You are caring for a patient with AIDS, and the patient wants to visit with a friend of his, another patient, who you know has an active case of the flu. What are the implications?
What will be an ideal response?
Due to patient confidentiality and privacy laws you are not at liberty to share either patient's diagnosis. It would put the patient at risk due to his impaired immune system to visit with his sick friend. Notify the nurse so she can intervene appropriately.
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A 56-year-old woman provides care to her 91-year-old widowed father. She says she is frequently fatigued and that she no longer socializes with her friends. "I'm so busy taking care of my dad. It's really hard work because he is bedridden
Sometimes it breaks my heart when I have to feed and bathe him. He always seemed so strong when I was a child." The most appropriate nursing diagnosis for this woman is a. Caregiver Role Strain b. Impaired Home Maintenance c. Interrupted Family Processes d. Risk for Caregiver Role Strain
You are caring for a client who is in neurogenic shock. You know that this is a subcategory of what kind of shock?
A) Obstructive B) Hypovolemic C) Carcinogenic D) Distributive
With which of the following heart conditions is pregnancy not usually contraindicated?
1. Peripartum cardiomyopathy 2. Eisenmenger syndrome 3. Heart transplant 4. All of these contraindicate pregnancy.
In hiring nurses during the transition from team nursing to a primary nursing model, Benner's work would suggest that you give priority to nurses who are at least at which level of competency?
a. Advanced beginner b. Competent c. Proficient d. Novice