Lewis Medical Surgical Ch 9. Palliative Care. Exam Questions And Correct Answers
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Medical Surgical nursing
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Medical Surgical Nursing
Lewis Medical Surgical Ch 9. Palliative Care.
Exam Questions And Correct Answers
The nurse cares for a terminally ill patient who has 20-second periods of apnea followed by
periods of deep and rapid breathing. Which action by the nurse would be most appropriate?
a. Suction the patient.
b. Admi...
organ donation and ask the nurse how the decision about brain death is made. Which response by
the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Brain death occurs if a person is flaccid and unresponsive.
b. If CPR is ineffective in restoring a heartbeat, the brain cannot function.
c. Brain death has occurred if there is no breathing and certain reflexes are absent.
d. If respiratory efforts cease and no apical pulse is audible, brain death is present. -
answer✔ANS: c. Brain death has occurred if there is no breathing and certain reflexes are absent.
The diagnosis of brain death is based on irreversible loss of all brain functions, including
brainstem functions that control respirations and brainstem reflexes. The other descriptions
describe other clinical manifestations associated with death but are insufficient to declare a
patient brain dead.
A hospice patient is manifesting a decrease in all body system functions except for a heart rate of
124 and a respiratory rate of 28. Which statement, if made by the nurse to the patients family
member, is most appropriate?
a. These symptoms will continue to increase until death finally occurs.
b. These symptoms are a normal response before these functions decrease.
c. These symptoms indicate a reflex response to the slowing of other body systems.
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