COURSEROOM

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...

AACN - Correct Answer-certify nurses; protect consumer by establishing high standards of professional practice CCRN - Correct Answer-certification for nurses who provide care in critically ill adult, pediatric, or neonatal populations PCCN - Correct Answer-certification for nurses who provide acute care in progressive care, telemetry, and similar units CNML - Correct Answer-certification for critical care managers and leaders CCNS - Correct Answer-certification for ac...