Exam 1: Overview of Critical Care Nursing

Which of the following assists the critical care nurse in ensuring that care is appropriate and based on research?

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?

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?

Which of the following statements describes the core concept of the synergy model of practice?

Which of the following is (are)official journal(s)of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following nursing activities demonstrates implementation of the AACN Standards of Professional Performance? (Select all that apply.)

Which scenarios contribute to effective handoff communication at change of shift? (Select all that apply.)

The AACN Standards for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice use what framework to guide critical care nursing practice?

Which of the following strategies will assist in creating a healthy work environment for the critical care nurse? (Select all that apply.)

Which strategy is important in addressing issues associated with the aging workforce? (Select all that apply.)

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?

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:

The main purpose of certification is to

Which of the following is a National Patient Safety Goal? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse who plans care based on the patient's gender,ethnicity,spirituality,and lifestyle is said to

The vision of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is a health care system driven by

The synergy model of practice focuses on

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

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

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