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newyorker26

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A patient is undergoing preoperative teaching before cardiac surgery. The nurse explains that a temporary pacemaker will be placed later that day, and it will be removed after the surgery.
 
  The patient asks the nurse what will happen if the pacemaker quits functioning. What is the nurse's best response?
  A) Monitoring for pacemaker malfunctioning and battery failure is something the nurse caring for you does.
  B) Monitoring for pacemaker malfunctioning and battery failure is something the technician down the hall does.
  C) Monitoring for pacemaker malfunctioning and battery failure is something the secretary at the nurse's station does.
  D) Monitoring for pacemaker malfunctioning and battery failure is something the health care provider caring for you does when he makes rounds every day.

Question 2

When a nurse encounters a problem, it is best to follow the chain of command. Problems can best be resolved by:
 
  a. agreement.
  b. argument.
  c. communication.
  d. withdrawing.


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jharrington11

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C
Any problem can best be resolved by communication at the most basic level.


newyorker26

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

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