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mwit1967

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The nurse in the postanesthesia recovery room documents a client's vital signs and current status and then covers the clipboard with a blank sheet of paper. The nurse's actions are to support which of the following?
 
  1. HIPAA laws
  2. Postsurgical care expectations
  3. The surgeon's expectations
  4. The anesthesiologist's expectations

Question 2

A client is prescribed a medication that takes several doses to achieve a therapeutic level; however, the effects of the medication are needed immediately.
 
  Which of the following can the nurse anticipate to implement in order to achieve this desired effect?
  1. Administer the medication intravenously.
  2. Administer the medication at hour of sleep.
  3. Administer the medication before breakfast.
  4. Administer a loading dose of the medication.



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Answer to Question 1

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In order to protect client privacy and confidentiality with HIPAA laws, written information is to be covered so that casual observers cannot violate the law. Blank sheets should be placed over clipboards to obstruct viewing. The nurse is not covering the clipboard because of postsurgical care expectations. This action is not a surgeon or anesthesiologist's expectation.

Answer to Question 2

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When it is necessary or desired to reach a therapeutic level of a medication more quickly, a loading dose may be prescribed. Intravenous administration will not help to achieve a therapeutic level more quickly. Administering the medication at hour of sleep or before breakfast will not help achieve a therapeutic level more quickly.





 

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