A nurse working in the ICU of a rural hospital is trying to make the case to the administration to create an RRT for the hospital. There have been a number of preventable deaths at the hospital recently
Which case provides the best support for the nurse's argument that the hospital needs such a team?
A) A patient died of cardiac arrest because medical staff did not respond quickly enough to his condition.
B) A patient died of an overdose of medication due to a medication error.
C) A patient died of an infection after a surgeon failed to scrub in properly before surgery.
D) A patient died from head trauma after slipping on a wet surface in her room in the ICU.
B
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A) Administering broad-spectrum antibiotics B) Inspecting the placenta after delivery for intactness C) Manually removing the placenta at delivery D) Applying pressure to umbilical cord to remove placenta
The pulse rate at which the nurse would withhold a dose of digoxin in an adult is:
a. 100 beats per minute. c. less than 60 beats per minute. b. less than 90 beats per minute. d. less than 70 beats per minute.
To make a legal entry into the medical record, the nurse must document what?
A) Laboratory tests ordered B) Attending physician C) Time of the assessment D) Nature of the assessment
Several elderly clients at the senior center have osteoporosis and are afraid of "breaking a hip." The best primary prevention strategy the nurse could suggest is
A) bone density screening to determine who may be at risk. B) offering martial arts classes at the senior center. C) vision screening. D) exercise programming to strengthen the upper body.