PRIORITIES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING, 9TH
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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 PracticeU
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1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyinjur
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ed patients? WS
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b. Triage
c. Shock
d. Postoperative
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During World War II, shock wards were established to care for critically injured patients. Triag
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e wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital. Post
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operative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into intensive careunits.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 1 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
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Effective Care Environment
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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise andma
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nages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses WS
b. Advanced practice nurses WS WS
c. Clinical nurse leaders WS WS
d. Intensivists
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirspe
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cialty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical practition
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ers who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care provi
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ders. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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Effective Care Environment
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3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is evidence based andthat
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safety programs are in place?
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a. Clinical nurse speci WS WS
alist b. Advancedpracti
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d. Nurse practitioners
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, researc
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h, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evidence
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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 clinic
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al and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepractition
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ers (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forregi
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stered nurses? WS
a. State Board of Registered Nurses WS WS WS WS
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist WS WS WS WS WS
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine WS WS WS WS
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses WS WS WS WS
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American Association of Critical- WS WS WS
Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Board
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of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Association
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of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of C
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ritical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered
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nurses.
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spiritare
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interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care? WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS
a. Holistic care WS
b. Individualized care WS
c. Cultural care WS
d. Interdisciplinary care WS
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Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are interde
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pendent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s prefer
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ences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversityin
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health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world becomes
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more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces withplaces and pe
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oples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the patie
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nt’s health as the common goal.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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REF: p. 4 OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A WS WS WS W S WS WS WS
TOP: Critical Care Nursing PracticeMSC: NCLEX: Safe and WS WS WS WS SW WS WS WS
Effective Care Environment
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