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AEWBW

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A patient is suffering from shortness of breath. How should the nurse write the expected outcome for this patient?
 
  a. The patient will be comfortable by the morning.
  b. The patient will breathe unlabored at 14 to 18 breaths per minute by the end of the shift.
  c. The patient will not complain of breathing problems.
  d. The patient will appear less short of breath.

Question 2

The health care provider orders pain medication to be given to a patient when the patient needs it to control pain. What is this called?
 
  a. PRN order
  b. Standing order
  c. One-time order
  d. STAT order



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Answer to Question 1

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Each patient outcome contains the following aspects in order to be correctly written: (1) patient-centered, (2) singular, (3) observable, (4) measurable, (5) time limited, (6) mutual factors, and (7) realistic. Comfortable is not measurable. Outcome that deals with no complaints of breathing is lacking the time limited guideline. Patient will appear less short of breath is not a correct statement because there is no specific observable behavior for appears less short of breath.

Answer to Question 2

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A PRN order is one in which the health care provider orders a medication to be given only when a patient requires it. With standing orders, you carry out a standing order until the health care provider cancels it by another order or until a prescribed number of days elapses. Single (one-time) orders happen when a prescriber orders a medication to be given only once at a specified time. A STAT order means that you give a single dose of a medication immediately and only once.




AEWBW

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


irishcancer18

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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