You are the ICU nurse caring for a patient with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome due to shock. What is a critical part of your role?
A) Providing information and support to family members
B) Preparing the family for a long recovery process
C) Educating the patient regarding the use of supportive fluids
D) Demonstrating necessary skills for the rehabilitation phase of recovery
Ans: A
Feedback: Providing information and support to family members is a critical role of the nurse. Options B, C, and D are incorrect; most patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome do not recover, so there is no rehabilitation phase of recovery as there is no recovery process. Educating the patient about the use of supportive fluids is a distracter to this test question.
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