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1 Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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2 Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience
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3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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4 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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5 Organ Donation
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6 Comfort and Sedation
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7 Nutritional Therapy zl
8 Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management zl zl zl
9 Hemodynamic Monitoring zl
10 Ventilatory Assistance zl
11 Rapid Response Teams and Code Management
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12 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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13 Cardiovascular Alterations zl
14 Nervous System Alterations zl zl
15 Acute Respiratory Failure
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16 Acute Kidney Injury
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17 Hematological and Immune Disorders zl zl zl
18 Gastrointestinal Alterations zl
19 Endocrine Alterations zl
20 Trauma and Surgical Management
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21 Burns
,Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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Sole’s Introduction to Critical Care Nursing 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE zl
1. Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care nursing pr
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2. A nurse has been working as a staff nurse in the surgical intensive care unit for 2 years and
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is interested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for the nurse to
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seek?
a. ACNPC-AG
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y ill patients. The ACNPC-
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managers or leaders. The PCCN certification is for staff nurses working in progressive car
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e, intermediate care, or step-down unit settings.
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OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses.
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drive competencies of nurses. Nursing practice based on the synergy model would involv
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e therapies if desired by the patient, but that is not the primary focus of the model.
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g rounds, you convey this concern to the attending intensivist and arrange a meeting with th
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e family at 4:00 PM. Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
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collaboration.
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1 Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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2 Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience
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3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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4 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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5 Organ Donation
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6 Comfort and Sedation
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7 Nutritional Therapy zl
8 Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management zl zl zl
9 Hemodynamic Monitoring zl
10 Ventilatory Assistance zl
11 Rapid Response Teams and Code Management
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12 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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13 Cardiovascular Alterations zl
14 Nervous System Alterations zl zl
15 Acute Respiratory Failure
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16 Acute Kidney Injury
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17 Hematological and Immune Disorders zl zl zl
18 Gastrointestinal Alterations zl
19 Endocrine Alterations zl
20 Trauma and Surgical Management
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21 Burns
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multiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist. zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
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is interested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for the nurse to
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seek?
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managers or leaders. The PCCN certification is for staff nurses working in progressive car
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drive competencies of nurses. Nursing practice based on the synergy model would involv
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