A group of critical care nurses reviews a meta-analysis study to support a change initiative in patient care. Which level of research evidence does this represent when applying the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) scale for rating evidence? - ️️A
End-of-Life care includes tr...
EAQ 75 Quiz Questions Correctly
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A group of critical care nurses reviews a meta-analysis study to support a change initiative in patient
care. Which level of research evidence does this represent when applying the American Association of
Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) scale for rating evidence? - ✔ ✔ A
End-of-Life care includes treatment of which common cause of discomfort? - ✔ ✔ Pain
Dyspnea
Nausea
Temperature sensitivity
Hospice care is reserved for patients who have a prognosis of less than how many months to live? - ✔
✔ 6
When a healthcare team is preparing to use a systematic approach to make an ethical decision for a
family requesting experimental treatment for a patient in a vegetative state, which statement describes
using the process of ethical decision making - ✔ ✔ The process ensures all information is considered
When caring for a patient brought into the critical care unit who has been declared brain dead, which
professional is responsible for approaching the family to obtain consent for organ donation? - ✔ ✔
Designated requester
When the nurse decides to implement changes on the critical care unit to reduce patient stress related
to noise levels, which strategy would likely to be accepted by the executive team? - ✔ ✔ Playing
relaxing music on the unit during the day
Which acronym represents a standardized guideline in support of end-of-life-orders? - ✔ ✔ SAS
RASS
CPOT
POLST
Which action does the nurse anticipate that the healthcare team will take for a patient who requires
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after being brought to the emergency department by emergency
services - ✔ ✔ Resuscitate the patient
Which action is a violation of patient confidentiality - ✔ ✔ Sharing the patients psychosocial history
with other nurses on the unit
, Which action would the healthcare team take to promote communication and shared decision making
between a patient's family and the healthcare team? - ✔ ✔ Schedule conferences with both parties
to discuss the patient
Which action would the nurse executive take to best support the family members of patients when
helping to design a new critical care unit at the hospital? - ✔ ✔ Make all rooms single-occupancy
Which action would the nurse take to ensure that the family understands a patient update? - ✔ ✔
Perform a follow-up assessment
Which action would the nurse take to organize time when caring for a patient in the critical care unit? -
✔ ✔ Group together as many of the nursing care activities as possible to promote rest
Which action would the nurse take to reduce stress in a critically ill patient? - ✔ ✔ Ensure safety
Reduce sleep deprivation
Reduce sensory overload
Which action would the nurse take to reduce the anxiety of a patient who is on continuous sedation? -
✔ ✔ Talk to the patient frequently with updates and reminders that they are safe
Which activity can cause healthcare provider strain in end-of-life care? - ✔ ✔ Medically futile
interventions
Which attribute is related to the critical care nursing profession? - ✔ ✔ Work in a fast paced and
changing environment
Contact with patients, families, and multiprofessional colleagues
Opportunities to learn about new treatment protocols
Increased likelihood of low nurse/patient rations in care delivery
Availability of technology to manage complex, acutely ill patients
Which barrier to effective communication may be encountered during the handoff process when a
patient is being transferred to another unit? - ✔ ✔ Ambient background noise
Limited or lack of privacy
Distractions and interruptions
Which belief makes it difficult for nurses to provide care for the family of patients in the critical care unit
(CCU)? - ✔ ✔ Family members increase care workload and make nursing care more difficult
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