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1NCLEX Critical Care Exam Questions and Answers 2025.
Which of the following professional organizations best supports critical care
nursing practice?
a. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
b. American Heart Association
c. American Nurses Association
d. Society of Critical Care Medicine
(ANS- a. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
A nurse has been working as a staff nurse in the surgical intensive care unit for 2
years and is interested in certification. Which credential would be most applicable
for the nurse to seek?
a. ACNPC-AG
b. CNML
c. CCRN
d. PCCN
(ANS- c. CCRN
The main purpose of certification is to
a. assure the consumer that you will not make a mistake.
b. prepare for graduate school.
c. promote magnet status for your facility.
d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing.
(ANS- d. validate knowledge of critical care nursing.
The synergy model of practice focuses on
a. allowing unrestricted visiting for the patient 24 hours a day.
b. holistic and alternative therapies.
c. the needs of patients and their families, which drive nursing competency.
d. patients' needs for energy and support.
(ANS- c. the needs of patients and their families, which drive nursing competency.
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The family of your critically ill patient tells you that they have not spoken with the
physician in over 24 hours and that they have some questions they want clarified.
During morning rounds, you convey this concern to the attending intensivist and
arrange a meeting with the family at 4:00 PM. Which competency of critical care
nursing does this represent?
a. Advocacy and moral agency in solving ethical issues
b. Clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills
c. Collaboration with patients, families, and team members
d. Facilitation of learning for patients, families, and team members
(ANS- c. Collaboration with patients, families, and team members
The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice use what
framework to guide critical care nursing practice?
a. Evidence-based practice
b. Healthy work environment
c. National Patient Safety Goals
d. Nursing process
(ANS- d. Nursing process
The charge nurse is responsible for making the patient assignments on the critical
care unit. An experienced, certified nurse is assigned to care for the acutely ill
patient with sepsis who also requires continuous renal replacement therapy and
mechanical ventilation. The nurse with less than 1 year of experience is assigned to
two patients who are more stable. This assignment reflects implementation of the
a. crew resource management model.
b. National Patient Safety Goals.
c. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) model.
d. synergy model of practice.
(ANS- d. synergy model of practice.
The vision of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is a health care
system driven by
a. a healthy work environment.
b. care from a multiprofessional team under the direction of a critical care
physician.
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c. the needs of critically ill patients and families.
d. respectful, healing, and humane environments.
(ANS- c. the needs of critically ill patients and families.
The most important outcome of effective communication is to
a. demonstrate caring practices to family members.
b. ensure that patient teaching is done.
c. meet the diversity needs of patients.
d. reduce patient errors.
(ANS- d. reduce patient errors.
You are caring for a critically ill patient whose urine output has been low for 2
consecutive hours. After a thorough patient assessment, you call the intensivist
with report. Which information do you convey regarding background?
a. Urine output of 40 mL/2 hours
b. Current vital signs and history of aortic aneurysm repair 4 hours ago
c. A statement that the patient is possibly hypovolemic
d. A request for IV fluids
(ANS- b. Current vital signs and history of aortic aneurysm repair 4 hours ago
The family members of a critically ill patient bring a copy of the patient's living
will to the hospital, which identifies the patient's wishes regarding health care. You
discuss contents of the living will with the patient's physician. This is an example
of implementation of which of the AACN Standards of Professional Performance?
a. Acquires and maintains current knowledge of practice
b. Acts ethically on the behalf of the patient and family
c. Considers factors related to safe patient care
d. Uses clinical inquiry and integrates research findings in practice
(ANS- b. Acts ethically on the behalf of the patient and family
Which of the following assists the critical care nurse in ensuring that care is
appropriate and based on research?
a. Clinical practice guidelines
b. Computerized physician order entry
c. Consulting with advanced practice nurses
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d. Implementing Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
(ANS- a. Clinical practice guidelines
Comparing the patient's current (home) medications with those ordered during
hospitalization and communicating a complete list of medications to the next
provider when the patient is transferred within an organization or to another setting
are strategies to:
a. improve accuracy of patient identification.
b. prevent errors related to look-alike and sound-alike medications.
c. reconcile medications across the continuum of care.
d. reduce harms associated with the administration of anticoagulants.
(ANS- c. reconcile medications across the continuum of care.
As part of nursing management of a critically ill patient, orders are written to keep
the head of the bed elevated at 30 degrees, awaken the patient from sedation each
morning to assess readiness to wean from mechanical ventilation, and implement
oral care protocols every 4 hours. These interventions are done as a group to
reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia. This group of evidence-based
interventions is often called a
a. bundle of care.
b. clinical practice guideline.
c. patient safety goal.
d. quality improvement initiative.
(ANS- a. bundle of care.
You work in an intermediate care unit and have asked to be involved in developing
new guidelines to prevent pressure ulcers in your patient population. The nurse
manager tells you that you do not yet have enough experience to be on the
prevention task force and that your ideas will be rejected by others. This situation
is an example of
a. a barrier to handoff communication.
b. a work environment that is unhealthy.
c. ineffective decision making.
d. nursing practice that is not evidence-based.
(ANS- b. a work environment that is unhealthy.
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