including an oncologist, a pulmonologist, an endocrinologist, a cardiologist, and others. The patient is not expected to survive more than a few weeks, and her husband is overwhelmed with stress and grief. Which nurse competency or competencies are most needed in this situation? Select all that apply. A) Clinical judgment B) Caring practices C) Collab

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Part 1 The Concept of Holism Applied to Critical Care Nursing Practice
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Chapter 1. Critical Care Nursing Practice: Promoting Excellence Through Caring,
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Chapter 2. The Patient’s Experience With Critical Illness
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Chapter 3. The Family’s Experience With Critical Illness
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Chapter 4. Patient and Family Education in Critical Care
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Chapter 5. Relieving Pain and Providing Comfort
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Chapter 6. Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues in Critical Care
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Chapter 7. Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 8. Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 9. Building a Professional Practice Model for Excellence in Critical Care
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Part 3 Special Populations in Critical Care
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Chapter 10. The Critically Ill Pediatric Patient
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Chapter 11. The Critically Ill Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 12. The Critically Ill Older Patient
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Chapter 13. The Postanesthesia Patient
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Part 4 Special Situations in Critical Care
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Chapter 14. Rapid Response Teams and Transport of the Critically Ill Patient
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Chapter 15. Disaster Management: Implications for the Critical Care Nurse
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Chapter 16. Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 18. Patient Management: Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 19. Common Cardiovascular Disorders
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Chapter 20. Heart Failure
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Chapter 21. Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Chapter 22. Cardiac Surgery
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Chapter 27. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Part 7 Renal System
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Chapter 28. Anatomy and Physiology of the Renal System
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Chapter 30. Patient Management: Renal System
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Chapter 31. Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
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Chapter 32. Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System
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Chapter 34. Patient Management: Nervous System
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Chapter 35. Common Neurosurgical and Neurological Disorders
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Chapter 36. Traumatic Brain Injury
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Chapter 37. Spinal Cord Injury
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