The emergency department team is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a client when the client's spouse arrives at the emergency department. What should the nurse do next?
a. Request that the client's spouse sit in the waiting room.
b. Ask the spouse if he wishes to be present during the resuscitation.
c. Suggest that the spouse begin to pray for the client.
d. Refer the client's spouse to the hospital's crisis team.
B
If resuscitation efforts are still under way when the family arrives, one or two family members may be given the opportunity to be present during lifesaving procedures. The other options do not give the spouse the opportunity to be present for the client or to begin to have closure.
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A) The patient should take three deep breaths and cough hard three times, at least every 15 minutes for the immediately postoperative period. B) The patient should take three deep breaths and exhale forcefully and then take a quick short breath and cough from deep in the lungs. C) The patient should take a deep breath in through the mouth and exhale through the mouth, take a short breath, and cough from deep in the lungs. D) The patient should rapidly inhale, hold for 30 seconds or as long as possible, and exhale slowly.
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The core concept of Reed's theory is
A. Vulnerability. B. Well-being. C. Self-transcendence. D. Nursing processes.
The nurse who is preparing a Muslim female for a physical examination is told by the patient, "I cannot undress completely." The nurse will appropriately choose interventions based on the knowledge that Muslim women
a. observe standards of modesty requiring coverage from head to ankle. b. speak openly to women but are silent in the presence of men. c. wear writings from the Koran on the neck, arm, or waist. d. are given alcoholic beverages with each meal.