The patient, age 72, is admitted with acute pulmonary edema. In pulmonary edema, the medical management will often include
a. IV infusion of D5LR at less than 30 mL/hr.
b. intravenous sodium.
c. supine position.
d. atropine to decrease respiratory rate.
Question 2
Mr. Hosa is a 68-year-old man who is in the end stages of pancreatic cancer. His care team has suggested the possibility of hospice care but Mr. Hosa is opposed, stating, A hospice is just a place to wait to die.
Which of the following statements should underlie the nurse's response to Mr. Hosa?
A) Spiritual and emotional needs are more important than physical needs.
B) A hospital setting is an inappropriate place to die.
C) Meaningful living can take place despite terminal illness.
D) Acceptance of mortality can delay physiologic death.
Position of patient following seizure
Patient registration form.
Cyanosis as shown here at the patient’s fingertips results from a lack of oxygen in the tissues
Common patient positions.
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
The relationship of substrate con- version (as measured by optical density) to the amount of patient ...