Answer to Question 1
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Do not suction for more than 10 to 15 seconds. Because suctioning removes air from the airways as well as secretions, care must be taken to avoid excessive suctioning and prevent severe oxygen desaturation.
Answer to Question 2
3. Honor the client's refusal and help the family come to terms with the situation.
Rationale:
A nurse is morally obligated to withhold food and fluids if it is determined to be more harmful to administer them than to withhold them. The nurse must also honor competent patients' refusal of food and fluids. This position is supported by the ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses, through the nurse's role as a client advocate and through the moral principle of autonomy. Clients, not their families, should make decisions about their own health care and treatment. The physician may or may not be involved, but would not disregard the client's refusal. An ethics committee is usually considered when there is an ethical dilemma and more input is needed to make a decision. In this case, the client has made a decision and it should be honored.
To check pupillary reflexes the nurse first holds the penlight
A long, narrow cobbled street in Old San Juan.
The features found in a long bone.
Performing a PKU Test
Apply thumb strokes to the back of the hand (knuckle to wrist).
Apply circular friction with both hands to mobilize the scalp.