Questions
A charge nurse is planning an educational session for staff nurses about working with
parents whose children have a terminal illness and are candidates for donating their
organs. Which of the following information should the nurse plan to include?
-Choosing to donate organs can delay the timing of the child's funeral.
-The family can have the child in an open casket without fearing that the organ donation
might disfigure the child's body.
-The family should understand that an autopsy is mandatory prior to organ donation.
-The nurse should introduce the option of organ donation to the parents when first
discussing the child's impending death.
-The family can have the child in an open casket without fearing that the organ donation
might disfigure the child's body.
A nurse in a provider's office is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of type 2
diabetes mellitus.
Nurses' Notes
0800:
Client has a 2 cm x 3 cm (0.79 in x 1.18 in) vascular ulcer noted on right ankle. Site
cleaned with 0.9% sodium chloride and dressing covered with hydrogel foam. Capillary
refill greater than 5 seconds bilaterally. Dorsalis pedis pulses 1+ bilaterally.
Education provided to the client about wound care and diet to control glucose levels.
, Labs
0830:
Glucose 175 mg/dL (74 to 106 mg/dL)
HbA1c 9% (less than 7%)
WBC 9,500/mm3 (5,000 to 10,000/mm3)
Hct 44% (42% to 52%)
Hgb 15 g/dL (14 to 18 g/dL) Potassium 3.6 mEq/L (3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L)
The client is at risk for developing __________ due to __________.
-dysrhythmias
-delayed wound healing
-anemia
-potassium level
-glucose level
-hematocrit level
-dysrhythmias
-delayed wound healing
-anemia
-potassium level
-glucose level
-hematocrit level
A nurse is caring for a client who is in the spinal cord injury (SCI) unit.
Nurses' Notes
Day 1, 1700:
Client admitted to SCI 3 days ago following C7 injury.Urinary output 800 mL in
indwelling urinary catheter over last 12 hr.Day 2, 0600:
Client has nonproductive cough. Urinary output 100 mL in indwelling urinary catheter
over last 6 hr.
VS
Day 1, 2200:
T 37.2° C (99.0° F)
HR 74/min