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

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?

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

The nurse is a member of a committee to design a critical care unit in a new building.Which design trend would best to facilitate family-centered care?

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

Elderly patients who require critical care treatment are at risk for increased mortality,functional decline,or decreased quality of life after hospitalization.Assuming each of these patients was discharged from the hospital,which of the following patients is at greatest risk for decreased functional status and quality of life?

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

Which statement is a likely response from someone who has survived a stay in the critical care unit?

Which of the following statements about family assessment is false?

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? (Select all that apply.)

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

Sleep often is disrupted for critically ill patients.Which nursing intervention is most appropriate to promote sleep and rest?

The critical care environment is stressful to the patient.Which interventions assist in reducing this stress? (Select all that apply.)

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?

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

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

The constant noise of a ventilator,monitor alarms,and infusion pumps predisposes the patient to:

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

The critical care environment is often stressful to a critically ill patient.Identify stressors that are common.(Select all that apply.)

Nursing strategies to help families cope with the stress of critical illness include: (Select all that apply.)

It is important for critically ill patients to feel safe.Which nursing strategies help the patient to feel safe in the critical care setting? (Select all that apply.)