Which of the following statements about living wills are true? Select all that apply
a. Living wills are documents giving directions to health care providers related to withholding or withdrawing life support if certain conditions exist.
b. In all states, only persons who are terminally ill or whose death is imminent are allowed to make living wills.
c. Statutes regulating living wills vary from state to state, so nurses must be familiar with their own state laws.
d. Living wills may be vague and can address only the interventions a person does not want.
e. Allows a competent person to designate another as a surrogate or proxy to act on her or his behalf.
A, C, D
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a. Development of a scaphoid abdomen b. Vomiting after her first feeding c. Bleeding from the rectum d. Failure to pass meconium stool
While assisting with care, the nurse counsels the patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) about notification of sexual partners. Which patient statement indicates the need for further teaching? (Select all that apply.)
a. "I can contact my sexual partners myself." b. "Reporting regulations are the same throughout the country." c. "A report form will be completed in my chart that includes a list of my sexual contacts." d. "The public health authority can notify a list of sexual contacts without including my identity."
The nurse is weighing an underweight infant diagnosed with failure to thrive (FTT) and notes that the baby does not make eye contact and is less active than the other infants
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The wife of the patient who has just died states, "I hate all of you nurses and doctors for letting my husband die." The nurse recognizes this reaction as Martocchio's:
1. shock and disbelief. 2. yearning and protest. 3. anguish, disorganization, and despair. 4. identification in bereavement.