Author Question: While a nurse assists a patient from a lying position to a sitting position, the patient suddenly ... (Read 110 times)

jeatrice · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

While a nurse assists a patient from a lying position to a sitting position, the patient suddenly becomes dizzy, pale, clammy, and nauseated. The nurse recognizes these symptoms are most likely related to

1. Thromboembolism.
2. Orthostatic hypotension.
3. Orthostatic hypertension.
4. Symptomatic bradycardia.

Question 2

A nurse recognizes that the most preventable cause of death during hospitalization is

1. An embolism.
2. Hospital-acquired pneumonia.
3. Skin breakdown because of not turning patients.
4. A urinary tract infection leading to urosepsis.