A nurse administers a wrong dosage of medication causing the patient to have a convulsion. What component of professional negligence is represented in this scenario?
A) Duty to use due care
B) Failure to meet standard of care
C) Foreseeability of harm
D) A direct relationship between failure to meet the standard of care (breach) and injury can be proved.
D
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The nurse is presenting an early pregnancy class to a group of pregnant women. Which statement indicates a need for further education? "The placenta:
1. "Develops and grows larger until about 20 weeks' gestation." 2. "Creates hormones and enzymes that are necessary during pregnancy." 3. "Ages and becomes less permeable during the last month of pregnancy." 4. "Floats in the amniotic sac and filters waste products from the fetus."
Which of the following goals would the nurse most likely write for a client receiving palliative care?
1. Client will verbalize one or more reasons to comply with treatment regimen. 2. Client will eat at least 75% of all meals and drink 6-8 glasses of water per day. 3. Client or family will say staff is fulfilling client's wishes as much as possible. 4. Client will verbalize understanding of addiction and prevention of addiction.
A physician's order for a client states the administration of a medication "b.i.d." How many times should the nurse administer the medication to the client?
A) Every day B) Twice a day C) Four times a day D) Every other day
What should the nurse determine to be the priority intervention for a family with an infant who has a disability?
a. Focus on the child's disabilities to understand care needs. b. Institute age-appropriate discipline and limit setting. c. Enforce visiting hours to allow parents to have respite care. d. Foster feelings of competency by helping parents learn the special care needs of the infant.