A Patient Has Been in the Intensive Care Unit for a Week

question 22

Multiple Choice

A patient has been in the intensive care unit for a week receiving various procedures throughout the day and night. Currently the patient, though physiologically stable, is irritable and paranoid and complains of vivid dreams when dozing off to sleep. What are the best actions for the nurse to take at this time?

• A) Check the patient's oxygen status.
• B) Request an order for sleep medication.
• C) Assess the patient's vital signs.
• D) Turn down the lights at night and reduce noise to a minimum.
• E) Schedule all tests and procedures before 9 p.m. or after 7 a.m.

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, expressed as the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price.

Midpoint Formula

A method for calculating the percentage change in a variable by dividing the change by the average of the initial and final values, often used in economics to measure elasticity.

Labor Supply

The total hours that workers are willing and able to work at a given wage rate, in a given time period.

Elastic

In economics, elastic refers to how the quantity demanded or supplied of a good responds to changes in its price; high elasticity indicates sensitivity to price changes.