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,1 Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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2 Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience
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3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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4 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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5 Organ Donation
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6 Comfort and Sedation
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7 Nutritional Therapy FD
8 Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management
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9 Hemodynamic Monitoring FD
10 Ventilatory Assistance FD
11 Rapid Response Teams and Code Management
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12 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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13 Cardiovascular Alterations FD
14 Nervous System Alterations
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15 Acute Respiratory Failure
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16 Acute Kidney Injury
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17 Hematological and Immune Disorders FD FD FD
18 Gastrointestinal Alterations FD
19 Endocrine Alterations FD
20 Trauma and Surgical Management
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21 Burns
,Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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Sole’s Introduction to Critical Care Nursing 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE FD
1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nur
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a. American Association of Critical- FD FD FD
Care Nurses FD
b. American Heart Association FD FD
c. American Nurses Association FD FD
d. Society of Critical Care Medicine FD FD FD FD
ANS: F D A
The American Association of Critical-
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Care Nurses is the specialty organization that supports and represents critical care
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nurses. The American Heart Association supports cardiovascular initiatives. The A
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merican Nurses Association supports all nurses. The Society of Critical Care Medi
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cine represents the multiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an in
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tensivist.
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OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support
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critical care practice. TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. A nurse has been working as a staff nurse in the surgical intensive care unit for
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2 years and is interested in certification. Which credential would be most applica
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ble for the nurse to seek?
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a. ACNPC-AG
b. CNML
c. CCRN
d. PCCN
ANS: F D C
The CCRN certification is appropriate for nurses in bedside practice who care for
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Dcritically ill patients. The ACNPC- FD FD FD FD
AG certification is for acute care nurse practitioners. The CNML is for critical car
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e nurse managers or leaders. The PCCN certification is for staff nurses working in
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progressive care, intermediate care, or step-down unit settings.
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OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses.
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p: N/AFD
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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3. The main purpose of certification is to
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a. assure the consumer that you will not make a mist
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ake.
b. prepare for graduate school. FD FD FD
c. promote magnet status for your facility. FD FD FD FD FD
, d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing.
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