Chapter 20: Nursing Management: Postoperative Care Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. On admission of a patient to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU)‚ the blood pressure (BP) is 122/72. Thirty minutes after admission‚ the BP falls to 114/62‚ with a pulse of 74 and warm‚ dry skin. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate? a. Increase the IV fluid rate. b. Continue to take vital signs every 15 minutes. c. Administer oxygen therapy at 100% per mask. d. Notify the anesthesia care provider (ACP) immediately
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Patient Care Plan Student: Michelle Brook | Patient Initials: R.PAge: 85 m/ f Female | Admitting DiagnosisAcute/Chronic Kidney Failure | Nanda Dx and Statement: | Goals:Short Term/Long Term | Nursing Interventions | Rationales | Evaluation:Goals met? | Risk for excess fluid volume related to inability of kidneys to excrete fluid and excessive fluid intake as evidenced by edema‚ hypertension and shortness of breathSubjectiveR.P said “ouch” when touching areas with edema (feet and
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Principles of Nursing Practice and Applied Health Sciences (NPCG1017 & NCPG1016) ‘ The nursing process and essential care needs ’ Summative Assignment SA072 Student ID: 25519662 Word count: 3294 (excluding reference list and text boxes) Introduction This assignment will endeavour to look at essential care needs and explore exactly what they are and why they are important. The assignment will then discuss one particular essential care need relevant for a chosen patient‚ explore this
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Comforting the Neonate; application of the Comfort Care Theory Introduction An anonymous author once said‚ "In the last stages of a final illness‚ we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family." The comfort care theory by Katharine Kolcaba exemplifies this by creating a baseline of quality care that both nurses and doctors can utilize in providing care to a dying patient. Comfort has been called a distinguishing characteristic of the nursing profession yet‚ until Katharine Kolcaba‚ had
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Financing Long-Term Care in Nursing Facilities Long-term care in nursing facilities is very expensive and is paid for by both public and private payer sources. Long-term care is defined as services needed by a person when their ability to care for themselves has been diminished by an illness‚ aging process‚ or a disability. Most persons living in the U.S. at sometime or another will require some sort of long-term care whether it is given in a facility or at home. It is estimated that there
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Nursing Shortage and Quality of Care The need for more registered nurses continues to rise as we now come to face an increase in the geriatric population that is the “Baby Boomers”. The safety and quality of patient care is directly related to the size and experience of the nursing workforce. Nurses work in a variety of conditions that may not be preferential because hospitals have not kept up with the rising demand for nurses. As a nurse assistant‚ staff nurse‚ charge nurse or nursing administrator
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Comparing and Contrasting Spontaneous and Scripted Talk – Harry McDowell Matthew McConaughey’s scripted Oscar acceptance speech took place on main stage at the eighty-sixth Oscar award ceremony in Hollywood whereas his press interview was held backstage afterwards. The form of McConaughey’s acceptance speech is scripted with very well prepared sentence sequencing which is the opposite to his backstage interview that has a spontaneous form which shows that he was giving non-scripted responses to
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What is considered normal? Everyone today yearns to be considered normal‚ but what exactly are they striving for? Found in the dictionary‚ the definition of normal is: an adjective; usual; conforming to the usual standard‚ type‚ or custom. But‚ how can anything be considered normal if no two people are exactly the same? Norms form a society. They are the standards by which people live by. Growing up in Rhode Island‚ my experience has been with the American contemporary society. Our society
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Domino’s Pizza‚ Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) is an international pizza delivery corporation headquartered in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan‚ United States. Founded in 1960‚ Domino’s is the second-largest pizza chain in the United States.[1] Domino’s currently has nearly 9‚000 corporate and franchised stores[2] in 60 international markets[3] and all 50 U.S. states. Domino’s Pizza was sold to Bain Capital in 1998 and went public in 2004. Domino’s menu features pizza‚ pasta‚ oven-baked sandwiches‚ wings‚ boneless chicken
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NURSING 206 FAMILY HEALTH NURSING LABOR & DELIVERY STUDY GUIDE Identify the four stages of labor and nursing interventions appropriate for each stage. 1st Stage (3.5) The first stage is from the onset of regular uterine contractions to full effacement and dilation of the cervix. It is much longer than the second and third stages combined. Parity is a strong factor in the length of the first stage. Full dilation may occur in less than 1 hour in a woman who has had a lot of pregnancies
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