TEST BANK
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
3. Facilitating Care Transitions
UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
6. The Older Adult
7. Pain and Pain Management
8. Sedation and Delirium Management
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
11. Cardiovascular Disorders
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
14. Pulmonary Disorders
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
24. Trauma
25. Burns
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for
critically injured patients?
a. Intensive care
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured
patients. Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon
arrival to a hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved
into intensive care units.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 1
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise
and manages complex clinical and system issues?
a. Registered nurses
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Clinical nurse leaders
d. Intensivists
ANS: B
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in
their specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are
medical practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are
generally direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage
system issues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based
and that safety programs are in place?
a. Clinical nurse
specialist b.
Advanced practice
nurse c.
Registered nurses
d. Nurse practitioners
ANS: A
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical,
teaching, research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in
ensuring that care is evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced
practice nurses (APNs) have
a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage
complex clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care
providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams
for registered nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
ANS: D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams
for registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not
administer certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
(NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine
(SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and
spirit are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which
methodology of care?
a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care
ANS: A
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural
diversity in
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world
becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces
with places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care
professionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
3. Facilitating Care Transitions
UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
6. The Older Adult
7. Pain and Pain Management
8. Sedation and Delirium Management
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
11. Cardiovascular Disorders
12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
14. Pulmonary Disorders
15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
24. Trauma
25. Burns
26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for
critically injured patients?
a. Intensive care
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
ANS: C
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured
patients. Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon
arrival to a hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved
into intensive care units.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 1
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise
and manages complex clinical and system issues?
a. Registered nurses
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Clinical nurse leaders
d. Intensivists
ANS: B
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in
their specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are
medical practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are
generally direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage
system issues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based
and that safety programs are in place?
a. Clinical nurse
specialist b.
Advanced practice
nurse c.
Registered nurses
d. Nurse practitioners
ANS: A
, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical,
teaching, research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in
ensuring that care is evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced
practice nurses (APNs) have
a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage
complex clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care
providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams
for registered nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
ANS: D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams
for registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not
administer certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
(NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine
(SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and
spirit are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which
methodology of care?
a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care
ANS: A
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural
diversity in
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world
becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces
with places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care
professionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
