Test Bank - Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition
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,Chapter 01: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient Urden: Priorities in
Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and manages
complex clinical and system issues?
a. Registered nurses
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Clinical nurse leaders
d. Intensivists
ANS: B
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their
specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care
providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive
Level:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
N/A TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
2. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and that safety
programs are in place?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Advanced practice nurse
c. Registered nurses
d. Nurse practitioners
ANS: A
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care is
evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a
broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clinical and
systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs)
manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
, PTS: 1 DIF: CognitiveLevel:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
N/A TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
3. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for registered
nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine
, d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
ANS:D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer certification
exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification
exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification
exams for registered nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: CognitiveLevel:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
N/A TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
4. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has developed short directives that
can be used as quick references for clinical use that are known as:
a. critical care protocol.
b. practice policies.
c. evidence-based research.
d. practice alerts.
ANS: D
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has promulgated several evidence-
based practice summaries in the form of “practice alerts.” Evidence-based nursing practice
considers the best research evidence on the care topic along with clinical expertise of the nurse
and patient preferences. Critical care protocol and practice policies are established by individual
institutions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning
TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
Environment: Coordinated Care
(Urden, 2020), Chapter 1-27 | All Chapters Covered 100%
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1|Page
,Chapter 01: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient Urden: Priorities in
Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and manages
complex clinical and system issues?
a. Registered nurses
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Clinical nurse leaders
d. Intensivists
ANS: B
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their
specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical
practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care
providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive
Level:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
N/A TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
2. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and that safety
programs are in place?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Advanced practice nurse
c. Registered nurses
d. Nurse practitioners
ANS: A
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care is
evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a
broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clinical and
systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs)
manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
, PTS: 1 DIF: CognitiveLevel:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
N/A TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
3. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for registered
nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine
, d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
ANS:D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer certification
exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification
exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification
exams for registered nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: CognitiveLevel:
Remembering OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
N/A TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
4. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has developed short directives that
can be used as quick references for clinical use that are known as:
a. critical care protocol.
b. practice policies.
c. evidence-based research.
d. practice alerts.
ANS: D
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has promulgated several evidence-
based practice summaries in the form of “practice alerts.” Evidence-based nursing practice
considers the best research evidence on the care topic along with clinical expertise of the nurse
and patient preferences. Critical care protocol and practice policies are established by individual
institutions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning
TOP: Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
Environment: Coordinated Care
