The operating room holding area is calling for the nurse in ambulatory surgery to bring the client to the holding area now. The nurse reviews the chart and discovers that the surgical consent form has not been signed. What is the nurse’s best action?
Ans: Notify the surgeon.
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a. Potential Risk for Violence to Self b. Personal Identity Disturbance c. Perceptual Sensory Alterations d. Potential Parental Role Conflict
A nurse explains to a vegetarian that he or she must be careful to ingest a greater amount of beans, dried fruit, whole grains, and molasses to prevent
1. Kwashiorkor. 2. Crohn disease. 3. Mineral toxicity. 4. An iron deficiency.
The nurse is caring for a patient with a chronic illness. Which of the following would be a priority outcome for this patient?
a. Decreasing social isolation b. Controlling personal health-care decisions c. Decreasing stress levels in the family d. Achieving optimal personal level of health