Health Care Ethics, Law, and Policy

The nurse is providing post-mortem care to a patient on hospice after being treated for stage 4 colon cancer that metastasized to the bladder. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A bodybuilder is brought to the emergency room after being found unresponsive. The patient is found to have no brain activity due to hypoxia caused by a massive myocardial infarction. Care is withdrawn and the patient passes away. Which statements does the nurse make to the nursing student who is assisting in providing post-mortem care? Select all that apply.

The 2-day-old full term child has been rooming in with the mother who reports successful breastfeeding. Which information is most important to report to the provider?

The family of the dying Buddhist patient requests to burn incense in the patient’s hospital room for a religious ceremony. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse caring for a dying patient of the Buddhist faith approaches the charge nurse in distress to state, “My patient is going to die at any time and the family is nowhere near him. I’m not sure what to do to ensure he is not alone as he passes.” Which response by the charge nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse has observed the resident physician move between patients without performing hand hygiene on multiple occasions. Each time, the nurse asks the resident physician to perform hand hygiene before moving on to the next patient; the resident physician scoffs at the nurse and continues examining patients. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse is helping to recruit patients for a study about the effectiveness of a new delivery system for somatropin. The nurse filters the records for patients with which conditions? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a patient in the intensive care unit with breast cancer who has a radiation implant in the right breast. The patient is also receiving a chemotherapy regimen. Which additional patient is most appropriate to be assigned to the nurse?

The 58-year-old patient presents to the emergency department of a community hospital complaining of worsening back pain that started a few days ago. He states, “I thought maybe I had slept wrong and gotten a spasm, but I’m not sure. I didn’t fall or get hit or anything. The ibuprofen I took definitely didn’t help.” His blood pressure is 174/96 mmHg and heart rate is 96 bpm. He reports being out of his antihypertensive medication for the past week while he was out of town. Other history is notable for arthritis in the hands and a 44-pack-year smoking history. He drinks socially but denies illicit drug use. A pulsating abdominal mass is noted; otherwise, his assessment is benign. The nurse advocates for which treatment option?