NCMB 418 PRELIM EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS,
VERIFIED ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW
Critical Care Nursing - correct answer ✔✔is the delivery of specialized care to critically ill clients
Critical care nurses - correct answer ✔✔are responsible for making sure that critically ill
patients and members of their families receive close attention and the best care possible
Critical care nurses need to - correct answer ✔✔ACT (advocate, critical thinker and team player)
Critical Care Nursing - correct answer ✔✔APIE
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔constant assessment of patient and equipment
Planning - correct answer ✔✔considerations: physiological and psychological
Implementation - correct answer ✔✔interventions to existing and potential problems
Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔patient's response to intervention
Multi disciplinary teams - correct answer ✔✔critical care nurses often collaborate with
multidisciplinary teams to meet the diverse needs of individual patients
Wound ostomy continence nurse - correct answer ✔✔Skin integrity, bowel and bladder
Occupational therapist - correct answer ✔✔Assess activities of daily living
, Patient care technician - correct answer ✔✔Direct patient care: bathes the patient, vital signs
and transportation
Physical therapist - correct answer ✔✔Mobility and functional ability
Occupational therapist - correct answer ✔✔Assess activities of daily living
The doctor - correct answer ✔✔Cardiologist, neurologist and pulmonologist
Rapid response team - correct answer ✔✔was identified as an evidence-based, lifesaving
strategy that would improve patient outcomes by preventing avoidable patient deaths outside
the critical care areas
Rapid response team members - correct answer ✔✔Doctor, critical care nurse and respiratory
therapist
SBAR - correct answer ✔✔a communication tool for ensuring that the right information gets to
the right person in the most clear, concise, and effective way
Situation - correct answer ✔✔What is going on?
Background - correct answer ✔✔What has happened? (In the past related to situation)
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔What do you think? (Is happening)
Recommendation - correct answer ✔✔What do you think? (Needs to be done)
VERIFIED ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW
Critical Care Nursing - correct answer ✔✔is the delivery of specialized care to critically ill clients
Critical care nurses - correct answer ✔✔are responsible for making sure that critically ill
patients and members of their families receive close attention and the best care possible
Critical care nurses need to - correct answer ✔✔ACT (advocate, critical thinker and team player)
Critical Care Nursing - correct answer ✔✔APIE
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔constant assessment of patient and equipment
Planning - correct answer ✔✔considerations: physiological and psychological
Implementation - correct answer ✔✔interventions to existing and potential problems
Evaluation - correct answer ✔✔patient's response to intervention
Multi disciplinary teams - correct answer ✔✔critical care nurses often collaborate with
multidisciplinary teams to meet the diverse needs of individual patients
Wound ostomy continence nurse - correct answer ✔✔Skin integrity, bowel and bladder
Occupational therapist - correct answer ✔✔Assess activities of daily living
, Patient care technician - correct answer ✔✔Direct patient care: bathes the patient, vital signs
and transportation
Physical therapist - correct answer ✔✔Mobility and functional ability
Occupational therapist - correct answer ✔✔Assess activities of daily living
The doctor - correct answer ✔✔Cardiologist, neurologist and pulmonologist
Rapid response team - correct answer ✔✔was identified as an evidence-based, lifesaving
strategy that would improve patient outcomes by preventing avoidable patient deaths outside
the critical care areas
Rapid response team members - correct answer ✔✔Doctor, critical care nurse and respiratory
therapist
SBAR - correct answer ✔✔a communication tool for ensuring that the right information gets to
the right person in the most clear, concise, and effective way
Situation - correct answer ✔✔What is going on?
Background - correct answer ✔✔What has happened? (In the past related to situation)
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔What do you think? (Is happening)
Recommendation - correct answer ✔✔What do you think? (Needs to be done)
