A nurse who works in a critical care setting is caring for an adult female patient who was diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and promptly placed on positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP).
When planning this patient's care, what nursing diagnosis should be prioritized?
A) Impaired gas exchange
B) Risk for aspiration
C) Acute pain
D) Anxiety
Question 2
After a fall in the supermarket near his home, Mr. G has experienced a slow recovery in hospital from hip replacement surgery 9 weeks prior, enduring a postoperative infection and a slow resumption of mobility.
Consequently, the care team has recommended that Mr. G be moved to a facility better able to meet his rehabilitative needs. Which of the following goals should be prioritized during his rehabilitation? A) Effective pain management
B) A return to pre-fall levels of mobility
C) Improvement in functional capacity
D) Freedom from infection
Patient receiving ultrasound treatment to the left elbow.
Female Reproductive system
Applying developmental theory to care
Effects of nursing rounds on patient safety
Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Albrecht Dürer, Draftsman Drawing a Female Nude.