An informatics nurse is presenting a class on ethics and informatics. Which of the following would the nurse identify as being central to informatics?
A) Conflicting values
B) Autonomy
C) Influencing variables
D) Beneficence
A
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a. A male obstetrician, expert in high-risk pregnancies b. The female nurse midwife c. The male obstetrician with a female nurse always in the room with the wife d. Whichever provider was on duty until the pregnancy was confirmed
A 50-year-old patient tells the nurse that he had a smallpox vaccination as a child and is planning to visit a foreign country that has an active smallpox epidemic. His physician suggests that he be revaccinated against the disease
Which of the following does this information suggest to the nurse? 1. The patient did not have a smallpox vaccination as a child. 2. The patient's innate immunity is not sufficient against the smallpox disease. 3. Another vaccination would add to the patient's activite immunity against the disease. 4. Another vaccination will provide a short-lived passive immunity to smallpox.
A nurse asks the patient if pain was relieved after receiving medication. What is the purpose of the evaluation phase of the nursing process?
a. To determine if interventions have been effective in meeting patient outcomes b. To document the nursing care plan in the progress notes of the medical record c. To decide whether the patient's health problems have been completely resolved d. To establish if the patient agrees that the nursing care provided was satisfactory
The client has been started on phenytoin. He reports experiencing reddish-colored urine. What is the nurse's highest priority intervention?
a. Report this symptom to the physician; this is an adverse reaction. b. Instruct the client to stop the medication; this is a life-threatening reaction. c. Report this symptom to the physician; this indicates toxicity of the medication. d. Instruct the client that this is an expected side effect of the medication.