AACN CCRN-Adult - CCRN (Adult) - Direct Care Eligibility Pathway
The family of a patient with trauma believes that the patient is in pain and requests that a neighbor, a therapeutic touch practitioner, be allowed to see the patient. Unit policy allows visits by immediate family only. Which of the following is the most important consideration in a nurse's decision about facilitating the visit?
A patient who underwent bowel resection surgery due to small bowel rupture is tachycardic and hypotensive. A nurse calls the on-call surgical resident and reports the findings. No new orders are received. The nurse should continue to monitor the patient and
A consistent prolongation of the P-R interval beyond 0.20 sec indicates which of the following types of AV block?
A patient presents with fever and chills, is diaphoretic, and reports experiencing abdominal and intermittent left shoulder pain for the past week. An
ultrasound shows an enlarged spleen. Vital signs are:
BP 106/59
HR 118
RR 23
T101.2° F (38.4° C)
When reviewing the lab report, which of the following findings is most significant to this presentation?
An unconscious patient in hepatic failure secondary to alcoholism becomes acutely hypoglycemic. Glucagon administration is contraindicated for this patient because glucagon
A patient is admitted with anaphylactic shock secondary to a blood transfusion. The patient's spouse asks the nurse to explain how blood can cause a low blood pressure. The nurse responds that with anaphylactic shock the
The family of a patient requests permission to administer traditional herbs to the patient. Which of the following should be the nurse's first action?
Appropriate outcomes for a patient with status asthmaticus include
A patient is admitted with hypotension, tachycardia, and intermittent confusion. Upon arrival, the patient asks to walk to the bathroom. Which of the
following is a nurse's best action?
A unit council is requesting to change a documentation screen of the electronic health record (EHR) at a large health system. The change was not discussed with the department prior to the request and was denied by the EHR committee. Which of the following strategies will most likely lead to accomplishing the team's goals?