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The nurse is preparing to send a client to the operating room for an exploratory laparoscopy. The nurse recognizes that there is no informed consent for the procedure on the client's chart.
 
  The nurse informs the physician who is performing the procedure. The physician asks the nurse to obtain the informed consent signature from the client. What is the nurse's best action to the physician's request?
 
  A) Inform the physician that it is his or her responsibility to obtain the signature.
  B) Obtain the signature and ask another nurse to cosign the signature.
  C) Inform the physician that the nurse manager will need to obtain the signature.
  D) Call the house officer to obtain the signature.

Question 2

Medications administered that are renal toxic should have frequent assessments of which blood values?
 
  A) AST and ALT
  B) BUN and creatinine
  C) WBC and platelets
  D) RBC and differential



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
The responsibility for securing informed consent from the client lies with the person who will perform the procedure. The nurse's best action is to inform the physician that it is his or her responsibility to obtain the signature.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
If medications are known to cause kidney dysfunction, kidney function tests (serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen) should be frequent.




xroflmao

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Wow, this really help


daiying98

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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