Complete Test Bank Critical Care Nursing-
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Diagnosis and Management 9th Edition Linda
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D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy
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Chapter 1-41 gi
,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing PracticeUrden
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: Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE gi
1. During World War II, what types of wards were developed to care for critically injured
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patients?
a. Intensive care gi
b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. T
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riage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospita
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l. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise and
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manages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses gi
b. Advanced practice nurses gi gi
c. Clinical nurse leaders gi gi
d. Intensivists
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their s
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pecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical prac
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titioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally directcare
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providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based and that
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safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse specialist gi gi
b. Advanced practice nurse gi gi
c. Registered nurses gi
d. Nurse practitioners gi gi
ANS: A gi
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, re
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search, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care isev
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idence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have
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a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clini
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cal and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse practiti
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oners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for registered
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nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses gi gi gi gi
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist gi gi gi gi gi
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine gi gi gi gi
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses gi gi gi gi
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American Association of Critical- gi gi gi
Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams forregistered nurses. The State Board
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of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer certification exams. National Association
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of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does notadminister certification exams. Society of
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Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for register
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ed nurses. gi
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Nursing Process Step: NW/ WAW .TB SMT.OWPS: Critical Care Nursing Practice gi gi gi i
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit are
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interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care? gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi
a. Holistic care gi
b. Individualized care gi
c. Cultural care gi
d. Interdisciplinary care gi
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Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are inte
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rdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s
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preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin health
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care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world becomes mo
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re accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with places and pe
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oples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the pa
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tient’s health as the common goal.
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, 6. The American Association of Critical-
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Care Nurses (AACN) has developed short directivesthat can be used as quick references f
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or clinical use that are known as
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a. Critical Care Protocol. gi gi
b. Practice Policies. gi
c. Evidence-Based Research. gi
d. Practice Alerts. gi
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The American Association of Critical-
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Care Nurses (AACN) has promulgated several evidence-
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based practice summaries in the form of ―Practice Alerts.‖ Evidence-
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based nursingpractice considers the best research evidence on the care topic along with clini
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cal expertise of the nurse and patient preferences. Critical care protocol and practice policie
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s are established by individual institutions.
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7. What type of therapy is an option to conventional treatment?
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a. Alternative
b. Holistic
c. Complementary
d. Individualized
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The term alternative denotes that a specific therapy is an option or alternative to what is
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considered conventional t r e a t mWenWt Wo.f aTcBoSnM
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ed to describe therapies that can be used to complement or support conventional treatments.
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Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and
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spirit are interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness ofea
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ch patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status.
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8. Prayer, guided imagery, and massage are all examples of what type of treatment?
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a. Alternative therapy gi
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c. Complementary care gi
d. Individualized care gi gi
ANS: C gi
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