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@Brianna17

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on: Jul 11, 2018
A nurse in the cardiac critical care unit is assisting with pericardiocentesis for a patient who developed a pericardial effusion. Which of the following outcomes would suggest that the procedure has achieved the desired effect?
 
  A) The patient's arterial blood gases normalize
  B) The patient's pulse pressure narrows
  C) The patient's heart rate increases
  D) The patient's blood pressure increases

Question 2

A patient has been told she will have a palliative surgery for her ovarian cancer. She wants to know what type of surgery that is and how it will help her. The nurse tells her that the surgery will
 
  a. reduce symptoms.
  b. remove tumors while still in the benign stage.
  c. result in a cure.
  d. aid in confirming a diagnosis.


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akemokai

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

D

Answer to Question 2

A
Surgery may be performed for many reasons: preventive, diagnostic, curative, and palliative. Palliative therapy is designed to relieve or reduce intensity of uncomfortable symptoms, but does not produce a cure.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM

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Wow, this really help

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