When a patient's coping mechanisms no longer work to control anxiety, nurses know the patient may next experience:
A) Mental illness
B) Suicide
C) A crisis situation
D) Euphoria
Question 2
A 30-year-old patient has a hypnotic ordered for bedtime, which is 2100 at your facility.
Not wanting to commit a medication error, you strongly encourage him or her to take the medication, even though the patient states, I never went to bed this early at home. I would prefer to take it in an hour. The patient cooperatively takes the medication but awakens 3 hours later. He or she is disoriented and falls while crawling out of bed, resulting in a broken hip. The patient threatens to sue that nurse Legally:
A) You are right to promote a stable medication schedule.
B) The patient's right to choose sleeping hours is a priority over hospital routines.
C) The doctor's order prevails.
D) The time of the medication administration should not have anything to do with the patient's confusion.
Teaching an illterate patient
Example of a patient statement.
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