A bedridden patient in hospice care is suffering from nausea, vomiting, confusion, constipation, lethargy, decreased deep tendon reflexes, polyuria, and extreme thirst. A nurse identifies these symptoms as
1. Dyspnea.
2. Hypercalcemia.
3. Cyanosis.
4. Cheyne-Stokes respirations.
Question 2
A terminally ill patient has barely eaten anything for several days. A nurse should
1. Place the patient on intravenous (IV) nutrition.
2. Ask the doctor to insert a feeding tube.
3. Insist that the patient eat something at least three times a day.
4. Encourage the patient to eat whatever foods he or she thinks sound and look appealing.
Checking teeth and other physical examinations are an important part of horse care.
Patient receiving ultrasound treatment to the left elbow.
Chest X-ray of a patient with emphysema.
Grief Responses and Patient Verbalization
Patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Inadequate Airway, Breathing and Circulation in the Trauma Patient (Part 2)