While caring for a critically ill patient, the nurse observes the family discussing funeral arrangements across the bed of the patient, who is intubated and sedated but awake. The family signs Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) request paperwork and leaves
The patient manages to communicate to the nurse that he does not want to die. What is the most appropriate nursing action?
A) Adhere to the wishes of the family, since the patient is probably incompetent.
B) Call a multidisciplinary conference with the family to resolve this conflict.
C) Destroy the Do Not Resuscitate paperwork, since the patient wants to live.
D) Apply the ethical principles of nonmaleficence and paternalism to the situation.
B
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The nurse is preparing a community education program about a new treatment for prostate cancer. At what level would the nurse prepare the distributed educational materials?
A) Upper grade school, 4th to 6th grade level B) High school, 10th to 12th grade level C) Middle school, 7th to 9th grade level D) College, over the 12th grade level
After her first week on a busy medical surgical unit, the new charge nurse notes that the individual nurses are highly competent but seem to be unable to function productively as a team
Select the action by the charge nurse that would best facilitate team building among the staff. a. Provide an opportunity for the nurses to expresses feelings and emotions. b. Hire more staff to reduce stress and fati-gue from understaffing. c. Allow the staff more input into important policy decision making. d. Give the staff more time to adjust to the change in charge nurses.
When implementing the best solution to a problem, the nurse must keep in mind that change is often __________, and __________ __________ may arise as the solution is implemented
Fill in the blank with correct word
A nurse is caring for a woman who is in labor and the fetus descends to the lower birth canal. The woman is in which of the following stages of labor?
a. First b. Second c. Third d. Fourth