The nurse, caring for an older patient who is nearing death, has never taken care of a dying patient before. What is the first thing that the nurse must do prior to caring for this patient?
1. Confirm the patient's code status.
2. Review the facility's policy on postmortem care.
3. Confront personal feelings and fears about death.
4. Confirm that the family has made funeral arrangements.
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Rationale: The nurse does need to be aware of the patient's code status but this is not the first thing that the nurse needs to do prior to caring for the patient.
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The nurse prepares to discharge a client with deep venous thrombophlebitis. Which information does the nurse include in the teaching plan?
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The most important guide to sequencing actions should be:
a. probability and utility. b. assumption and intuition. c. costs and risks of procedures. d. reimbursement potential and patient ac-ceptance.