Chapter 1, Problem 14CR

Under which condition would the nurse cut away all the client's clothing? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct. When cervical spine protection is needed If client is suffering from a simple fracture If fabric may fuse to the client's skin because of burns If rapid access to the client's body is critical for resuscitation When needing access to a particular body part during an emergent situation

You are an administrator in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The Physician approaches you for assistance with her patient Mr. Jones and Mr. Jones’ family.      The Physician explains that Mr. Jones no longer requires the level of care that is provided in the ICU and wants to transfer Mr. Jones to an acute medical unit.    Jones is ‘incapable’ so his daughter is making treatment decisions on his behalf.   Jones’ does not have a Power of Attorney for Personal Care, his spouse passed away many years ago, and is daughter ranks next on the substitute decision-maker hierarchy.    The issue that the Physician is facing is that Mr. Jones’ daughter does not want her       father transferred out of the ICU and is telling the Physician and the staff that she does not give her consent for him to be transferred.    Question:    Using your critical thinking skills and what you’ve learned about the Health Care Consent Act, what advice do you give the Physician in this case? Explain your…

When a patient is scheduled for an elective procedure, we can schedule the date, time, and location and prepare the patient for before, during, and after the services they receive. Pre- and post-operative instructions should be written and clearly understood by the patient and their support system. Choose one of the following procedures: Performing incision and drainage of localized infection Aspirating joint fluid Performing hemorrhoid thrombectomy Excising a sebaceous cyst Answer the following questions: (minimum 5 sentences per question) Does the patient need any preparation or education before the procedure? What is informed consent? Does the patient need to sign in for the procedure you chose? If yes, what is the role of the medical assistant when the patient signs an informed consent form? If necessary, how do you clean the skin for this procedure? If necessary, how do you set up the sterile field for this procedure? What are the post-operative instructions for patients who had…

You are assigned to six patients on the medical surgical unit working with a LPN/LVN and share a CNA with another RN Client number 1: 50-year old male who had a heart attack and stent placed with normal vital signs Client number 2: 46-year-old female with full-thickness burns to the leg who needs to have dressings changed Client number 3: 33-year-old male firefighter who has fallen and broken his right femur after surgery with pain in his leg Client number 4: 18-year-old male with wheezing and labored respirations unrelieved by an inhaler Client number 5: 74-year-old female with new onset dementia awaiting lab results Client number 6: 52-year-old female who has been recently diagnoses with diabetes type 2 and is getting discharged   which among these patients will you assign  to the LPN

You are assigned to six patients on the medical surgical unit working with a LPN/LVN and share a CNA with another RN Client number 1: 50-year old male who had a heart attack and stent placed with normal vital signs Client number 2: 46-year-old female with full-thickness burns to the leg who needs to have dressings changed Client number 3: 33-year-old male firefighter who has fallen and broken his right femur after surgery with pain in his leg Client number 4: 18-year-old male with wheezing and labored respirations unrelieved by an inhaler Client number 5: 74-year-old female with new onset dementia awaiting lab results Client number 6: 52-year-old female who has been recently diagnoses with diabetes type 2 and is getting discharged List the interventions that you would want to supervise for the LPN and CNA

You are assigned to six patients on the medical surgical unit working with a LPN/LVN and share a CNA with another RN Client number 1: 50-year old male who had a heart attack and stent placed with normal vital signs Client number 2: 46-year-old female with full-thickness burns to the leg who needs to have dressings changed Client number 3: 33-year-old male firefighter who has fallen and broken his right femur after surgery with pain in his leg Client number 4: 18-year-old male with wheezing and labored respirations unrelieved by an inhaler Client number 5: 74-year-old female with new onset dementia awaiting lab results Client number 6: 52-year-old female who has been recently diagnoses with diabetes type 2 and is getting discharged   Describe the patients you will be assigning to the LPN

Mrs. Perez’s nurse receives her from the postanesthesia care recovery unit (PACU) to her surgical unit. She realizes that orders are all discontinued when a patient leaves a floor and goes to the surgical suite for surgery. She is looking to admit her patient to her unit and needs a full order set for Mrs. Perez’s care from her surgeon for her postoperative care on the surgical unit. When the patient arrives, the nurse reviews all the new orders the surgeon has written for Mrs. Perez. The nurse will need to introduce herself and have the patient identify herself with two indicators. Once she has done that, she will then do the following to implement the nursing admission to the surgical unit: Interview the patient and/or husband and complete a history. Take vital signs and complete a physical examination. Create a care plan for the patient having acute pain postoperatively. Write an admission note using SOAPIE format (Subjective Data, Objective Data, Assessment, Plan, Implementation,…

Even the most careful advance directive can be difficult to apply in a given set of circumstances, due to vagueness, ambiguity, lack of relevance to the patient's actual (vs. anticipated) illness, and so forth, making ethics consultations necessary, regardless of the patient's planning. Select one: True False

Sister Mary is a patient in Level 2 Emergency Department. She must have a neural examination, physical assessment, radiographs of her facial bones, and a computed tomography scan of the head. Taking into consideration that she is a Roman Catholic nun, what would be the ideal course of patient education as this woman progresses from department to department?