NR 341 FLASHCARD EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
o Critical Care Nursing - CORRECT-ANSWERS- deals with human responses to critical
illness
- focus on both the patient's and family's responses
o Evolution of Critical Care - CORRECT-ANSWERS- began with polio units, recovery
rooms, and coronary care units
- patient outcomes have improved
o eICU - CORRECT-ANSWERSa new application of critical care from a remote
monitoring site
o Competencies for Acute and Critical Care Nurses - CORRECT-ANSWERS- clinical
reasoning
- advocacy
- caring
- collaboration
- holistic nursing care
- response to diversity
o American Association of Critical Care Nurses - CORRECT-ANSWERS- largest
specialty organization
- assists NURSES to attain knowledge and influence
- healthy work environment initiative
o AACN's Vision - CORRECT-ANSWERScreate a healthcare system driven by patient's
and family's needs in which critical care nurses make their optimum contributions
, o AACN: Professional Journals - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Critical Care Nurse
- American Journal of Critical Care
- AACN Advanced Critical Care
o AACN Membership Benefits - CORRECT-ANSWERS- professional journals
- evidence-based interventions
- continuing education
o Society of Critical Care Medicine - CORRECT-ANSWERS- multiprofessional
membership
- healthcare system in which all critically ill and injured persons receive care
o Synergy Model - CORRECT-ANSWERSnurses are assigned patients based on their
acuity and level of experience of critical care nurses on duty
o Critical Care Certification - CORRECT-ANSWERS- validate knowledge
- promote professional excellence
- help nurses maintain up to date knowledge
- AACN oversees this
o CCRN - CORRECT-ANSWERSadult, neonatal and pediatric intensive care
o PCCN - CORRECT-ANSWERSfor those working in step-down units
o CCNS - CORRECT-ANSWERSCritical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (Advanced
Practice)
o ACNPC - CORRECT-ANSWERSAcute Care Nurse Practitioner
o Critical Care Patients - CORRECT-ANSWERS- multisystem organ dysfunction
- complicated by aging population
o Joint Commission - CORRECT-ANSWERS- national patient safety goals
- communication
- medication safety
- reduce infections
- reconcile medications
o AACN Hierarchy of Evidence - CORRECT-ANSWERSA is the most supported and M is
the least supported
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
o Critical Care Nursing - CORRECT-ANSWERS- deals with human responses to critical
illness
- focus on both the patient's and family's responses
o Evolution of Critical Care - CORRECT-ANSWERS- began with polio units, recovery
rooms, and coronary care units
- patient outcomes have improved
o eICU - CORRECT-ANSWERSa new application of critical care from a remote
monitoring site
o Competencies for Acute and Critical Care Nurses - CORRECT-ANSWERS- clinical
reasoning
- advocacy
- caring
- collaboration
- holistic nursing care
- response to diversity
o American Association of Critical Care Nurses - CORRECT-ANSWERS- largest
specialty organization
- assists NURSES to attain knowledge and influence
- healthy work environment initiative
o AACN's Vision - CORRECT-ANSWERScreate a healthcare system driven by patient's
and family's needs in which critical care nurses make their optimum contributions
, o AACN: Professional Journals - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Critical Care Nurse
- American Journal of Critical Care
- AACN Advanced Critical Care
o AACN Membership Benefits - CORRECT-ANSWERS- professional journals
- evidence-based interventions
- continuing education
o Society of Critical Care Medicine - CORRECT-ANSWERS- multiprofessional
membership
- healthcare system in which all critically ill and injured persons receive care
o Synergy Model - CORRECT-ANSWERSnurses are assigned patients based on their
acuity and level of experience of critical care nurses on duty
o Critical Care Certification - CORRECT-ANSWERS- validate knowledge
- promote professional excellence
- help nurses maintain up to date knowledge
- AACN oversees this
o CCRN - CORRECT-ANSWERSadult, neonatal and pediatric intensive care
o PCCN - CORRECT-ANSWERSfor those working in step-down units
o CCNS - CORRECT-ANSWERSCritical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (Advanced
Practice)
o ACNPC - CORRECT-ANSWERSAcute Care Nurse Practitioner
o Critical Care Patients - CORRECT-ANSWERS- multisystem organ dysfunction
- complicated by aging population
o Joint Commission - CORRECT-ANSWERS- national patient safety goals
- communication
- medication safety
- reduce infections
- reconcile medications
o AACN Hierarchy of Evidence - CORRECT-ANSWERSA is the most supported and M is
the least supported
