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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 dt
8 Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management dt dt dt
9 Hemodynamic Monitoring dt
10 Ventilatory Assistance dt
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 dt
14 Nervous System Alterations dt dt
15 Acute Respiratory Failure
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16 Acute Kidney Injury
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17 Hematological and Immune Disorders dt dt dt
18 Gastrointestinal Alterations dt
19 Endocrine Alterations dt
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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1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nursing p
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ractice?
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Care Nurses is the specialty organization that supports and represents critical care nurses.
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The American Heart Association supports cardiovascular initiatives. The American Nurs
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es Association supports all nurses. The Society of Critical Care Medicine represents the
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ly ill patients. The ACNPC-
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AG certification is for acute care nurse practitioners. The CNML is for critical care nurse
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managers or leaders. The PCCN certification is for staff nurses working in progressive ca
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re, intermediate care, or step-down unit settings.
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Certification helps to assure the consumer that the nurse has a minimum level of knowled
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ge; however, it does not ensure that care will be mistake-
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free. Certification does not prepare one for graduate school; however, achieving certificati
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on demonstrates motivation for achievement and professionalism. Magnet facilities are ra
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ted on the number of certified nurses; however, that is not the purpose of certification.
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e tailored visiting to meet the patient’s and family’s needs and the application of alternativ
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e therapies if desired by the patient, but that is not the primary focus of the model.
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an in over 24 hours and that they have some questions they want clarified. During mornin
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he family at 4:00 PM. Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
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nication and collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify the competency o
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f collaboration.
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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 dt
8 Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management dt dt dt
9 Hemodynamic Monitoring dt
10 Ventilatory Assistance dt
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 dt
14 Nervous System Alterations dt dt
15 Acute Respiratory Failure
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16 Acute Kidney Injury
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17 Hematological and Immune Disorders dt dt dt
18 Gastrointestinal Alterations dt
19 Endocrine Alterations dt
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 dt
1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nursing p
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ractice?
a. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses dt dt dt dt
b. American Heart Association dt dt
c. American Nurses Association dt dt
d. Society of Critical Care Medicine dt dt dt dt
ANS: A d t
The American Association of Critical-
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Care Nurses is the specialty organization that supports and represents critical care nurses.
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The American Heart Association supports cardiovascular initiatives. The American Nurs
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es Association supports all nurses. The Society of Critical Care Medicine represents the
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multiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist. dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge dt dt
OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical
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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 2 years an
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d is interested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for the nurse t
dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
o seek?
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a. ACNPC-AG
b. CNML
c. CCRN
d. PCCN
ANS: C d t
The CCRN certification is appropriate for nurses in bedside practice who care for critical
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ly ill patients. The ACNPC-
dt dt dt dt
AG certification is for acute care nurse practitioners. The CNML is for critical care nurse
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managers or leaders. The PCCN certification is for staff nurses working in progressive ca
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re, intermediate care, or step-down unit settings.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge dt dt
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses.
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TOP: Nursing Process Step: d t dt dt
N/A
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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 mistake. dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
b. prepare for graduate school. dt dt dt
c. promote magnet status for your facility. dt dt dt dt dt
d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing. dt dt dt dt dt
, ANS: D d t
Certification assists in validating knowledge of the field, promotes excellence in the profe
dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
ssion, and helps nurses to maintain their knowledge of critical care nursing.
dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
Certification helps to assure the consumer that the nurse has a minimum level of knowled
dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
ge; however, it does not ensure that care will be mistake-
dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
free. Certification does not prepare one for graduate school; however, achieving certificati
dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
on demonstrates motivation for achievement and professionalism. Magnet facilities are ra
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ted on the number of certified nurses; however, that is not the purpose of certification.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge dt dt
OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses.
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TOP: Nursing Process Step: d t dt dt
N/A
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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4. The synergy model of practice focuses on
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a. allowing unrestricted visiting for the patient 24 hours a day. dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
b. holistic and alternative therapies. dt dt dt
c. the needs of patients and their families, which drive nursing competency.
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d. patients’ needs for energy and support. dt dt dt dt dt
ANS: C d t
The synergy model of practice states that the needs of patients and families influence and
dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt d
drive competencies of nurses. Nursing practice based on the synergy model would involv
t dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
e tailored visiting to meet the patient’s and family’s needs and the application of alternativ
dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
e therapies if desired by the patient, but that is not the primary focus of the model.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember/Knowledge dt dt
OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing. TO
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P: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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5. The family of your critically ill patient tells you that they have not spoken with the physici
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an in over 24 hours and that they have some questions they want clarified. During mornin
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g rounds, you convey this concern to the attending intensivist and arrange a meeting with t
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he family at 4:00 PM. Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
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a. Advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
b. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills dt dt dt dt dt
c. Collaboration with patients, families, and team members dt dt dt dt dt dt
d. Facilitation of learning for patients, families, and team members dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
ANS: C d t
Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being addressed, commu
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nication and collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify the competency o
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f collaboration.
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