A recent nursing graduate in a busy emergency department triages a patient who has sustained a large, deep puncture wound in his foot while working at a construction site. He is bleeding and is in pain
The nurse enters the triage data that she has obtained from the patient into a compute-rized, standard emergency patient classification system. After she enters the assessment data, she notices an alert on the computer screen that prompts her to ask the patient about the status of his tetanus immunization. What system of technology is involved in generating the alert? a. Clinical decision support
b. WL technology
c. Computerized provider order
d. Electronic health record
A
Clinical decision support (CDS) is a clinical computer system, computer application, or process that helps health professionals make clinical decisions to enhance patient care. The clinical knowledge embedded in computer applications or work processes can range from simple facts and relationships to best practices for managing patients with specific disease states, new medical knowledge from clinical research, and other types of information.
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An older patient comes into the clinic complaining of watery diarrhea for several days with abdominal and muscle cramping. The nurse realizes that this patient is demonstrating which imbalance?
1. hypernatremia 2. hyponatremia 3. fluid volume excess 4. hyperkalemia
The nurse knows in the past, inadequate community and occupational skills often limited clients who had severe mental illness. Today, though some teaching is best done in the client's own setting, priority community-based teaching would be for:
A) Conflict management skills. B) ADL skills. C) Job training. D) Social skills training.
The law requires that a person give voluntary and informed consent for medical treatment. Which of the following statements accurately describes this legal obligation?
A) It is the responsibility of the nurse to obtain informed consent. B) Informed consent must be obtained in the form of written documentation. C) A blanket consent for "any procedures deemed necessary" is usually considered adequate consent for specific procedures. D) The courts do not accept the client's medical condition alone as a valid reason for withholding information when seeking consent.