CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Critical Care Nursing correct answers >> - deals with human
responses to critical illness
- focus on both the patient's and family's responses
Evolution of Critical Care correct answers >> - began with
polio units, recovery rooms, and coronary care units
- patient outcomes have improved
eICU correct answers >> a new application of critical care
from a remote monitoring site
Competencies for Acute and Critical Care Nurses correct
answers >> - clinical reasoning
- advocacy
- caring
- collaboration
- holistic nursing care
- response to diversity
American Association of Critical Care Nurses correct answers
>> - largest specialty organization
- assists NURSES to attain knowledge and influence
,- healthy work environment initiative
AACN's Vision correct answers >> create a healthcare
system driven by patient's and family's needs in which critical
care nurses make their optimum contributions
AACN: Professional Journals correct answers >> - Critical
Care Nurse
- American Journal of Critical Care
- AACN Advanced Critical Care
AACN Membership Benefits correct answers >> - professional
journals
- evidence-based interventions
- continuing education
Society of Critical Care Medicine correct answers >> -
multiprofessional membership
- healthcare system in which all critically ill and injured persons
receive care
Synergy Model correct answers >> nurses are assigned
patients based on their acuity and level of experience of critical
care nurses on duty
Critical Care Certification correct answers >> - validate
knowledge
- promote professional excellence
, - help nurses maintain up to date knowledge
- AACN oversees this
CCRN correct answers >> adult, neonatal and pediatric
intensive care
PCCN correct answers >> for those working in step-down
units
CCNS correct answers >> Critical Care Clinical Nurse
Specialist (Advanced Practice)
ACNPC correct answers >> Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Critical Care Patients correct answers >> - multisystem
organ dysfunction
- complicated by aging population
Joint Commission correct answers >> - national patient
safety goals
- communication
- medication safety
- reduce infections
- reconcile medications
AACN Hierarchy of Evidence correct answers >> A is the
most supported and M is the least supported