A nurse was assigned a 22-year-old patient who is 24 hours post-op following an appendectomy
The patient's side rails were up, his call bell was in reach, and his bed was in the lowest position.
The nurse instructed the patient to call for assistance when ambulating. The patient fell and broke
his leg after he elected to ambulate without notifying the nurse. What element of liability exists?
A) Breach of Duty B) Causation
C) Duty owed the person D) Foreseeability
C
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The nurse is caring for a patient with a traumatic brain injury. Which of the following assessment findings alerts the nurse to possible diabetes insipidus?
a. Headache b. Elevated blood glucose c. Frequent urination d. Confusion
A 28-year-old woman has completed rituximab therapy for an autoimmune disease. She tells the nurse that she and her husband would like to start a family. The nurse will advise her to
A) continue using birth control for at least 12 months. B) stop using birth control for the next several weeks. C) discontinue birth control, but avoid breast-feeding after the child is born. D) pursue fertility testing.
The nurse is providing care for a patient with dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB)
The nurse would reinforce teaching about which procedures as options for managing DUB? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Hysterectomy 2. Watchful waiting 3. Colposcopy 4. Hormonal agents 5. Dilatation and curettage
Which statement most accurately describes the relationship between the hydrogen ion concentration and carbon dioxide concentration in extracellular fluids?
A. Because carbon dioxide is a gas and hydrogen ions are electrolytes, these two substances have no relationship in extracellular fluids. B. The concentrations of hydrogen ions and carbon dioxide are directly related, with an increase or decrease in one always resulting in a corresponding increase or de-crease in the other. C. Carbon dioxide buffers hydrogen ions; thus, these two concentrations are in-versely related to each other. The higher the carbon dioxide concentration, the fewer hydrogen ions are present in that fluid. D. Hydrogen ions and carbon dioxide ions exist in a balanced relationship as a result of their charges. The positively charged hydrogen ions are attracted to the nega-tively charged carbon dioxide ions, forming an electrically neutral substance.