After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a cancer patient suffers a cardiopulmonary arrest and needs mechanical ventilation. The family asks the nurse about the patient's chances of survival
What is the most accurate information for the nurse to base the answer on?
A) Cardiopulmonary arrest and mechanical ventilation are associated with low survival rates in patients with cancer.
B) The hospital has a generally low incidence of death after cardiopulmonary arrest compared to national averages.
C) Every patient and every situation must be evaluated individually, and no prediction of survival is possible at this time.
D) The family should be referred to the physician and the chaplain to discuss their concerns about survival.
A
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a. Difficulty in speech b. Difficulty discriminating sounds c. Difficulty in seeing near objects d. An abnormal change for older adults
A child with asthma was admitted to the hospital during an attack. The mother says, "This is all my fault, if only I hadn't smoked when I was pregnant." Which response would be helpful to the mother?
1. Tell her not to worry because her smoking did not cause the child's asthma. 2. Explain that asthma involves a host of biological factors, of which heredity plays a large role. 3. Tell the mother that she should feel guilty, and find out if she's still smoking. 4. Ask why she believes that she caused the child's admission.
A woman comes into the prenatal clinic accompanied by her boyfriend. When asked by the nurse why she is there, the patient looks down, and the boyfriend states, "She says she is pregnant
She constantly complains of feeling tired, and her vomiting is disgusting.". What is a priority for the nurse to do at this point? 1. Ask the woman what time of the day her fatigue is more common. 2. Recommend that the woman have a pregnancy test done as soon as possible. 3. Continue the interview of the woman in private. 4. Give the woman suggestions on ways to decrease the vomiting.
Medications, prematurity, fetal sleep, fetal dysrhythmia, anesthetic agents, or cardiac anomalies may result in _______ variability.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).