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TABLEOFCONTENTS
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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 bn bn




UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations bn bn bn




5. Nutritional Alterations and Management bn bn bn




6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management
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9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures bn bn bn bn bn




11. Cardiovascular Disorders bn




12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management bn bn




UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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14. Pulmonary Disorders bn




15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management bn bn




UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures bn bn bn bn bn




17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management bn bn bn bn




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 bn bn bn bn bn




21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management bn bn bn bn




UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
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22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
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24. Trauma
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26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies bn bn bn

,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urd
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en: Critical Care Nursing, 10th
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CHOICE
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1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyin j
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ured patients? bn



a. Intensive care bn



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



During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Tr i
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age wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital
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. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care units.
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PTS: b n 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A bn bn bn bn bn bn



TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe a bn bn bn bn pc bn bn bn b



nnd 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? bn bn bn bn bn



a. Registered nurses bn



b. Advanced practice nurses bn bn



c. Clinical nurse leaders bn bn



d. Intensivists
ANS: B bn



Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirs
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pecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical pract i
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tioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct car e
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providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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PTS: b n 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A bn bn bn bn bn bn



TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe a bn bn bn bn pc bn bn bn b



nnd Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and t
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hat safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse spec bn bn b



ialist b. Advanced pract
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ice nurse c.
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Registered nurses bn



d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A bn

, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, rese arc
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h, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care is evi dence
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based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs)have
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a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex cli n
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ical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepract iti
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oners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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PTS: DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A bn bn bn bn bn bn



TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe a bn bn bn bn pc bn bn bn b


nnd Effective Care Environment
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forre
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gistered nurses? bn



a. State Board of Registered Nurses bn bn bn bn



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



c. Society of Critical Care Medicine bn bn bn bn



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




ANS: D bn



American Association of Critical- bn bn bn



Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Boa r
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d of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Associa t
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ion of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Socie t
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y of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for r eg
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istered nurses. bn




PTS: DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 3 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A bn bn bn bn bn bn



TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe a bn bn bn bn pc bn bn bn b



nnd Effective Care Environment
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit
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are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of c a
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re?
a. Holistic care bn



b. Individualized care bn



c. Cultural care bn



d. Interdisciplinary care bn




ANS: A bn



Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are inte rdepen
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dent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s preferences, c
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ondition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin
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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 t
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he patient’s health as the common goal.
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PTS: DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 4 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A bn bn bn bn bn bn



TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe a bn bn bn bn pc bn bn bn b



nnd Effective Care Environment
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