NCM 118 LEC PRELIM Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Critical Care - CORRECT ANSWER Term used to describe as the care of patients who are
extremely ill and whose clinical conditions is unstable or potentially unstable.
Critical Care Unit - CORRECT ANSWER Unit in which comprehensive care of a critically ill
patient which is deemed to recoverable stage is carried out.
Critical Care Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to those comprehensive, specialized and
individualized nursing care services which are rendered to patients with life threatening conditions
and their families.
Critical care nursing - CORRECT ANSWER means assisting, supporting and restoring the
patient towards health, or to ease the patient's pain and to prepare them for a dignified death.
In 1970 - CORRECT ANSWER What year the health care system in the Philippines was greatly
affected by advancements in care and technology and the changing nature of care. These factors
influenced the development of speciality practice, particularly in critical care.
Critical care practice - CORRECT ANSWER is a collaborative process and nurses play a vital
part in it.
Critical Care Nursing Education - CORRECT ANSWER its is an appropriate preparation of
specialist critical care nurses is a vital component in providing quality care to patients and their
families.
Clinical competence - CORRECT ANSWER a combination of skills, behaviors and knowledge,
demonstrated by performance within a practice situation and specific to the context in which it is
demonstrated.
Critical care Nurses association of the Philippines - CORRECT ANSWER it is the national
organization of nurses interested in the field of critical care nursing.
, The Critical Care Nurses of the Philippines, Inc. (CCNAPI) - CORRECT ANSWER is
responsible for the promotion of man's health and welfare for national development.
The International Council of nurses (ICN) - CORRECT ANSWER views health care as the
rights of every individual regardless of financial political, geographical, racial and religious
consideration.
Level 1 - CORRECT ANSWER a level should be capable of providing immediate resuscitation
for the critically ill and short term cardio-respiratory support because the patients are at risk of
deterioration
Level 2 - CORRECT ANSWER A level that Should be capable of providing a high standard of
general critical care for patients who are stepping down from higher levels of care or requiring single
organ support/support post-operatively
• Level 3 - CORRECT ANSWER this level is a tertiary referral unit, capable of managing all
aspects of critical care medicine (This does not only include the management of patients requiring
advanced respiratory support but also patients with multi-organ failure
scope of critical care nursing - CORRECT ANSWER • defined by the dynamic interactions of
the critically ill patient/family , the critical care nurse and the critical care environment to bring about
optimal patient outcomes through nursing proficiency in an environment conducive to the provision of
this highly specialized care
critical care nurse - CORRECT ANSWER • is a licensed professional nurse who is responsible
for ensuring that all critically ill patients and their families receive optimal care.
Direct patient care - CORRECT ANSWER Detects and interprets indicators that signify the
varying conditions of the critically ill with the assistance of advanced technology and knowledge
Indirect patient care - Care of the Family - CORRECT ANSWER • Understands family needs
and provide information to allay fears and anxieties and assists family to cope with the life-
threatening situation and/or patient's impending death.
Educator - CORRECT ANSWER Provides health education to patient and family to promote
understanding and acceptance of the disease process thus facilitate recovery and
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Critical Care - CORRECT ANSWER Term used to describe as the care of patients who are
extremely ill and whose clinical conditions is unstable or potentially unstable.
Critical Care Unit - CORRECT ANSWER Unit in which comprehensive care of a critically ill
patient which is deemed to recoverable stage is carried out.
Critical Care Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to those comprehensive, specialized and
individualized nursing care services which are rendered to patients with life threatening conditions
and their families.
Critical care nursing - CORRECT ANSWER means assisting, supporting and restoring the
patient towards health, or to ease the patient's pain and to prepare them for a dignified death.
In 1970 - CORRECT ANSWER What year the health care system in the Philippines was greatly
affected by advancements in care and technology and the changing nature of care. These factors
influenced the development of speciality practice, particularly in critical care.
Critical care practice - CORRECT ANSWER is a collaborative process and nurses play a vital
part in it.
Critical Care Nursing Education - CORRECT ANSWER its is an appropriate preparation of
specialist critical care nurses is a vital component in providing quality care to patients and their
families.
Clinical competence - CORRECT ANSWER a combination of skills, behaviors and knowledge,
demonstrated by performance within a practice situation and specific to the context in which it is
demonstrated.
Critical care Nurses association of the Philippines - CORRECT ANSWER it is the national
organization of nurses interested in the field of critical care nursing.
, The Critical Care Nurses of the Philippines, Inc. (CCNAPI) - CORRECT ANSWER is
responsible for the promotion of man's health and welfare for national development.
The International Council of nurses (ICN) - CORRECT ANSWER views health care as the
rights of every individual regardless of financial political, geographical, racial and religious
consideration.
Level 1 - CORRECT ANSWER a level should be capable of providing immediate resuscitation
for the critically ill and short term cardio-respiratory support because the patients are at risk of
deterioration
Level 2 - CORRECT ANSWER A level that Should be capable of providing a high standard of
general critical care for patients who are stepping down from higher levels of care or requiring single
organ support/support post-operatively
• Level 3 - CORRECT ANSWER this level is a tertiary referral unit, capable of managing all
aspects of critical care medicine (This does not only include the management of patients requiring
advanced respiratory support but also patients with multi-organ failure
scope of critical care nursing - CORRECT ANSWER • defined by the dynamic interactions of
the critically ill patient/family , the critical care nurse and the critical care environment to bring about
optimal patient outcomes through nursing proficiency in an environment conducive to the provision of
this highly specialized care
critical care nurse - CORRECT ANSWER • is a licensed professional nurse who is responsible
for ensuring that all critically ill patients and their families receive optimal care.
Direct patient care - CORRECT ANSWER Detects and interprets indicators that signify the
varying conditions of the critically ill with the assistance of advanced technology and knowledge
Indirect patient care - Care of the Family - CORRECT ANSWER • Understands family needs
and provide information to allay fears and anxieties and assists family to cope with the life-
threatening situation and/or patient's impending death.
Educator - CORRECT ANSWER Provides health education to patient and family to promote
understanding and acceptance of the disease process thus facilitate recovery and
