The Monitor Technician Notifies the Nurse "Stat" That the Patient

question 12

Multiple Choice

The monitor technician notifies the nurse "stat" that the patient has a rapid,chaotic rhythm that looks like ventricular tachycardia.What is the nurse's first action?

• A) Call a code overhead.
• B) Check the patient immediately.
• C) Go to the nurses' station and look at the rhythm strip.
• D) Take the crash cart to the room.

Understand the MORAL decision-making model's steps and application in resolving ethical issues.

Apply deontological and consequentialist theories, including utilitarianism, in ethical decision-making in nursing.

Illustrate the nurse's role in advocating for patient autonomy and ethical agency in clinical settings.

Recognize the significance of professional and personal values in guiding ethical behavior in nursing.

---

Definitions:

Positive Traits

Characteristics or attributes that are seen as beneficial, contributing to the positive aspects of an individual's personality and behavior.

Illusory Correlation

A cognitive bias in which people perceive a relationship between two variables even when no such relationship exists.

Insecure Loud Men

Males who exhibit loudness and outward bravado as a means to mask feelings of self-doubt and insecurity.

Illusory Correlation

The phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables even when no such relationship exists.