You are the circulating nurse in an outpatient surgery center. Your patient is scheduled to receive moderate sedation. You know that a patient receiving this form of anesthesia should:
A) Never be left unattended by the nurse
B) Receive an antiemetic
C) Remember most of the procedure
D) Be able to maintain his or her own airway
A
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A) Actual measurements in three dimensions B) Compare to size of a common object C) State percentage of body affected D) Diameter at widest part in centimeters
A nurse is reviewing the health practitioner orders on each of his assigned patients. Which ethical principle is the nurse practicing?
A. Autonomy B. Beneficence C. Nonmaleficence D. Justice
The psychiatric mental health nurse engages in daily sessions with a client with bipolar disorder to
teach about the desired effects of prescribed medications, their side effects, and ways to manage the side effects. The problem for which the nurse is intervening is a. self-care limitation. b. difficulties relating to others. c. symptom management. d. problems related to emotions.
A patient is diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. Which education about the basic mechanism of this disease would the nurse provide?
1. "The chemicals being produced by your pancreas are going to work too early and they are damaging the pancreatic tissues." 2. "Your pancreas has lost the ability to produce insulin." 3. "A major part of your inflammatory system is inhibited." 4. "Your blood pressure is elevated because of increased blood flow to your pancreas."