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Diane · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A registered nurse was accused of patient abandonment when the nurse became angry, quit the job, and left the hospital before the end of the shift. This is an example of violating legal stan-dards/guidelines set by which organization?

a. The State Department of Health
b. The Joint Commission
c. The State Board of Nursing
d. The National League for Nursing

Question 2

The nurse is assigned a patient who has experienced the alarm reaction and continues to recover. The nurse knows that the primary hormone impacting the stress response in the resistance stage of the general adaptation syndrome is:

a. vasopressin.
b. adrenaline.
c. noradrenaline.
d. cortisol.

morrie123456 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Nurse Practice Acts permit the State Board of Nursing to set rules, regulations, and guidelines that specifically define the standard of care in nursing practice. An example is the guidelines that define patient abandonment. The State Department of Health, the Joint Commission, and the Na-tional League for Nursing do not set the legal rules and regulations for patient abandonment.

Answer to Question 2

D
Corticotropin stimulates the adrenal gland to increase the production of corticosteroids, including cortisol, the primary hormone impacting the stress response. Cortisol increases blood glucose, enhances the brain's use of glucose, and increases the availability of substances for tissue repair. Vasopressin increases reabsorption of water by the kidneys and induces vasoconstriction, thereby raising blood pressure. The adrenal gland also releases catecholamines, adrenaline, and noradre-naline, which are important parts of the alarm reaction.