Hurst fundamentals - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic heart failure who is very ill. The patient has a "no code" order. The patient goes into ventricular fibrillation and the nurse defibrillates the patient. The nurse states she was unaware of the "no code" order. What part of the nursing process did the nurse fail to perform? A. Planning B. Evaluation C. Assessment B. Implementation 2. On the morning laboratory report, the patient's potassium is noted to be 2.5 mEq/L. The nurse does n...