A nursing assistant delivers a meal tray to the bedside of a patient who cannot speak. He places the tray on the table and leaves the room. The patient is in bed, with the rails up, and cannot get to the tray. When the assistant returns, the patient is sleeping. The patient has not eaten. The assistant removes the tray and documents the appetite as "0." The assistant's actions constitute
A) neglect.
B) battery.
C) coercion.
D) negligence.
A
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A) abnormal mentation. B) tachycardia and pallor. C) prolonged capillary refill. D) decreased peripheral perfusion.
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What will be an ideal response?
A nurse is caring for a patient with a terminal illness. The patient is focusing on relief of pain. The nurse recognizes this as:
A. hope. B. grief. C. faith. D. reality.