Complete Test Bank Critical Care Nursing-
Diagnosis and Management 9th Edition
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy
Chapter 1-41
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During World War II, what types 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. 2
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. 5
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
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Diagnosis and Management 9th Edition
Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy
Chapter 1-41
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practice
Urden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. During World War II, what types 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. 2
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. 5
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
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, rese
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arch, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care is evide
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nce based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a bro
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ad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clinical and
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systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse practitioners (NP
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s) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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vironment
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for registered n
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urses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses hj hj hj hj
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist hj hj hj hj hj
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine hj hj hj hj
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses hj hj hj hj
ANS: D h j
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Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Board of
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cal Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered nur
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as the common goal.
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