The advanced directive in a client's chart is dated August 12, 1998.The client's daughter produces a Power of Attorney for Health Care, dated 2003, which contains different care direction(s). The nurse is supposed to:
The document dated 2003 supersedes the previous version and should be used as a basis for care direction.
Choices 1 and 2 are incorrect because the 1998 version is now outdated. Choice 4 is incorrect because the nurse can be held negligent for not responding to the 2003 document as directed.Coordinated Care
When medications have an additive, synergistic, or antagonistic effect on a tissue, a ________ reaction has occurred.
Pharmacodynamics pertain to the effect of a drug on receptors. Pharmaceutical reactions are chemical reactions between drugs prior to administration or absorption. Pharmacokinetic reactions refer to the body's effect on the drug. Drug incompatibilities are another term for pharmaceutical reactions.Pharmacological Therapies
Which of the following medications is not considered a neuromuscular blocker?
Pitressin is a hormone replacement medication.
A 50 milliliter (ml) bolus of normal saline fluid is ordered by the physician. The physician wants it to infuse in 30 minutes. The nurse should set the pump rate at:
One hundred ml in one hour equals 50 ml in 30 minutes, which is what the physician prescribed. Choice 2 is 10 ml more than the physician prescribed for 30 minutes. Choice 3 is the same asChoice 2; it is 10 ml more than the physician prescribed for 30 minutes. Choice 4 only provides 25 ml over 30 minutes, or half the volume prescribed.Pharmacological Therapies
After breast reconstruction secondary to breast cancer, the nurse should recognize which of the following expected client outcomes as evidence of a favorable response to nursing interventions related to disturbed body image?
A sense of restored body integrity is an expected outcome for interventions related to disturbed body image.
Adequate tissue perfusion is an outcome for risk of injury and risk of infection, not disturbed body image.
Demonstrating behaviors that might reduce fears is an outcome for anxiety. Remaining free of infection is an
outcome for risk of infection.Health Promotion and Maintenance
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