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URSING 9TH EDITION BY URDEN.
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,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice Urden:
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Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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MULTIPLE C xa
HOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critically injure
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d patients?
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a. Intensive care xa
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C x a
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients.
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Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a ho
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spital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive care u
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nits.
PTS: x a 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering x a xa xa
REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A x a xa xa x a xa xa xa
TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Saf x a xa xa xa xa xa xa
e and Effective Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise an
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d manages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses xa
b. Advanced practice nurses xa xa
c. Clinical nurse leaders xa xa
d. Intensivists
, ANS: B x a
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in thei
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r specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medic
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al practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generall
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y direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system i
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ssues.
PTS: x a 1
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering x a xa xa
REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A x a xa xa x a xa xa xa
TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Saf x a xa xa xa xa xa xa
e and Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based an
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d that safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse specialist b. Advanced practice nurse c.
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d. Nurse practitioners
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ANS: A x a