A 4-year-old child is admitted to the hospital for surgery. Before you administer medicine, the best way to identify the child would be to
A) call the child's name and see if he or she answers.
B) read the child's armband.
C) ask the child to state his or her name.
D) tell the child to state his or her nickname.
B
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What are the goals of pharmacotherapy for a client with an ulcer? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
1. Prevent recurrence of the disease. 2. Promote healing of the ulcer. 3. Provide immediate relief from symptoms. 4. Reduce frequency of constipation. 5. Reduce frequency of diarrhea.
The registered nurse (RN) is caring for a client with severe cardiac disease. While caring for the client, the client states, "If anything should happen to me, please make sure that the doctors do not try to push on my chest and revive me
" The most appropriate nursing action is to: 1. Tell the client that the family must agree with the request. 2. Plan a client conference with the nursing staff to share the client's request. 3. Tell the client that it is necessary to notify the physician of the client's request. 4. Tell the client that this procedure cannot legally be refused by a client if the phy-sician believes that it is necessary to save the client's life.
The nurse is caring for a patient on a telemetry unit following a myocardial infarction. The patient has undergone numerous medication changes since the event
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