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The nurse identifies that one of the IV pumps has been malfunctioning and was placed outside a patient room until it could be repaired. To prevent an equipment-related accident from occurring, which action should the nurse take first?
 
  a. Tag the pump and remove it from the area.
  b. Initiate a work order on the pump.
  c. Clean the pump and put it in the equipment closet.
  d. Call the pump manufacturer.

Question 2

A postoperative patient is continuing to have incisional pain. As part of the nurse's assessment, the nurse notes that the patient is grimacing when he or she changes position.
 
  The patient's grimace can be useful in the assessment and can be described as which of the following? a. Cue
  b. Inference
  c. Diagnosis
  d. Health pattern



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Answer to Question 1

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Initiating the work order on the pump is important, but the first priority is to tag and remove the pump from service. Leaving the pump in the equipment closet could allow the pump to mistakenly be put back into service without be fixed. It is not the nurse's job to call the pump manufacturer to report the issues. Accidents that are equipment related result from the malfunction, disrepair, or misuse of equipment or from an electrical hazard. To avoid accidents, do not operate medical equipment without adequate instruction. If you discover a faulty piece of equipment, replace it with the proper working equipment, place a tag on the faulty one, take it out of service and promptly report any malfunctions.

Answer to Question 2

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Grimacing is a cue. A cue is information that a nurse obtains through use of the senses. An inference is your judgment or interpretation of these cues. Gordon's functional health patterns are a type of database format to obtain a comprehensive assessment. A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes that the nurse is licensed and competent to treat.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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