Organ donation in the United States is administered through the "required response" process, which means that:
a. organs are taken if the nurse feels the patient would agree
b. consent is presumed on the part of adults
c. all adults are required to express their wishes regarding organ donation
d. 911 calls activate the process
C
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A) "What if reincarnation is not real?" B) "This belief gives you strength." C) "I don't believe in reincarnation." D) "You shouldn't base your hopes on such a belief."
A 23-year-old male patient with hemophilia A says, "How can I keep my children from having hemophilia A?" Which of the following is the most informative response?
a. "You need to select a very dependable mode of birth control." b. "You can only pass hemophilia B to your sons." c. "Your daughter may be a carrier and her children may have hemophilia A. Your son is not at risk." d. "Your sons should have coagulation studies."
A resident of an assisted-living facility was forced to call for help after she was unable to stand up from the toilet in her bathroom
The woman is embarrassed that she needed this assistance, and the nurse who oversees the facility knows that this situation was primarily due to the resident's rheumatoid arthritis. How should the nurse best respond to this resident's decreased mobility? A) Encourage the woman to keep a portable phone in her bathroom. B) Provide a cane for the woman to keep in her bathroom. C) Have grab bar installed in the woman's bathroom. D) Create a new exercise regimen for the woman to follow.
The most serious concern in administering IV medications is that
a. a phlebitis could develop. c. the IV site might become infected. b. the IV might infiltrate. d. the IV solution infuses directly into the blood vessel.