What is the benefit of a patient-controlled analgesia device?
What will be an ideal response?
Allows the patient to self-administer pain medication
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A critical care nurse has reported off because of an illness. In order to provide continuity of quality nursing care, the nurse manager utilizes a nurse from a (an):
1. Outside agency. 2. Unit with a low census. 3. Decentralized internal float pool. 4. Centralized external float pool.
What evidence-based practice information should the nurse base decisions on regarding assigning ancillary staff to long-term care clients requiring feeding assistance?
a. The staff should be allowed at least 20 minutes per patient to provide feeding assistance. b. 50% of long-term care residents require some degree of assistance with eat-ing. c. Long-term care clients eat better when fed in a community environment like a dining room. d. Poor nutrition and hydration is primarily affected by the client's physical condition.
During orientation, an RN learns that LPN/LVNs in the facility receive additional training to perform some tasks such as hanging continuously infusing intravenous fluids that have no additives. It is important for the RN to understand that:
a. the health care facility can override the state practice act by having all LPN/LVNs and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) participate in on-site training. b. LPN/LVNs are licensed, and accountability for their own practice rests with each LPN/LVN. c. UAPs cannot be held responsible for their own actions or inactions. d. the nurse practice act and state regulations related to delegation override the organization's policies.
A patient with a traumatic brain injury is diagnosed with an acute subdural hematoma
What would the nurse be more likely to assess in this patient than in one who had experienced a chronic subdural hematoma? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Loss of consciousness 2. Hemiparesis 3. Dysphagia 4. Confusion 5. Headache