Author Question: A 17-year-old patient injured during a football game is in the emergency department. Before ... (Read 135 times)

jasdeep_brar · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A 17-year-old patient injured during a football game is in the emergency department. Before treatment, it is the responsibility of the nurse to

1. Have the step-parent sign the informed consent.
2. Have the patient sign the informed consent.
3. Obtain the custodial parent's signature on the informed consent.
4. Solicit the signature of the noncustodial parent on the informed consent.

Question 2

A nurse witnesses a coworker taking a medication ordered for a patient. The nurse's first course of action is to

1. Ask the other nurses on the unit what they would do.
2. Tell the coworker that the incident will be reported the next time it happens.
3. Offer to care for the nurse's patients until the medication is no longer effective.
4. Report the incident to the nurse supervisor.