The patient requires urgent hemodialysis or continuous renal replacement therapy after a suicide attempt with a variety of antidepressants. What access route for the dialysis does the nurse anticipate?
A) Vascular catheter
B) Arteriovenous fistula
C) Synthetic vascular graft
D) Peritoneal dialysis catheter
A
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Nurses are often members of the ethical committees formed within hospitals to address numerous ethical issues. Which of the following has raised the most troubling ethical issues?
A) Increase in cultural diversion B) Staffing shortages in health care C) The increased cost of health care D) The ability of technology to prolong life beyond meaningful quality of life
The nurse manager is preparing to hold a counseling session with a certified nursing assistant who has been consistently coming to work late. What strategies should the nurse manager use? (Select all that apply.)
1. Conduct counseling in private 2. Keep session brief 3. Avoid wording that will seem confrontational 4. Emphasize the negative behavior repeatedly 5. Sympathize with the employee
The loss of someone or something, such as the death of a loved one or the theft of one's property, represents what kind of loss?
a. actual c. situational b. anticipated d. perceived
A patient is prescribed entacapone (Comtan) 800 mg/day. The drug is available in 200 mg tablets. How many tablets should you give?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8