After the CVC was inserted, Y.W. had a stat portable chest x-ray (CXR) examination. Why?
What will be an ideal response?
The CXR is taken to determine whether the physician inserting the catheter has accidentally created
a pneumothorax or hemothorax and to confirm that the catheter tip is in the superior vena cava and
not in the head or neck. Nothing should infuse through the catheter until it has been confirmed that
the catheter was properly placed.
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A) It limits the patient's personal safety. B) It exacerbates the patient's disease process. C) It threatens the patient's autonomy. D) It is not normally legal.
A nurse is caring for a patient who is on morphine therapy. An expected outcome of the morphine therapy would be that the patient has
A) adequate pain control with minimal adverse effects. B) complete pain relief with minimal adverse effects. C) complete pain relief with adverse effects that can be treated. D) adequate pain relief with no addiction to the drug.
The critical care nurse is identifying patients at risk for safety and medical errors
Which patients would the nurse identify as being at risk for these issues? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Patient in isolation with MRSA 2. Patient who does not understand English 3. Patient with end stage renal disease and a respiratory rate of 8 per minute 4. Patient recovering from pacemaker insertion 5. Patient with pulmonary edema
Which of the following families is at high risk for health problems?
a. A man agrees that he needs to eat better and exercise more but also expresses how busy he is at his job. b. A man knows that his grandfather, father, and older brother all died of cardiac disease. c. A man is currently unemployed and despairs about finding a position. d. A man expresses disappointment that, having been laid off as an executive, his new position pays only about two thirds of his original salary.