A 27-year-old man is admitted to the emergency department (ED) after a serious motorcycle accident
The patient has a head injury, abrasions covering the left side of his body, a broken left femur, and internal injuries that are not fully assessed at this time. He is transferred from the ED to the intensive care unit (ICU). The nurse who is going to care for this patient in the ICU knows that a priority responsibility in regard to drug therapy is what? A) Support vital functions
B) Continue curative treatment
C) Institute life-saving treatment
D) Monitor patient's response
D
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Because the nurse has the greatest direct and continued contact with the patient, the nurse is in the best position to detect minute changes that ultimately determine the course of drug therapy—therapeutic success or discontinuation because of adverse or unacceptable responses. The nurse would support vital functions, continue curative treatment, and institute life-saving treatment, but these actions occur regardless of drug therapy.
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