A patient has been declared brain dead. A nurse would like the family to consider organ donation but has never requested this from a family before. The best initial action by the nurse is to
A patient is admitted with a femoral shaft fracture and an oblique fracture of three ribs on the right side. The patient suddenly reports shortness of breath. Assessment reveals new-onset headache, central and peripheral cyanosis, and petechiae of the neck and anterior chest wall. Available data are:
The nurse should suspect the development of
A terminally ill patient is deteriorating. The patient's family states, "We don't want him to suffer any more." The most appropriate response is
A patient's blood culture report notes the presence of vancomycin resistant enterococcus. The nurse should place the patient in which type of isolation?
A patient has experienced significant brain damage from an anoxic episode and has been unable to be weaned from ventilator support. The patient's spouse expresses ambivalence about stopping the ventilator now that it has been started. Which of the following statements is the nurse's most appropriate response?
Which of the following is a sign of brain death?
For a patient who sustained blunt renal trauma and a crush injury to the leg, monitoring should include observing for
An unconscious patient in hepatic failure secondary to alcoholism becomes acutely hypoglycemic. Glucagon administration is contraindicated for this patient because glucagon
A caloric irrigation test of the oculovestibular reflex is performed on a patient who is comatose following a hypoxic brain injury. When cold water is introduced into the left ear, nystagmus occurs with slow deviation of the eyes toward the left, followed by faster eye deviation to the right. This pattern is indicative of a
A unit council is requesting to change a documentation screen of the electronic health record (EHR) at a large health system. The change was not discussed with the department prior to the request and was denied by the EHR committee. Which of the following strategies will most likely lead to accomplishing the team's goals?
