Test Bank for Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management 8th Edition by Urden – Chapters 1–41 Questions & Answers, Nursing Exam Prep 2026

TESTBANK

,TableofContents
b b Unit 1: Foundationsof Critical Care Nursing
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1. CriticalCareNursingPractice

2. EthicalIssues

3. LegalIssues b




4. GeneticIssues

5. PatientandFamilyEducation

6. PsychosocialAlterationsandManagement

7. NutritionAlterationsandManagement

8. PainandPainManagement
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9. Sedation,Agitation,andDeliriumManagement

10. End-of-LifeCare

Unit 2: Cardiovascular Alterations
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11. CardiovascularAnatomyandPhysiology

12. CardiovascularClinicalAssessment

13. CardiovascularDiagnosticProcedures

14. CardiovascularDisorders

15. CardiovascularTherapeuticManagement

Unit 3: Pulmonary Alterations
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16. PulmonaryAnatomyandPhysiology b




17. PulmonaryClinicalAssessment

18. PulmonaryDiagnosticProcedures

19. PulmonaryDisorders

20. PulmonaryTherapeuticManagement

Unit 4: Neurologic Alterations
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21. NeurologicAnatomyandPhysiology

22. NeurologicClinical AssessmentandDiagnosticProcedures
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,23. NeurologicDisordersandTherapeuticManagement



Unit 5: Kidney Alterations
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24. KidneyAnatomyandPhysiology

25. KidneyClinicalAssessmentandDiagnosticProcedures

26. KidneyDisordersandTherapeuticManagement b




Unit 6: Gastrointestinal Alterations
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27. GastrointestinalAnatomyandPhysiology

28. GastrointestinalClinicalAssessmentandDiagnosticProcedures
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29. GastrointestinalDisordersandTherapeutic Management b b




Unit 7: Endocrine Alterations
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30. EndocrineAnatomyandPhysiology

31. EndocrineClinical AssessmentandDiagnostic Procedures
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32. EndocrineDisordersandTherapeuticManagement

Unit 8:Multisystem Alterations
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33. Trauma

34. Shock,Sepsis,andMultipleOrganDysfunctionSyndrome

35. Burns

36. OrganDonationandTransplantation

37. HematologicandOncologicEmergencies

Unit 9: Special Populations
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38. TheObstetricPatient b




39. ThePediatricPatient b




40. TheOlderAdultPatient
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41. ThePerianesthesiaPatient b




Chapter01:Critical CareNursing Practice
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1. During WorldWar II, what typeof wards were developed to careforcriticallyinjured
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b patients?
a. Intensivecare
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative

ANS: C b




DuringWorldWarII,shockwardswereestablishedtocareforcriticallyinjuredpatients.Triage
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b wardsestablishtheorderinwhichapatient isseen ortreateduponarrival toahospital. b b b




Postoperativewardsweredevelopedin1900andlaterevolvedintointensivecareunits.
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PTS: 1 b DIF: Cognitive Level: Rememberingb b REF: p.1 b b




b OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
b b b b TOP: CriticalCareNursingPractice
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b MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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2. What typeofpractitioner
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hasabroaddepthofspecialtyknowledgeandexpertiseandmanages complex clinical
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b and system issues?
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a. Registerednurses
b. Advancedpracticenurses
c. Clinicalnurseleaders
d. Intensivists

ANS: B b




Advancedpracticenurses(APNs)haveabroaddepthofknowledgeandexpertiseintheir
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b specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists aremedical
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b practitioners whomanagethecriticalill patient.Registerednurses (RNs) aregenerallydirect
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b care providers. Clinical nurseleaders (CNLs) generally do not manage systemissues.
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PTS: 1 b DIF: Cognitive Level: Rememberingb b REF: p.2 b b




b OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A
b b b b TOP: CriticalCareNursingPractice
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b MSC: NCLEX: SafeandEffective CareEnvironment
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3. What typeofpractitioneris
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