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 fnurse fspecialists f(CNSs) fserve fin fspecialty froles fthat fuse ftheir fclinical, fteaching,
fresearch, fleadership, fand fconsultative fabilities. fThey fare finstrumental fin fensuring fthat
fcarefis fevidence fbased fand fthat fsafety fprograms fare fin fplace. fAdvanced fpractice fnurses
f(APNs)fhave
a fbroad fdepth fof fknowledge fand fexpertise fin ftheir fspecialty farea fand fmanage fcomplex
fclinical fand fsystems fissues. fRegistered fnurses fare fgenerally fdirect fcare fproviders. fNurse
fpractitioners f(NPs) fmanage fdirect fclinical fcare fof fgroups fof fpatients.
PTS: f f f 1 DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fRemembering REF: fp. f2
fOBJ: f Nursing fProcess f Step: fN/A TOP: fCritical fCare fNursing
fPracticefMSC: fNCLEX: fSafe fand fEffective fCare fEnvironment
4. Which fprofessional forganization fadministers fcritical fcare fcertification fexams ffor
fregistered fnurses?
a. State fBoard fof fRegistered fNurses
b. National fAssociation fof fClinical fNurse fSpecialist
c. Society fof fCritical fCare fMedicine
d. American fAssociation fof fCritical-Care fNurses
ANS: fD
American fAssociation fof fCritical-Care fNurses f(AACN) fadministers fcertification fexams
ffor fregistered fnurses. fThe fState fBoard fof fRegistered fNurses f(SBON) fdoes fnot
fadministerfcertification fexams. fNational fAssociation fof fClinical fNurse fSpecialists
f(NACNS) fdoes fnot fadminister fcertification fexams. fSociety fof fCritical fCare fMedicine
f(SCCM) fdoes fnot fadminister fnursing fcertification fexams ffor fregistered fnurses.
PTS: f f f 1 DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fRemembering REF: fp. f3
fOBJ: f Nursing fProcess f Step: fN/A TOP: fCritical fCare fNursing
fPracticefMSC: fNCLEX: fSafe fand fEffective fCare fEnvironment
5. Emphasis fis fon fhuman fintegrity fand fstresses fthe ftheory fthat fthe fbody, fmind, fand
fspiritfare finterdependent fand finseparable. fThis fstatement fdescribes fwhich
fmethodology fof fcare?
a. Holistic fcare
b. Individualized fcare
c. Cultural fcare
d. Interdisciplinary fcare
ANS: fA
Holistic fcare ffocuses fon fhuman fintegrity fand fstresses fthat fthe fbody, fmind, fand fspirit fare
finterdependent fand finseparable. fIndividualized fcare frecognizes fthe funiqueness fof feach
fpatient’s fpreferences, fcondition, fand fphysiologic fand fpsychosocial fstatus. fCultural fdiversity
fin
health fcare fis fnot fa fnew ftopic, fbut fit fis fgaining femphasis fand fimportance fas fthe fworld
fbecomes fmore faccessible fto fall fas fthe fresult fof fincreasing ftechnologies fand finterfaces
fwithfplaces fand fpeoples. fInterdisciplinary fcare fis fcare famong fa fvariety fof fhealth fcare
fprofessionals fwith fthe fpatient’s fhealth fas fthe fcommon fgoal.
PTS: f f f 1 DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fRemembering REF: fp. f4
fOBJ: f Nursing fProcess f Step: fN/A TOP: fCritical fCare fNursing
fPracticefMSC: fNCLEX: fSafe fand fEffective fCare fEnvironment
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 fnurse fspecialists f(CNSs) fserve fin fspecialty froles fthat fuse ftheir fclinical, fteaching,
fresearch, fleadership, fand fconsultative fabilities. fThey fare finstrumental fin fensuring fthat
fcarefis fevidence fbased fand fthat fsafety fprograms fare fin fplace. fAdvanced fpractice fnurses
f(APNs)fhave
a fbroad fdepth fof fknowledge fand fexpertise fin ftheir fspecialty farea fand fmanage fcomplex
fclinical fand fsystems fissues. fRegistered fnurses fare fgenerally fdirect fcare fproviders. fNurse
fpractitioners f(NPs) fmanage fdirect fclinical fcare fof fgroups fof fpatients.
PTS: f f f 1 DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fRemembering REF: fp. f2
fOBJ: f Nursing fProcess f Step: fN/A TOP: fCritical fCare fNursing
fPracticefMSC: fNCLEX: fSafe fand fEffective fCare fEnvironment
4. Which fprofessional forganization fadministers fcritical fcare fcertification fexams ffor
fregistered fnurses?
a. State fBoard fof fRegistered fNurses
b. National fAssociation fof fClinical fNurse fSpecialist
c. Society fof fCritical fCare fMedicine
d. American fAssociation fof fCritical-Care fNurses
ANS: fD
American fAssociation fof fCritical-Care fNurses f(AACN) fadministers fcertification fexams
ffor fregistered fnurses. fThe fState fBoard fof fRegistered fNurses f(SBON) fdoes fnot
fadministerfcertification fexams. fNational fAssociation fof fClinical fNurse fSpecialists
f(NACNS) fdoes fnot fadminister fcertification fexams. fSociety fof fCritical fCare fMedicine
f(SCCM) fdoes fnot fadminister fnursing fcertification fexams ffor fregistered fnurses.
PTS: f f f 1 DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fRemembering REF: fp. f3
fOBJ: f Nursing fProcess f Step: fN/A TOP: fCritical fCare fNursing
fPracticefMSC: fNCLEX: fSafe fand fEffective fCare fEnvironment
5. Emphasis fis fon fhuman fintegrity fand fstresses fthe ftheory fthat fthe fbody, fmind, fand
fspiritfare finterdependent fand finseparable. fThis fstatement fdescribes fwhich
fmethodology fof fcare?
a. Holistic fcare
b. Individualized fcare
c. Cultural fcare
d. Interdisciplinary fcare
ANS: fA
Holistic fcare ffocuses fon fhuman fintegrity fand fstresses fthat fthe fbody, fmind, fand fspirit fare
finterdependent fand finseparable. fIndividualized fcare frecognizes fthe funiqueness fof feach
fpatient’s fpreferences, fcondition, fand fphysiologic fand fpsychosocial fstatus. fCultural fdiversity
fin
health fcare fis fnot fa fnew ftopic, fbut fit fis fgaining femphasis fand fimportance fas fthe fworld
fbecomes fmore faccessible fto fall fas fthe fresult fof fincreasing ftechnologies fand finterfaces
fwithfplaces fand fpeoples. fInterdisciplinary fcare fis fcare famong fa fvariety fof fhealth fcare
fprofessionals fwith fthe fpatient’s fhealth fas fthe fcommon fgoal.
PTS: f f f 1 DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fRemembering REF: fp. f4
fOBJ: f Nursing fProcess f Step: fN/A TOP: fCritical fCare fNursing
fPracticefMSC: fNCLEX: fSafe fand fEffective fCare fEnvironment
