Bioethics is a branch of ethics specifically related to:
a. Biology
b. Chemistry
c. Case Management
d. Health care
D
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When attempting to provide information to the parents of a child undergoing surgery, the nurse notes that the parents appear confused and do not seem to remember what they are being told. This may be because of the:
a. noisy environment. b. serious nature of surgery. c. increased level of parents' anxiety. d. developmental age of the child.
The nurse is caring for a 3-year-old child during a long hospitalization. The parent is concerned about how to support the child's siblings during the hospitalization. What statement is appropriate for the nurse to make?
a. "You should choose one parent to spend every night in the hospital while the other parent stays at home with the other children." b. "You could leave your hospitalized child for periods at night to be at home with the other children." c. "You should discourage the siblings from visiting because this could upset everyone in the family." d. "You could encourage a nightly phone call between the siblings as part of the bedtime routine."
The hospital admitting nurse is taking a history on a child's illness from the parents. The nurse concludes that the parents treated their 6-year-old child appropriately for a fever related to otitis media when they reported that they
1. used aspirin every four hours toreduce the fever. 2. alternated acetaminophen withibuprofen every two hours. 3. put the child in a tub of cold waterto reduce the fever. 4. offered generous amounts of fluidsfrequently.
A patient presents in the ER with signs and symptoms of VTE. What type of medication administration would most likely be ordered to infuse a large dose of heparin for this patient?
A) Administer heparin by intravenous bolus or push through an intravenous infusion. B) Administer a piggyback intermittent intravenous infusion of heparin. C) Administer an intermittent intravenous infusion of heparin via a volume-control administration set. D) Administer heparin via a continuous infusion.