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Question 1 of 5

What should a designated healthcare surrogate base healthcare decisions on?

A. Personal beliefs and values

B. Recommendations of family members and friends

C. Recommendations of the physician and healthcare team

D. Wishes previously expressed by the patient

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Recommendations of the physician and healthcare team

Question 2 of 5

A family member tells the nurse, 'I don't know how I'm going to manage without my mother. She took care of everything for us.' Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

A. You will learn how to manage things gradually, and I can provide some resources to help you.

B. It will be difficult at first, but time will help you adjust to her loss.

C. Perhaps another family member can take over the responsibilities your mother managed.

D. It sounds like you will need to seek professional counseling to cope with this loss.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: You will learn how to manage things gradually, and I can provide some resources to help you.

Question 3 of 5

The nurse is concerned that a patient is at increased risk of developing a pulmonary embolus and develops a plan of care for prevention to include whic h intervention?

A. Antiseptic oral care

B. Bed rest with head of bed elevated

C. Coughing and deep breathing

D. Mobility

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Mobility

Question 4 of 5

A nurse walks into a patients room and begins preparing a syringe to perform a blood draw on the patient. The nurse observes that the patient is firmly gripping the side of the bed, averting her eyes, and sweating from her forehead when she sees the needle. What would be the best intervention for the nurse to make?

A. Proceed with blood draw as quickly as possible, to get it over with.

B. Offer to come back later to perform the blood draw.

C. Encourage the patient to deep breathe.

D. Describe briefly the blood draw procedure and explain why it is necessary.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Describe briefly the blood draw procedure and explain why it is necessary.

Question 5 of 5

What is the main purpose of certification for critical care n ursing?

A. To assure the consumer that critical nurses will not make a mistake.

B. To help prepare the critical care nurse for graduate sch ool.

C. To assist in promoting magnet status for a facility.

D. To validate a nurse's knowledge of critical care nursing

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: To validate a nurse's knowledge of critical care nursing

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