Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
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UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
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1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
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2. Ethical and Legal Issues
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3. Facilitating Care Transitions
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UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
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5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
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6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management
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9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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11. Cardiovascular Disorders
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12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
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UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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14. Pulmonary Disorders
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15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
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UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
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18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
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20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
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22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
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24. Trauma
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25. Burns
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26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
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,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
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Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically inj
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ured patients? ND
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b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Tria
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ge wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital. Po
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stoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise andm
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anages complex clinical and system issues?
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d. Intensivists
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirsp
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ecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical practiti
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oners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care pr
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oviders. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based andtha
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t safety programs are in place?
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ialist b. Advancedpract
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ice nurse c.
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d. Nurse practitioners
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, resear
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ch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis eviden
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ce based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs)have
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a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clini
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cal and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepractitio
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ners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forreg
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a. State Board of Registered Nurses ND ND ND ND
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c. Society of Critical Care Medicine ND ND ND ND
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Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Boar
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d of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Associati
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on of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society
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of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for regist
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spiritar
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e interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care?
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a. Holistic care ND
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Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are interd
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ependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s pref
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erences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin
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health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world becom
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es more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces and
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peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the p
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atient’s health as the common goal. ND ND ND ND ND
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