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Chapter 1 Critical Care Nursing Practice: Promoting Excellence-
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Caring, Collaboration Evidence
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MultiplevChoice:
1.
AvnursevisvthevonlyvonevinvthevICUvwhovhasvnotvachievedvcerti
ficationvinvcriticalvcarevnursing.vShevoftenvwillvaskvhervfellowvnursesvwhatvtovdovinvcaringvforvavpatie
ntvbecausevshevdoubtsvthevaccuracyvofvhervknowledgevandvhervintuition.vShevlovesvhervworkvbutvwis
hesvshevcouldvdovitvwithvavgreatervlevelvofvcompetence.vWhatvisvthevmostvimportantveffectvthatvobtai
ningvcertificationvwouldvlikelyvhavevonvthevnursesvpractice?
A) Recognitionvbyvpeers
B) Increasevinvsalaryvandvrank
C) Morevflexibilityvinvseekingvemployment
D) Increasedvconfidencevinvmakingvdecisions
2.
Avhospitalvinterviewsvtwovdifferentvcandidatesvforvavpositionvi
nvthevICU.vBothvcandidatesvhavevaroundv10vyearsvofvexperiencevworkingvinvthevICU.vBothvhavevex
cellentvinterpersonalvskillsvandvhighlyvpositivevreferences.vOne,vhowever,vhasvcertificationvinvcriti
calvcarevnursing.vWhichvofvthevfollowingvisvthevmostvcompellingvandvaccuratevreasonvforvthevhospi
talvtovhirevthevcandidatevwithvcertification?
A) Thevcertifiedvnursevwillvhavevmorevknowledgevandvexpertise.
B) Thevcertifiedvnursevwillvbehavevmorevethically.
C) Thevcertifiedvnursevwillvbevmorevcaringvtowardvpatients.
D)
Thevcertifiedvnursevwillvworkvmorevcollaborativelyvwithv
othervnurses.
3.
AvnursevisvcaringvforvanvelderlyvmanvrecentlyvadmittedvtovthevI
CUvfollowingvavstroke.vShevassessesvhisvcognitivevfunctionvusingvavnewvcognitivevassessmentvtestvs
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hevlearnedvaboutvinvavrecentvarticlevinvavnursingvjournal.vShevthenvbringsvavcupvofvwatervandvavstrawvt
ovthevpatientvbecausevshevobservesvthatvhisvlipsvarevdry.vLater,vshevhasvthevpatientvsitvinvavwheelchair
andvtakesvhimvtovhavevsomevbloodvtestsvperformed.vHevobjectsvatvfirst,vsayingvthatvhevcanvwalkvonv
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hisvown,vbutvthevnursevexplainsvthatvitvisvhospitalvpolicyvtovusevthevwheelchair.vThat
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evening,vshevrecognizesvsignsvofvanvimminentvstrokevinvthevpatientvandvimmediatelyvpagesvthevphysi
cian.vWhichvactionvtakenvbyvthevnursevisvthevbestvexamplevofvevidence-basedvpractice?
A) Givingvthevpatientvavcupvofvwater
B) Transferringvthevpatientvinvavwheelchair
C) Usingvthevcognitivevassessmentvtest
4.
Avnursevisvonvavcommitteevthatvisvtryingvtovreducevthevocc
urrencevofvhospital-
acquiredvinfectionsvinvthevICU.vHervrolevisvtovconductvresearchvtovfindvwhichvinterventionsvhav
evbeenvshownvtovbevmostveffectivevinvreducingvthesevinfections.vShevconsultsvmanyvdifferentvs
ourcesvandvfindsvconflictingvinformation.vWhichvofvthevfollowingvsourcesvshouldvshevconsider
thevmostvauthoritative?
v
A) AACNvexpertvpanelvreport
B) Avmeta-
analysisvofvrandomizedvcontrolledvtrialsvinvthevAmericanvJournalvofvNursing
C)
AvsystematicvreviewvofvqualitativevstudiesvinvthevJournalvofv
AdvancedvNursing
D)
AvsinglevrandomizedvcontrolledvtrialvinvthevAmericanvJournalv
ofvCriticalvCare
5.
Avnursevwhovhasvbeenvrecentlyvhiredvtovmanagevthevnursingvs
taffvofvthevICUvisvconcernedvatvthevlackvofvevidence-
basedvpracticevshevseesvamongvthevstaff.vWhichvofvthevfollowingvwouldvbevthevbestvstepvforvhervtovt
akevtovpromotevincorporatingvevidencevintovclinicalvpractice?
A) Onlyvhirevnursesvcertifiedvinvcriticalvcarevnursing.
B)
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