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Desea obtener más fondos para el Equipo de Respuesta Rápida de su hospital. ¿Cómo debería presentar este problema al comité? - Respuesta correcta: Resalte la importancia del equipo (la respuesta se formula como si buscara evidencia sobre cómo el equipo afecta los resultados, como un metaanálisis). ¿Cuál es la mejor manera de que la AGACNP participe en la formulación de políticas? - Respuesta correcta: Unirse a un comité hospitalario. ¿Cuál es ...

1. You want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this issue to the committee? - Correct Answer- Stress importance of the team (answer is worded as looking up evidence about how the team affects outcomes, like a meta-analysis) What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making? - Correct Answer- Join a hospital committee

Define pain. - Correct Answer- Subjective descriptor of perceived distress. Acute pain - Correct Answer- Pain lasting <6 months Caused by tissue damage Chronic pain - Correct Answer- Pain lasting >6 months Combination is usually necessary to effectively treat chronic pain Cutaneous pain - Correct Answer- Localized on the skin or surface of body Visceral pain - Correct Answer- Poorly localized Internal organs

To improve the health of a population, an acute care nurse practitioner's intervention is to: -join a professional nursing organization and run for an organizational office. -maintain current certification as an acute care nurse practitioner. -participate in hospital grand rounds. -report any unusual pattern of infections to the local health department. - Correct Answer- report any unusual pattern of infections to the local health department.

Cushing's Syndrome/Disease - Correct Answer- cortisol excess typically caused by pituitary adenoma 60 70% of cases. Central obesity w/ extremity wasting. dorsocervical fat pad. rounded facies. spontaneous bruising. purple striae hyperpigmentation poor wound healing/ skin infections. Dexamethasone suppression test. 1mg dexamethasone at 2300 hours and measure serum cortisol at 0800.

What are signs of dialysis disequilibrium syndrome - Correct Answer- Headache Nausea/vomiting Restlessness AMS Agitation Seizures What causes disequilibrium syndrome? How can it be avoided? - Correct Answer- This occurs when plasma solutes (i.e. urea) are lowered too quickly.

Professional organizations that support critical care practice - Correct Answer-American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), Society of Critical Care Medicine What is the mission of AACN? - Correct Answer-assisting acute and critical care nurses to attain knowledge and influence to deliver excellent care What is the vision of AACN? - Correct Answer-supports creating a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and families in which critical care nurses make ...

Normal inflammatory response - Correct Answer vasodilatation, increased microvascular permeability, cellular activation and release of mediators, and coagulation Define sepsis - Correct Answer-systemic response to infection, manifested by two or more conditions resulting from infection (temp >38C, HR >90 bpm, RR >20 bpm, PaCO2 <32 mmHg, WBC >12, <4) Define septic shock - Correct Answer-sepsis with hypotension, despite adequate fluid resuscitation, along...

While caring for a patient with an IABP at 3:1, the nurse notes: A. decreasing urine output as well as increasing BUN and CR levels; the nurse should increase timing to 2:1 B. absent pulses in the proximal extremity; the nurse should apply pressure at the insertion site. C. blood in the IABP tubing; the nurse should disconnect the balloon catheter from the IABP. D. blood oozing from the insertion site; the nurse should anticipate the need for an emergency fasciotomy. ...

Two main professional organizations that support critical care? which one best supports critical care nurses? - Correct Answer-Name the two organizations American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Which one do you think best supports critical care nurses? American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) dedicated to providing knowledge and resources to those caring for acutely and critically ill patients AACN: mission? vis...