Exam 2: Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience

Family assessment can be challenging,and each nurse may obtain additional information regarding family structure and dynamics.What is the best way to share this information from shift to shift?

Open visitation policies are expected by many professional organizations.Which statement reflects adherence to current recommendations?

The critical care environment is stressful to the patient.Which interventions assist in reducing this stress?

Patients often have recollections of the critical care experience.Which is likely to be the most common recollection of patients who required endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation?

Which intervention is appropriate to assist the patient in coping with admission to the critical care unit?

The nurse is assigned to care for a patient who is a non-native English speaker.What is the best way to communicate with the patient and family to provide updates and explain procedures?

Many critically ill patients experience anxiety.The nurse can reduce anxiety with which approach?

Critical illness often results in family conflicts.Which scenario is most likely to result in the greatest conflict?

Changing visitation policies can be challenging.The nurse manager recognizes which of the following as an effective strategy for promoting changes in practice?

The critical care environment is often stressful to a critically ill patient.Identify stressors that are common.

Family members have a need for information.Which interventions best assist in meeting this need?

The nurse is caring for a patient who sustained a head injury and is unresponsive to painful stimuli.Which intervention is most appropriate while bathing the patient?

Family assessment is essential to meet family needs.Which of the following must be assessed first to assist the nurse in providing family-centered care?

Which nursing interventions would best support the family of a critically ill patient?

The VALUE mnemonic is a helpful strategy to enhance communication with family members of critically ill patients.Which of the following statements describes a VALUE strategy?

The intensive care nurse is working on a committee to reduce noise in the unit.Which recommendation should the nurse propose first?

The spouse of a patient who is hospitalized in the critical care unit following resuscitation for a sudden cardiac arrest at work demands to meet with the nursing manager.The spouse demands,"I want you to reassign us to another nurse.His current nurse is not in the room enough to make sure everything is okay." The nurse recognizes that this response most likely is due to the spouse's

To reduce relocation stress in patients transferring out of the intensive care unit,the nurse can

It is important for critically ill patients to feel safe.Which nursing strategies help the patient to feel safe in the critical care setting?

Noise in the critical care unit can have negative effects on the patient.Which of the following interventions assists in reducing noise levels in the critical care setting?