A physician writes an order for phenytoin (Dilantin) 500 mg. The pharmacist fills this medication and the nurse administers the medication even though the dose is too large. Who is legally responsible for the too-large dose?
What will be an ideal response?
The nurse is legally responsible.
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The nurse documents that a patient has coarse, thickened skin and brown discoloration over the lower legs. Pulses are present. This finding is probably the result of:
a. Lymphedema. b. Raynaud disease. c. Chronic arterial insufficiency. d. Chronic venous insufficiency.
The situation in which a parent must choose between attending a daughter's ballet recital or a son's baseball game as an example of a __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A nursing instructor allows students to bring hand-held computers for managing daily tasks, keeping calendars, calculating medication dosages,
performing other complex clinical calculations, and consulting references such as medication information, medical terminology, disease references, and various medical-calculation software programs. Which of the following describes this device? A) Electronic calendars B) Electronic textbooks C) Cellular phones D) Personal digital assistant
Abortion, even to save the life of the mother, would most likely be considered morally wrong by a person rigidly applying which type of moral theory?
a. Deontology c. Naturalism b. Virtue ethics d. Utilitarianism