Before a surgical procedure, the patient signs a document called an informed consent. What ethical principle is central to the use of informed consent?
A) Autonomy
B) Fidelity
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Beneficence
A
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The father questions why the child must be hospitalized and why the child cannot receive oral antibiotics. The nurse explains: 1. The antibiotic of choice is not available in oral form. 2. Blood flow to bones is limited, and parenteral administration is necessary to get appropriate blood levels. 3. Because the child is older now, it is harder to get the child to cooperate with oral antibiotics. 4. Because two weeks of therapy is necessary, the intravenous route will produce fewer side effects.
A nurse is working in a busy emergency department of an urban hospital. The family of a patient brought in by ambulance asks the nurse what the doctor meant when he or she said that the pa-tient was coding
In this situation, the word coding is an example of which of the following? a. Denotative meaning b. Connotative meaning c. Intonation d. Pacing
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1. What is the cause of the problem you are investigating? 2. What are you calling for the intervention to do? 3. What intervention are you comparing to? 4. Which kind of clinical intervention do you plan to address?
A placenta previa in which the placental edge just reaches the internal os is called:
a. total. b. partial. c. low lying. d. marginal.