A trauma patient is found to be profoundly anemic. What is the nurse's primary focus in planning care?
A) Draw laboratory sample for type and cross-match for blood replacement.
B) Initiate therapy with erythropoietin and iron.
C) Contact family to begin solicitation for blood donors.
D) Assess for and collaboratively treat the source of blood loss.
D
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A) The risk of mortality and complications after surgery is no greater for older adults than it is for younger adults. B) Advanced age can affect the pharmacokinetic process of excretion with cytotoxic drugs because of decreased glomerular filtration rate. C) Older adults are usually not able to tolerate radiation therapy. D) Older adults require more basic care when undergoing conventional treatment for cancer.
The emergency room nurse is often faced with the responsibility of providing care for people who were responsible for motor vehicle accidents. In some cases, the nurse is caring for that person along with victims of the accident
This situation causes the nurse moral distress. How could the nurse best help to alleviate this distress? 1. Refuse to care for these patients in the future 2. Ask a co-worker to care for the patients 3. Remember to respect the person, not the actions of the person 4. Be frank with the patients about how uncomfortable the nurse is
A patient returns from surgery for removal of a pituitary tumor that has not extended into the intracranial vault
The nurse observes a large amount of clear drainage from the nose. The nurse expects the physician to order a glucose test of the drainage to confirm a. that infection has not occurred. b. that a shift in osmolality has not occurred. c. that the drainage is postoperative serous drainage. d. that the drainage is CSF from a cerebrospinal leak.
Which area(s) of the sterile attire can the scrub nurse touch with a sterile item without contaminating the item?
1. Hands, and neck to knees but not arms 2. Both sides from the neck to the knees 3. Waist to hips on the front of the gown 4. Front from shoulders to tabletop height