Selection of principal diagnosis for non outpatient settings
What will be an ideal response?
Section II
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a. Palliative b. Diagnostic c. Reconstructive d. Ablative
The client arrives in the intensive care unit after a bronchoscopy. Which client assessment is the nurse's priority?
1. Gag reflex 2. Level of sedation 3. Circulatory status 4. Respiratory status
On assessment, a labor client is noted to have cardiovascular and respiratory collapse and is unresponsive. What should the nurse suspect?
1. An amniotic fluid embolus 2. Placental abruption 3. Placenta accreta 4. Retained placenta
The nurse working with a 15-year-old patient who is dying understands that the adolescent's concept of death is that:
a. Death is not permanent b. Death may happen in the distant future c. Death can be understood in a logical manner d. Death is a form of punishment