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Table of Contents f f f f




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Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 02: Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care
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Experience Chapter 03: Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care
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Nursing
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Chapter 04: Palliative and End-of-Life
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Care Chapter 05: Comfort and
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Sedation Chapter 06: Nutritional
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Therapy
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Chapter 07: Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management
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Chapter 08: Hemodynamic Monitoring
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Chapter 09: Ventilatory Assistance
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Chapter 10: Rapid Response Teams and Code Management
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Chapter 11: Organ Donation
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Chapter 12: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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Chapter 13: Cardiovascular Alterations
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Chapter 14: Nervous System
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fAlterations Chapter 15: Acute
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Respiratory Failure Chapter 16: Acute
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Kidney Injury Chapter 17:
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Gastrointestinal Alterations
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Chapter 17: Hematological and Immune Disorders
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Chapter 19: Endocrine Alterations
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Chapter 20: Trauma and Surgical Management
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Chapter 21: Burns
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Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing f f f f f f f f f f f f




MULTIPLE f f CHOICE

1. Which of the following professional f f f f f f f f f f organizations best supports critical care f f f f f f f f f f nursing
practice?
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a. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses f f f f ff f f




b. American f f Heart f f Association


c. American f f Nurses f f Association


d. Society of Critical Care ff ff ff




Medicine ANS: A ff ff




The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is the specialty organization that supports
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and
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The American Nurses Association supports all nurses. The Society of Critical Care Medicine represents the
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multiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist.
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DIF: Cognitive f f f f Level: f f Knowledge f f REF: f f p. 4 f f




OBJ: Discuss the purposes and functions of the professional organizations that support critical care
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fpractice. TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
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2. A nurse has been working as a staff nurse in the surgical intensive care unit for 2 years and is interested
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in certification. Which credential would be most applicable for her to seek?
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a. ACNPC


b. CCNS


c. CCRN


d. PCCN


ANS: f f C

The CCRN certification is appropriate for nurses in bedside practice who care for
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critically ill patients. The ACNPC certification is for acute care nurse practitioners. The
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CCNS certification is for critical care clinical nurse specialists. The PCCN certification is for
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staff nurses working in progressive care, intermediate care, or step-down unit settings.
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DIF: f f Cognitive f f Level: Application f f f f REF: f f p. 5 f f




OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses. TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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3. The main f f f f purpose of certification f f f f f f is to: f f




a. assure the consumer that you will not make a mistake.
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b. prepare for graduate f f f f f f school.


c. promote f f magnet status for your facility. f f f f f f f f




d. validate knowledge of critical f f f f f f f f care nursing. f f




ANS: f f D

Certification assists in validating knowledge of the field, promotes excellence in the
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profession, and helps nurses to maintain their knowledge of critical care nursing.
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Certification helps to assure the consumer that the nurse has a minimum level of
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knowledge; however, it does not ensure that care will be mistake-free.
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Certification does not prepare one for graduate school; however, achieving certification
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demonstrates motivation for achievement and professionalism. Magnet facilities are rated on the
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number of certified nurses; however, that is not the purpose of certification.
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DIF: Cognitive
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OBJ: Explain certification options for critical care nurses. TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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N/A MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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4. The synergy f f f f model f f of practice f f f f focuses on: f f




a. allowing unrestricted f f f f visiting f f for the patient f f f f f f 24 hours each day.f f f f f f




b. holistic and alternative therapies. f f f f f f




c. needs of patients ff ff f f and their families, which
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d. patients needs for energy and support. f f f f f f f f f f




ANS: f f C

The synergy model of practice states that the needs of patients and families influence and
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drive competencies of nurses. Nursing practice based on the synergy model would involve
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tailored visiting to meet the patients and familys needs and application of alternative
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therapies if desired by the patient, but that is not the primary focus of the model.
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DIF: Cognitive
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OBJ: Describe standards of
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TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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5. The family of your critically ill patient tells you that they have not spoken with the
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physician in over 24 hours and they have some questions that they want clarified. During
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morning rounds, you convey this concern to the attending intensivist and arrange for her
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to meet with the family at 4:00 PM in the conference room. Which competency of
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critical care nursing does this represent?
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a. Advocacy and f f f f moral f f agency in f f f f solving f f ethical issues f f




b. Clinical f f judgment f f and f f clinical reasoning f f f f skills


c. Collaboration with patients, families, and team members f f f f f f f f f f f f




d. Facilitation of learning for patients, families, and team
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members ANS: C ff ff




Although one might consider that all of these competencies are being addressed, communication and
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f collaboration with the family and physician best exemplify the competency of
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collaboration.
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DIF: Cognitive f f f f Level: f f Analysis f f REF: p. 9 f f f f




OBJ: Describe standards of
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TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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6. The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice use what framework to
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guide critical care nursing practice?
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b. Healthy work environment f f f f




c. National f f Patient f f Safety f f Goals


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The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice delineate the nursing
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process as applied to critically ill patients: collect data, determine diagnoses, identify
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expected outcomes, develop a plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate care.
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AACN promotes a healthy work environment, but this is not included in the Standards.
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The Joint Commission has established National Patient Safety Goals, but these are not the AACN
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Standards.
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DIF: Cognitive f f f f Level: f f Analysis f f REF: p. 5 f f f f f f | Box 1-2
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OBJ: Describe standards of
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TOP: Nursing Process Step:
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7. The charge nurse is responsible for making the patient
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ffShe assigns the experienced, certified nurse to care for
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f fwho also requires continuous renal replacement therapy
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ffassigns the nurse with less than 1 year of experience to
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This assignment reflects implementation of the:
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a. crew f f resource f f management f f model