The patient is being supported with a positive-pressure mechanical ventilator. The machine in use is a volume-cycled ventilator. Relative to the functioning of this ventilator, what nursing assessment is most important?
A) Continuous pulse oximetry
B) Vital signs per unit protocol
C) Respiratory rate
D) Peak inspiratory pressure
D
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The nursing student asks the mental health nurse why pancuronium was administered to the patient before electroconvulsive therapy was performed. What is the mental health nurse's best response?
A) To prevent aspiration of vomitus B) To reduce the pain of the procedure C) To put the patient to sleep D) To reduce the intensity of muscle contractions
Sentinel event alerts are published by TJC to do which of the following?
a. Allow facilities to learn from sentinel events that have occurred in other facili-ties and incorporate recommendations for prevention into their policies. b. Notify hospitals that if a sentinel event occurs during an alert, the hospital will be subject to withdrawal of Medicare and Medicaid certification and reimbursement. c. Prevent a near-miss from occurring. d. Assist hospitals to find national standar-dized performance measures to benchmark themselves against other similar hospitals.
Which of the following is a responsibility of many health care agencies' chief executive officers (CEOs)?
a. Managing the budgets of each department in the agency b. Recruiting and hiring of staff c. Overall operation of the agency on a daily basis d. Establishing policies governing the operation for the agency
Compute the amount of medication that will be given to administer one dose of the following orders using the dimensional analysis method to obtain your answers. Assume all tablets are scored, when necessary. Round all parenteral administration orders that are over 1 mL to one decimal place. Round all parenteral administration orders under 1 mL to two decimal places. Do not include zeros at the
end of decimal numbers. ? The problems and drug orders are presented for practice only, and actual prescribed dosages will vary according to a patient's age, condition, reaction, additional medications, and other factors. Order: Haldol 3 mg IM q.8h Supply: Haldol 5 mg/mL injectable; 20 mL multidose vial Give: __________ mL Fill in the blank(s) with correct word