A patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the ICU demonstrates diminished cardiac output, resulting in reduced oxygen delivery
Which of the following interventions will increase cardiac output in this patient by increasing contractility?
A) Administration of norepinephrine
B) Administration of dobutamine
C) Administration of diuretics
D) Hemoglobin transfusion
A
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a. Delirium b. Alcoholic dementia c. Blackout d. Amnesia
A patient with osteoarthritis comes to the clinic because he is not able to control the pain. The patient asks the nurse why it hurts so bad. What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "Don't worry about why it hurts, let's just concentrate on taking away the pain." B) "You are hurting because you aren't following your treatment regimen." C) "The pain you are feeling is psychological. What is going on in your life to make you hurt so bad?" D) "You are experiencing pain from irritated nerve endings and muscle spasms."
What might be the disadvantages for a novice qualitative researcher using a CAQDAS program to organise data and manage data collection?
What will be an ideal response?
The nurse is heard stating to another staff member that, "the client in Room 54 is such a whiner; you would think she was dying." This nurse is liable of:
1. Libel 2. Slander 3. Malpractice 4. Invasion of privacy