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what does AACN stand for - correct answers ✅✅American
Association of Critical Care Nurses
- largest nursing specialty organization in the world
what does SCCM stand for - correct answers ✅✅Society of
Critical Care Medicine
- multiple professional society made of pharmacists, nurses,
physicians, etc
AACN mission - correct answers ✅✅drive excellence in patient
care through knowledge and influence
AACN values - correct answers ✅✅accountability, collaboration,
leadership, and innovation
Vision of AACN - correct answers ✅✅create a health care system
driven by the needs of patients and their families in which nurses
make their optimal contributions
synergy model - correct answers ✅✅the needs of patients and
their families influence and drive the competences of nurses
how is the synergy model used in practice - correct answers
✅✅nurse/patient interaction is reciprocal and constantly
evolving by responding to the characteristic and actions of the
others
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what is the critical care certification - correct answers ✅✅CCRN :
must renew every 3 years by completing a specific amount of
education and
proving you work in the critical care field ,pass the exam
why is it important to get critical care certification - correct
answers ✅✅validates knowledge and promotes professional
excellence and helps nurses
maintain a current knowledge base
what does QSEN stand for - correct answers ✅✅Quality and
Safety Education for Nurses
what are the 6 core competencies - correct answers ✅✅patient
centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based
practice, quality improvement, informatics, safety
joint commission - correct answers ✅✅identify national patient
safety goals that should be implemented in hospitals and are
updated annually
what does IHI stand for - correct answers ✅✅Institute of
Healthcare Improvement
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bundles of care definition - correct answers ✅✅evidenced based
practices that are done in conjunction to help increase patient
outcomes, research is ongoing to test their effectiveness, the
bundles of care become the standard of nursing care in ICUs
what does IHI do - correct answers ✅✅national group that
introduced bundles of care to help reduce harm
examples of bundles of care - correct answers ✅✅to prevent
central line acquired blood infections or ventilator acquired
pneumonia, there are everyday nurses practices used to prevent
this
what are barriers to effective communication - correct answers
✅✅physical setting
social setting
language
what are examples of barriers to effective communication -
correct answers ✅✅make sure to limit noise and allow for
privacy, patient or nurse feels like they cannot speak up or raise
concerns to their peers, medical jargon
standardized measures to prevent miscommunication at shift
change - correct answers ✅✅SBAR : Situation, Background,
Assessment, Recommendation : concise and effective