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Contents
Unit 1: Foundations of Critical Care Nursing
1. Critical Care Nursing Practice
2. Ethical Issues
3. Legal Issues
4. Genetic Issues
5. Patient and Family Education
6. Psychosocial Alterations and Management
7. Nutrition Alterations and Management
8. Pain and Pain Management
9. Sedation, Agitation, and Delirium Management
10. End-of-Life Care

Unit 2: Cardiovascular Alterations
11. Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
12. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment
13. Cardiovascular Diagnostic Procedures
14. Cardiovascular Disorders
15. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management

Unit 3: Pulmonary Alterations
16. Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
17. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment
18. Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures
19. Pulmonary Disorders
20. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management

Unit 4: Neurologic Alterations
21. Neurologic Anatomy and Physiology
22. Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
23. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
Unit 5: Kidney Alterations

, 24. Kidney Anatomy and Physiology
25. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
26. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management

Unit 6: Gastrointestinal Alterations
27. Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology
28. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures

29. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management

Unit 7: Endocrine Alterations
30. Endocrine Anatomy and Physiology
31. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
32. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management

Unit 8: Multisystem Alterations
33. Trauma
34. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
35. Burns
36. Organ Donation and Transplantation
37. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies

Unit 9: Special Populations
38. The Obstetric Patient
39. The Pediatric Patient
40. The Older Adult Patient
41. The Perianesthesia Patient




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 nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical,
teaching, research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in
ensuring that care is evidence based and that safety programs are in place.
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise
in their specialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues.
Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs)
manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.

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

4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for
registered nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

ANS: D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification
exams for registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does
not administer certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse
Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of Critical
Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for
registered nurses.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3 OBJ: Nursing Process
Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC: NCLEX: Safe and
EffecNtivUeRCSarIe ENnGviTroBnm.eCntOM
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and
spirit are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which
methodology of care?
a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care

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