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nummyann

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Which of the following is an aspect of medical futility?
 
  a. A balance between knowledge and caring
  b. Patient care directed at symptom management
  c. Treatment that will not achieve its therapeutic goal
  d. Care that identifies which life-sustaining treatment a patient desires

Question 2

A client on the medical unit receives regular insulin at 7:00 A.M. The nurse is alert to a possible hypoglycemic reaction by which time?
 
  a. 7:30 A.M.
  b. 10:00 A.M.
  c. 4:00 P.M.
  d. 8:00 P.M.



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Answer to Question 1

C

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A A balance between knowledge and caring is not an aspect of futile care.
B Patient care directed at symptom management is an aspect of palliative care.
C Futile care is defined as medical treatment that is considered unlikely to achieve its therapeutic goal, or suggests that there is something problematic about the goal.
D Care that identifies which life-sustaining treatment a patient desires is care related to an advance directive.

Answer to Question 2

B
Regular insulin reaches its peak in two to four hours after administration. If the client received regular insulin at 7:00 A.M., the nurse should be alert for a possible hypoglycemic reaction from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
Regular insulin has an onset in 30 minutes.
Intermediate-acting insulin (e.g., NPH insulin), not regular insulin, would peak in six to 12 hours.
The client would not be at risk for a hypoglycemic reaction from regular insulin 13 hours after administration. Long-acting insulin would have an effect this much later after administration.



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