The “Better” Answer

Sara Knippa, ms, rn, accns-ag, ccrn, pccn, is the contributing editor of the column. Sara is a clinical nurse specialist/educator in the cardiac intensive care unit at University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado. She welcomes feedback from readers and practice questions from potential contributors at [email protected]. Sara wrote the introduction and CCRN review question 5.

Katie Thompson, ms, aprn, acnpc-ag, ccrn, is an acute care nurse practitioner in the surgical trauma intensive care unit at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Katie wrote adult CCRN review questions 1 through 4.

Rosemary Timmerman, dnp, aprn, ccns, ccrn-csc-cmc, is a clinical nurse specialist at Providence Alaska Medical Center and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, and the University...