The nurse counseling a potential organ transplant candidate and his family explains that the evaluation process generally takes about
a. 1 to 2 days.
b. 3 to 5 days.
c. 7 to 10 days.
d. 1 to 2 weeks.
B
The evaluation can be performed on either an inpatient or an outpatient basis and usually takes 3 to 5 days.
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What type of respiratory pattern would the nurse consider normal in a patient with severe heart failure?
A) Biot's B) Bradypnea C) Kussmaul's D) Cheyne-Stokes
Ischemia reduces oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria, resulting in a decrease in ATP production. Which of the following would NOT follow as a morphologic consequence?
a) Increased anaerobic glycolysis b) Increase in pH and glycogen c) Decrease in protein synthesis d) Influx of Ca++, H2O, and Na++ e) Efflux of K+
You should empty the bedside commode
A) into the sink. B) each time the patient uses it. C) at the end of the shift. D) once a day.