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?

34-year-old male patient with a spinal cord injury in neurogenic shock. The nurse caring for a patient with implanted radiation should not care for another patient with a radiation source to decrease the radiation exposure to the nurse. Additionally, the nurse should not care for patients with infections to prevent spreading it to the immunocompromised patient with breast cancer. Therefore, the best patient assignment is the patient with neurogenic shock. The patient with severe peptic ulcer disease (PUD) likely has an infection with Helicobacter pylori that caused the PUD. The patient with chills, hemoptysis, and night sweats is exhibiting signs of tuberculosis.

The nurse is caring for a patient in the intensive care unit with...

NCLEX Practice
Categories
Management of Care
View Question

Category: Management of Care
Difficulty: 9

Topics: Delegation, Prioritization and Leadership Disease Prevention Hematology/Oncology Health Care Ethics, Law, and Policy Health Promotion Immunity Infection

Want help? View the answer with rationale.

Additional Management of Care Questions

A patient tells the nurse in an outpatient endocrinology clinic that he is unhappy with his diabetes care and wants to see another physician. The nurse provides which advice?

Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
Difficulty: 2

Which action by the nurse manager will be most effective in encouraging compliance for a newly implemented project?

Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
Difficulty: 5

Which task can be performed by an unlicensed assistive personnel?

Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
Difficulty: 3

Show Calculator

Want help? View the answer with rationale.

Rationale

Additional Management of Care Questions

Nursing Careers

Nursing Degrees

NCLEX