PRIORITIES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING, 9TH
EDITION,
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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rden: Critical Care Nursing, 9th
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CHOICE
1. During World War II, what type of wards were developed to care for criticallyinjure
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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. Triage
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wards establish the order in which a patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital. Postope
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rative 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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2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowledge and expertise andman
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ages complex clinical and system issues?
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a. Registered nurses wq
b. Advanced practice nurses wq wq
c. Clinical nurse leaders wq wq
d. Intensivists
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in theirspeci
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alty area and manage complex clinical and systems issues. Intensivists are medical practitioners
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who manage the critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNs) are generally direct care providers.
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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 andthat s
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afety programs are in place? wq wq wq wq
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d. Nurse practitioners
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching, research
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, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that careis evidence ba
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sed 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 clinica
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l and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nursepractitioners
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(NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams forregis
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a. State Board of Registered Nurses wq wq wq wq
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c. Society of Critical Care Medicine wq wq wq wq
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses wq wq wq wq
ANS: D wq
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Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for registered nurses. The State Board o
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f Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administercertification exams. National Association of
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Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not administer certification exams. Society of Critic
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al Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer nursing certification exams for registered nurse
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5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spiritare i
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nterdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of care? wq wq wq wq wq wq wq wq wq
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Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are interdep
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endent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s preferen
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ces, 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 peo
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ples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the patient’s
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health as the common goal.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
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