Nurs 424 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURS 424 High Acuity Exam #1 Chapter Review Quizzes Answered + Rationales 2021/2022. The ICU nurse receives a call from the medical-surgical unit requesting transfer of a patient to the ICU. The patient is in acute respiratory failure and requires mechanical ventilation. He will require vasoactive drugs to help manage his profound hypotension. based on the SCCM prioritization model, what is this patient's priority for ICU placement? A. Priority 1 B. Priority 2 C. Priority 3 D. Priority...

Who is at highest risk of suicide? - White, elderly men Schizophrenia Single, never married, divorced, recently widowed Previous attempts Adolescents with depression, bullied, or family hx of suicide Who is most likely to succeed at committing suicide? - Older while males What are some protective factors for suicide? - Having children Religion Stronger alliances with medical providers and therapists What is lethality? - the probability that a person will successfully complete suicide W...

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NURS 424 Diabetic Ketoacidosis Case Study 3 With Complete Solution You are working in an outpatient clinic when a mother brings in her 20-year-old daughter, C.J., who has type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and has just returned from a trip to Mexico. She has had a 3-day fever and diarrhea with nausea and vomiting. She has been unable to eat and has tolerated only sips of fluid. Because she was unable to eat, she did not take her insulin as directed. You note C.J. is unsteady, so you take her to the...