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Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition By URDEN |Complete Guide Questions and Answers| REVISED EDITION| All Chapters And Rationales Included| 2024/2025 Brand New |Graded A+|
1. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and manages complex clinical...
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition By URDEN |Complete Questions and Answers| REVISED EDITION|
All Chapters And Rationales Included| 2024/2025 Brand New |Graded A+|
,Chapter 01: Caring for the Critically Ill Client Urden:
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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
CORRECT: 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 client. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct
care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Remembering OBJECTIVE: Nursing Process
Step: N/ATOPIC: Caring for the Critically Ill Client
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
2. 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
CORRECT: 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 clients.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Remembering OBJECTIVE: Nursing Process
Step: N/ATOPIC: Caring for the Critically Ill Client
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
3. 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
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, d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
CORRECT: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 OBJECTIVE: Nursing Process
Step: N/ATOPIC: Caring for the Critically Ill Client
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care
4. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has developed short directives
that can be used as quick references for clinical use that are known as:
a. critical care protocol.
b. practice policies.
c. evidence-based research.
d. practice alerts.
CORRECT: D
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has promulgated several
evidence-based practice summaries in the form of “practice alerts.” Evidence-based nursing
practice considers the best research evidence on the care topic along with clinical expertise of
the nurse and client preferences. Critical care protocol and practice policies are established
by individual institutions.
TOPIC: Caring for the Critically Ill
ClientMSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
CareEnvironment: Coordinated Care
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, 5. What type of therapy is an option to conventional treatment?
a. Alternative
b. Holistic
c. Complementary
d. Individualized
CORRECT: A
The term alternative denotes that a specific therapy is an option or alternative to what is
considered conventional treatment of a condition or state. The term complementary was
proposed to describe therapies that can be used to complement or support conventional
treatments. Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and
spirit are interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of
each client’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering OBJECTIVE: Nursing
Process Step:Implementation
TOPIC: Caring for the Critically Ill Client
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort
6. Guided imagery and massage are both examples of what type of treatment?
a. Alternative therapy
b. Holistic care
c. Complementary care
d. Individualized care
CORRECT: C
The term complementary was proposed to describe therapies that can be used to complement
or support conventional treatments. Guided imagery, massage, and animal-assisted therapy
are all examples of complementary care. The term alternative denotes that a specific therapy
is an option or alternative to what is considered conventional treatment of a condition or state.
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
client’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJECTIVE: Nursing
Process Step:Implementation
TOPIC: Caring for the Critically Ill Client
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort
7. A client was admitted to a rural critical care unit in Montana. Critical care nurses are
assisting with monitoring and care of the client from the closest major city. What is this
type of practice termed?
a. Tele-nursing
b. Tele-ICU
c. Tele-informatics
d. Tele-hospital
CORRECT: B
Tele-ICU is a form of telemedicine. Telemedicine was initially used in outclient areas,
remote rural geographic locations, and areas where there was a dearth of medical
providers. Currently, there are tele-ICUs in areas where there are limited resources on-
site. However, experts (critical care nurses, intensivists) are located in a central distant
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