Answer to Question 1
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1. Incorrect. It is the physician's responsibility to inform the woman of her options, explain the procedure, and advise concerning potential risk factors.
2. Correct. Nurses play a part in the informed consent process by clarifying and describing procedures or by acting as the woman's advocate and asking the primary health care provider for further explanations.
3. Incorrect. The physician would need to be present to explain the procedure to the patient. However, the nurse's responsibility is not only to notify the physician.
4. Incorrect. The nurse may witness the consent form being signed. However, depending on the state guidelines, the woman's husband or another hospital health care employee may sign as witness.
Answer to Question 2
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1, 3, 4. Incorrect. The second phase of grieving contains a wide range of intense emotions in-cluding guilt, anger, bitterness, fear, and anxiety. Numbness or nonresponsiveness, as if the par-ents are still in denial or shock, most likely would not be seen.
2. Correct. The second phase of grieving contains a wide range of intense emotions including guilt, anger, bitterness, fear, and anxiety. Numbness or nonresponsiveness, as if the parents are still in denial or shock, most likely would not be seen.
Taking a Patient’s Temperature with a Tympanic Thermometer
An emergency medical technician positions defibrillator paddles on the chest of a supine male patien
Defibrillator. Defibrillators are devices that supply a voltage charge to the heart in the hope of r
A medical assistant helps the physician with a patient.
Positioning the Patient in the Fowler’s Position