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The Patient Care Tech reported that your patient's blood pressure is abnormally low. What should the nurse do next?
Retake the blood pressure and assess the patient's condition
True or False: As adults age, their ability to perceive pain decreases.
False
You are caring for a patient who does not speak English but needs to sign a surgical consent. What action should you take?
Request an official interpreter to explain the terms of the consent
You have become aware of missing narcotics on your unit. What ethical principle obligates you to report the missing medication?
Responsibility
100.4 degrees Fahrenheit
38 degrees Celsius
True or False: You should assess your patient's respirations without them knowing.
True
Playing soft music that your patient finds relaxing while experiencing a headache is considered what type of intervention?
Nonpharmacological
A patient's son asks to look at his mother's medical record. How should you respond?
Tell the son he must have his mother's permission
What is the primary cause of ethical dilemmas?
Presence of conflicting values
97 degrees Fahrenheit
36.1 degrees Celsius
You are caring for a patient who has a head injury with damage to his hypothalamus. Which vital sign should you monitor most closely?
Temperature
What is the most appropriate pain scale to use when assessing a 4-year-olds pain?
FACES scale
The nurse hears a healthcare provider say that a certain nurse cannot care for his patients because the nurse is stupid and won't follow orders. The healthcare provider also writes this in the patient's medical record. Which torts has the healthcare provider committed?
Libel and Slander
A patient reports that they are afraid to speak up regarding their desire to end care because they do not want to upset their spouse and children. Which principle in the nursing code of ethics ensure that you will promote your patient's cause?
Advocacy
37 degrees Celsius
98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
Your patient's temperature is 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit at 4 AM and 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit at 4 PM. Is this normal?
Yes, this is normal temperature variation
Anxiety and fear are considered what type of factors that contribute to pain.
Modifiable
A patient has sued a nurse for nursing malpractice. What resource would be used to determine whether the nurse acted in a prudent manner?
Scope and Standards of Nursing Care
A set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept
Code of Ethics
40 degrees Celsius
104 degrees Fahrenheit
Name three risk factors for hypertension
cigarette smoking, heavy alcohol intake, obesity
Your patient states he is in severe pain. His vital signs are stable, and he does not appear to be in distress. How should you therapeutically respond to your patient?
"What would you like to try to alleviate your pain?"
You need to delegate a task to the PCT. Which task can be delegated: assessment of pain, giving a back massage to a patient in pain or administering a PCA for a post-op patient.
Giving a back massage to a patient in pain
Holds that the natural caring for others is the basis for moral behavior
Feminist Ethics
102.2 degrees Fahrenheit
39 degrees Celsius