A critical role of the nurse in providing care to a client in multiple organ failure is to:
a. evaluate the client's responses to treatment.
b. assure adequate intake of glucose for energy.
c. assess for drug side effects such as taste alteration or anorexia.
d. change intravenous tubing, including TPN tubing, every 48 hours.
Question 2
The nurse recognizes that all of the following can contribute to suppression of the immune system except:
a. blood transfusions.
b. cortiosteroid therapy.
c. positive nitrogen balance.
d. prolonged systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
Critical thinking involves analysis in which the nurse examines patient data available from a variet
The patient and his family meet with the nurse to discuss progress on the patient care plan.
Organ systems of the body with major functions.
A client is having an endoscopy performed by a physician who views the upper gastrointestinal intern
Applying developmental theory to care
ACCM Definitions of ICU Levels of Care