Test bank for Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition by Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, and Mary E. Lough ISBN: 9780323809818 All Chapters Latest Edition Grade A+

TEST BANK
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Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition,
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Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Chapters 1 - 27, Complete
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UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
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1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
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2. Ethical and Legal Issues
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3. Facilitating Care Transitions
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UNIT TWO: COMMON PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
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4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
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5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
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6. The Older Adult
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7. Pain and Pain Management
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8. Sedation and Delirium Management
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9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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UNIT THREE: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
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10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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11. Cardiovascular Disorders
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12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
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UNIT FOUR: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
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13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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14. Pulmonary Disorders
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15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
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UNIT FIVE: NEUROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS
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16. Neurological Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT SIX: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
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18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT SEVEN: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
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20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT EIGHT: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
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22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
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23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
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UNIT NINE: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
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24. Trauma
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25. Burns
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26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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27. Hematological and Oncological Emergencies
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,Chapter 01: Critical Care Nursing Practic
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eUrden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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CHOICE

1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for critic
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allyinjured patients?
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b. Triage
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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patient
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s. Triage wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to
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a hospital. Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensiv
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise
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andmanages complex clinical and system issues?
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heirspecialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are med
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ical practitioners who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are gener
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ally direct care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage syste
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based
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andthat safety programs are in place?
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
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areis evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (
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a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage comple
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x clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. N
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ursepractitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams fo
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rregistered nurses?
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b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National
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ams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certificati
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on exams for registered nurses.
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and s
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piritare interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodolo
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Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
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interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each p
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atient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityi
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health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world
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becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces
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withplaces and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care pr
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ofessionals with the patient’s health as the common goal.
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