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Showing 10 questions, Sign in for moreWhich term describes the condition of a patient who requires an increase in opioid pain medication dosage to maintain adequate analgesia?
The nurse is having difficulty managing time while caring for a group of patients with complex needs. Medications are behind schedule and several nursing procedures have not been performed. How should the nurse resolve the time management issue? Place the following steps in order.
Explanation
Choice A reason: The first step in time management is prioritization. The nurse must determine which interventions are most critical to patient safety and outcomes. For example, administering time-sensitive medications or addressing urgent clinical needs must take precedence over routine tasks. Prioritization ensures that essential care is not delayed.
Choice B reason: After identifying priorities, the nurse should assess which tasks can be delegated. Delegation is a key time management strategy that allows the nurse to focus on complex or critical interventions while ensuring that routine or less complex tasks are still completed. This requires knowledge of scope of practice and competency of team members.
Choice C reason: Delegation must then be implemented by assigning appropriate tasks to qualified team members. Effective delegation involves clear communication, specifying what needs to be done, and ensuring the delegate understands the responsibility. This step ensures workload is distributed efficiently.
Choice D reason: Evaluation is the final step in the process. The nurse must verify that delegated and prioritized interventions were completed correctly and successfully. This ensures accountability and maintains patient safety. Without evaluation, errors or omissions could go unnoticed, compromising care quality
Which patient has the greatest risk for a problem with transporting oxygen to the peripheral tissues from the lungs?
A nurse is providing teaching to a patient scheduled for abdominal surgery. After discussing the use of the incentive spirometer with the patient, they ask the patient to demonstrate how to use the device. Which action by the patient demonstrates that the patient understood the teaching?
The nurse is caring for a patient admitted to the hospital with chronic lung disease. He remains short of breath and will need oxygen at home as well as adjustments in the home to accommodate the large number of steps to his bedroom. The nurse understands that s/he must coordinate discharge care with:
A 45-year-old patient who reports pain in the foot that moves up along the calf says: "My right foot feels like it is on fire." The patient reports that the pain started yesterday, and he has no prior history of injury or falls. Which components of pain assessment has the patient reported?
A patient with limited mobility requires a thorough skin assessment every shift. As the nurse performing this assessment, which of the following areas would be of fewest priority to observe?
While performing a bed bath, the nurse notes a wound on the patient's sacrum. The wound presents as a shallow open wound with a red-pink wound bed and partial thickness skin loss. What is the correct stage of this wound?
While ambulating a patient one day post-surgery, the patient turns pale and states, “I feel dizzy.” The best action by the nurse is:
A nurse needs to move a patient up in bed. Which of the following body mechanic principles should the nurse observe to prevent injury?
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