A patient is scheduled to receive a liver for transplantation from a person who has died. The nurse realizes that the type of cadaver donor for the liver would be one who
1. died of cardiac death.
2. died in an automobile accident.
3. died of natural causes.
4. died of brain death.
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Rationale: There are two types of cadaver donors. Organ donors from cadavers who have died from brain death comprise the largest number of implantable organs. Transplantable tissue from cadavers who have died from cardiac death is limited to heart valves, corneas, saphenous veins, skin, and bones. The nurse has no way of knowing if the cadaver donor died in an automobile accident. Even if the cadaver donor died of natural causes, there would need to be a determination if the cause of death was due to cardiac factors or from brain death.
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The practicing nurse best understands the concept of ethics to mean
a. acting on what is right in a situation. b. always doing what patients want. c. being of good moral character. d. following strict guidelines for action.
A 27-year-old female patient comes to the clinic with complaints of increasingly frequent migraines. The patient has been taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for previous mi-graines but states that they are not as effective as they once were The patient is prescribed ergo-tamine with a first dose now. What action should the nurse take?
a. Ask the patient if she is pregnant or thinks she may be pregnant. b. Instruct the patient to take the medication with food. c. Instruct the patient to avoid the concurrent use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. d. Have the laboratory draw blood for a complete blood count.
A quasi-experimental study design would be a better choice for a research study than an experimental study design in which of these situations?
a. The study is to be conducted in a laboratory setting. b. An experimental treatment is not part of the study. c. The researcher has not conducted research before. d. Full experimental control is not possible.
A patient is taking an alpha blocker as treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The nurse will monitor for which potential drug effect?
a. Orthostatic hypotension b. Increased blood pressure c. Decreased urine flow d. Discolored urine