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Marty

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When a patient's coping mechanisms no longer work to control anxiety, nurses know the patient may next experience:
 
  A) Mental illness
  B) Suicide
  C) A crisis situation
  D) Euphoria

Question 2

A 30-year-old patient has a hypnotic ordered for bedtime, which is 2100 at your facility.
 
  Not wanting to commit a medication error, you strongly encourage him or her to take the medication, even though the patient states, I never went to bed this early at home. I would prefer to take it in an hour. The patient cooperatively takes the medication but awakens 3 hours later. He or she is disoriented and falls while crawling out of bed, resulting in a broken hip. The patient threatens to sue that nurse Legally:
  A) You are right to promote a stable medication schedule.
  B) The patient's right to choose sleeping hours is a priority over hospital routines.
  C) The doctor's order prevails.
  D) The time of the medication administration should not have anything to do with the patient's confusion.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B





 

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