Question 1
How should the nurse plan to manage sedation and pain medication when a dying client is to be terminally weaned or extubated?
◦ Provide an anticipatory dose of morphine and initiate an ongoing morphine infusion.
◦ Stop all ongoing sedative infusions at least 1 hour before extubation.
◦ Initiate medication therapy to control dyspnea, but plan to stop it in the event of hypotension.
◦ Observe the patient and adjust medication dosages every hour.
Question 2
A patient in the critical care unit has died as a result of failed CPR. How should the nurse interpret this phrase? Select all that apply.
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.◦ The patient has no brainstem functioning.
◦ The patient died suddenly after traumatic injuries.
◦ The patient died after receiving maximum care for weeks.
◦ Death occurred despite all efforts by health care providers.
◦ The patient died after dialysis was canceled.
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