A patient is having a blood transfusion, but the fluid is dripping very slowly. The blood has been infusing for more than 4 hours. What should the nurse do next?
A) Continue with the transfusion and document the drip rate.
B) Report to the next shift the amount of blood left to infuse.
C) Take and record vital signs more often.
D) Discontinue the blood transfusion.
D
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A new mother shows the nurse that her baby grasps her finger when she touches the baby's palm. How might the nurse respond to this information?
A) "This is a primitive reflex known as the plantar grasp." B) "This is a primitive reflex known as the palmar grasp." C) "This is a protective reflex known as rooting." D) "This is a protective reflex known as the Moro reflex."
The nurse advises a patient to have surgery because, "The doctor knows what is best for you." The nurse is most likely following which ethical principle?
1. Respect for others 2. Paternalism 3. Justice 4. Fidelity
An experienced nurse working in oncology is shocked to realize that he feels little empathy when a patient explains,
"I developed cancer from having to work in the dry cleaning industry since I was only 8 years old to help support my younger siblings during the depression. Now they have all moved away and refuse to help me financially, and it takes everything I have to pay for my chemotherapy medicine." The nurse is experiencing: a. burnout. b. compassion fatigue. c. reality shock. d. horizontal hostility.
As recently as the mid–20th century, nursing students were taught to stand and offer the physician a seat and to accompany the physician on rounds, carrying patient charts. This practice is an example of which of the following?
a. Sexism b. Paternalism c. Nursism d. Parentalism