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CRITICAL CARE NURSING 7TH
EDITION BY SOLE
Latest Updated Study Guide
2024
Top Rated Exam Study Guide for
Definate Grade A+
, Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing 2
Chapter 02: Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience 14
Chapter 03: Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing 30
Chapter 04: Palliative and End-of-Life Care 42
Chapter 05: Comfort and Sedation 56
Chapter 06: Nutritional Therapy 69
Chapter 07: Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management 83
Chapter 08: Hemodynamic Monitoring 117
Chapter 09: Ventilatory Assistance 137
Chapter 10: Rapid Response Teams and Code Management 156
Chapter 11: Organ Donation 171
Chapter 12: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 189
Chapter 13: Cardiovascular Alterations 207
Chapter 14: Nervous System Alterations 225
Chapter 15: Acute Respiratory Failure 243
Chapter 16: Acute Kidney Injury 260
Chapter 17: Gastrointestinal Alterations 285
Chapter 17: Hematological and Immune Disorders 312
Chapter 19: Endocrine Alterations 341
Chapter 20: Trauma and Surgical Management 361
Chapter 21: Burns 377
,Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The family of your critically ill patient tells you that they have not spoken with the physician in over 24
hours and they have some questions that they want clarified. During morning rounds, you convey this concern
to the attending intensivist and arrange for her to meet with the family at 4:00 PM in the conference room.
Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
, a. Advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues
b. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills
c. Collaboration with patients, families, and team members
d. Facilitation of learning for patients, families, and team members
ANS: C
Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being addressed, communication and
collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify the competency of collaboration.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 9
OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice use what framework to guide critical
care nursing practice?
a. Evidence-based practice
b. Healthy work environment
c. National Patient Safety Goals
d. Nursing process
ANS: D
The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice delineate the nursing process as applied to
critically ill patients: collect data, determine diagnoses, identify expected outcomes, develop a plan of care,
implement interventions, and evaluate care. AACN promotes a healthy work environment, but this is not
included in the Standards. The Joint Commission has established National Patient Safety Goals, but these are
not the AACN Standards.
CRITICAL CARE NURSING 7TH
EDITION BY SOLE
Latest Updated Study Guide
2024
Top Rated Exam Study Guide for
Definate Grade A+
, Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing 2
Chapter 02: Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience 14
Chapter 03: Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing 30
Chapter 04: Palliative and End-of-Life Care 42
Chapter 05: Comfort and Sedation 56
Chapter 06: Nutritional Therapy 69
Chapter 07: Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management 83
Chapter 08: Hemodynamic Monitoring 117
Chapter 09: Ventilatory Assistance 137
Chapter 10: Rapid Response Teams and Code Management 156
Chapter 11: Organ Donation 171
Chapter 12: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 189
Chapter 13: Cardiovascular Alterations 207
Chapter 14: Nervous System Alterations 225
Chapter 15: Acute Respiratory Failure 243
Chapter 16: Acute Kidney Injury 260
Chapter 17: Gastrointestinal Alterations 285
Chapter 17: Hematological and Immune Disorders 312
Chapter 19: Endocrine Alterations 341
Chapter 20: Trauma and Surgical Management 361
Chapter 21: Burns 377
,Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The family of your critically ill patient tells you that they have not spoken with the physician in over 24
hours and they have some questions that they want clarified. During morning rounds, you convey this concern
to the attending intensivist and arrange for her to meet with the family at 4:00 PM in the conference room.
Which competency of critical care nursing does this represent?
, a. Advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues
b. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills
c. Collaboration with patients, families, and team members
d. Facilitation of learning for patients, families, and team members
ANS: C
Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being addressed, communication and
collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify the competency of collaboration.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 9
OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice use what framework to guide critical
care nursing practice?
a. Evidence-based practice
b. Healthy work environment
c. National Patient Safety Goals
d. Nursing process
ANS: D
The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice delineate the nursing process as applied to
critically ill patients: collect data, determine diagnoses, identify expected outcomes, develop a plan of care,
implement interventions, and evaluate care. AACN promotes a healthy work environment, but this is not
included in the Standards. The Joint Commission has established National Patient Safety Goals, but these are
not the AACN Standards.
