A patient who is connected to a cardiac monitor develops a heart rate of 40 beats per minute. Which of the following actions should a nurse take first?
A patient is brought to the emergency department following a severe automobile accident. By the time the patient's spouse arrives, the patient has died. The
spouse demands to see the body. Which of the following responses should a nurse make?
A community health nurse teaches a mother comfort measures for her six-year-old child who has varicella zoster. Which of the following actions, if taken by the
mother, requires further intervention?
A nurse is caring for a patient on a mechanical ventilator with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). The nurse should recognize that the purpose of this
treatment is to