TEST BANK FOR CRITICAL CARE NURSING 8TH EDITION LATEST UPDATE BY URDEN.pdf
TEST BANK FOR CRITICAL CARE NURSING 8TH EDITION LATEST UPDATE BY URDEN.pdf
TEST BANK FOR CRITICAL CARE NURSING 8TH EDITION LATEST UPDATE BY URDEN.pdf
TEST BANK FOR CRITICAL CARE NURSING 8TH EDITION LATEST UPDATE BY UR...
TEST BANK FOR
CRITICAL CARE Urden: Critical
Care Nursing, 8th
Edition
NURSING 8TH EDITION
BY URDEN
,complex clinical and system issues?
care providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) generally do not manage system issues.
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, Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) serve in specialty roles that use their clinical, teaching,
research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They are instrumental in ensuring that care is
evidence based and that safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have
a broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and manage complex
clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are generally direct care providers. Nurse
practitioners (NPs) manage direct clinical care of groups of patients.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 2
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC:
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. Which professional organization administers critical care certification exams for registered
nurses?
a. State Board of Registered Nurses
b. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
c. Society of Critical Care Medicine
d. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
ANS: D
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) administers certification exams for
registered nurses. The State Board of Registered Nurses (SBON) does not administer
certification exams. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) does not
administer certification exams. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) does not administer
nursing certification exams for registered nurses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC:
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the body, mind, and spirit
are interdependent and inseparable. This statement describes which methodology of
care? a. Holistic care
b. Individualized care
c. Cultural care
d. Interdisciplinary care
ANS: A
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and spirit are
interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of each
patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversity in
health care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emphasis and importance as the world
becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing technologies and interfaces with
places and peoples. Interdisciplinary care is care among a variety of health care professionals
with the patient’s health as the common goal.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4
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, OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC:
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
6. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has developed short directives that
can be used as quick references for clinical use that are known as
a. Critical Care Protocol.
b. Practice Policies.
c. Evidence-Based Research.
d. Practice Alerts.
ANS: D
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has promulgated several evidence-
based practice summaries in the form of “Practice Alerts.” Evidence-based nursing practice
considers the best research evidence on the care topic along with clinical expertise of the
nurse and patient preferences. Critical care protocol and practice policies are established by
individual institutions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC:
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
7. What type of therapy is an option to conventional treatment?
a. Alternative
b. Holistic
c. Complementary
d. Individualized
ANS: A
The term alternative denotes that a specific therapy is an option or alternative to what is
considered conventional treatment of a condition or state. The term complementary was
proposed to describe therapies that can be used to complement or support conventional
treatments. Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body, mind, and
spirit are interdependent and inseparable. Individualized care recognizes the uniqueness of
each patient’s preferences, condition, and physiologic and psychosocial status.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 4
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: N/A TOP: Critical Care Nursing Practice MSC:
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment
8. Prayer, guided imagery, and massage are all examples of what type of treatment?
a. Alternative therapy
b. Holistic care
c. Complementary care
d. Individualized care
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