A patient is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization this ...

[awywial]

A patient is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization this afternoon
 
  The nurse wants to provide her with some basic information before going in the room to talk about her specific procedure. Which teaching strategy is most appropriate for this situation?
 
  a. Discussion
  b. Demonstration and practice
  c. Audiovisual media
  d. Written

Question 2

A client's wife has been informed by the physician that her spouse has a permanent C2C3 spinal injury, which has resulted in permanent quadriplegi
 
  a. The wife states that she does not want the physician or nursing staff to tell the client about his injury. The client is awake, alert, and oriented when he asks his nurse to tell him what has happened. The nurse has conflicting emotions about how to handle the situation and is experiencing
 
  a. autonomy.
  b. moral distress.
  c. moral doubt.
  d. moral courage.

[janieazgirl]

Answer to Question 1

C
Media are used to educate patients on a variety of educational needs, such as medications, disease processes, procedures, symptom management, weight monitoring, laboratory tests, diet, surgery, and health maintenance issues. Patient education videos require the patient's attention for only a few minutes and supply the learner with nice-to-know and need-to-know information. Demonstration and practice is not appropriate for this procedure because the patient is not performing the cardiac catheterization. Discussion and written material will help enhance the learning with the audiovisual media; however, this is not an interactive media.

Answer to Question 2

B
The nurse has been placed in a situation initially causing moral distress and is struggling with determining the ethically appropriate action to take. Moral courage is the freedom to advocate for oneself, patients, and peers. Autonomy is an ethical principle. Moral doubt is not part of the AACN framework The 4A's to Rise Above Moral Distress.

[awywial]

Excellent

[ryhom]

TYSM