A nurse receives laboratory results of a critical magnesium level of 1.1 mEq/L at 03:00 during his night shift. His patient has a copy of advance directives and a DNR order on the chart
The nurse fails to notify the attending physician because of the present code status. In doing so, the nurse is showing a. failure to take appropriate action.
b. respect for the patient's wishes.
c. failure to timely communicate patient findings.
d. A and C
D
Nurses caring for acutely and critically ill patients must appropriately notify physicians of situations warranting treatment actions. Furthermore, the full no-code, do-not-resuscitate order does not exclude this patient from receiving treatment to correct the critical laboratory value. Breach is the failure to act consistently within applicable standards of care. For a nurse to be found negligent, the patient–plaintiff must establish that the nurse had a duty to provide care and that the nurse failed to provide care consistent with those standards.
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