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Test Bank for Priorities in
Critical Care Nursing, 9th
Edition, Linda D. Urden,
Kathleen M. Stacy, Mary E.
Lough
TEST BANK FOR CRITICAL CARE
NURSING 9TH EDITION BY
URDEN.
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Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden:
Critical Care Nursing, 9th
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically injured
patients?
a. Intensive care
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients.
Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care
units.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 1
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. 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
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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 REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. 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
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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: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. 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: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care?
a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care
ANS: A
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversity
in
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world
becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with
places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care
professionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4
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Test Bank for Priorities in
Critical Care Nursing, 9th
Edition, Linda D. Urden,
Kathleen M. Stacy, Mary E.
Lough
TEST BANK FOR CRITICAL CARE
NURSING 9TH EDITION BY
URDEN.
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Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden:
Critical Care Nursing, 9th
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically injured
patients?
a. Intensive care
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients.
Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a
hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care
units.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 1
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. 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
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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 REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. 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
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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: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. 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: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care?
a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care
ANS: A
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversity
in
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world
becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with
places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care
professionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4
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