A client who is being treated for head trauma has just started to hiccup. What is the FIRST nursing priority?
a. Administer prescribed muscle relaxant.
b. Administer prescribed sedation.
c. Notify the health care provider.
d. Obtain vital signs including a neurological screening.
C
Notify the health care provider when a client with head trauma has increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Hiccups, straining, coughing, and sneezing are all activities that increase ICP.
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a. wears bright-colored clothing. b. demands the attention of staff. c. apologizes to others repeatedly. d. becomes angry when frustrated.
The nurse case manager is explaining to a group of health care providers how insurance expenditures for health spending led to the development of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) in efforts to control spending
What should the case manager emphasize as the driving force for directing health efforts with DRGs? 1. Organize services to be more cost-effective. 2. Decreasing length of stays for hospitalizations. 3. Placing the emphasis on the community to improve population health status. 4. Emphasizing health promotion to decrease hospitalizations and medical costs.
What should the membership of an ethics committee look like? What will their role be in the organization?
What will be an ideal response?
When you are the nurse taking the health history of a child, the historian is most likely going to be an adult. Which of the following questions would be the most important to ask before admitting or treating the child?
a. "What is the birth date of the child?" b. "Who is the legal guardian?" c. "What is your relationship to the child?" d. "What problems occurred during pregnancy?"