A Patient's Family Members Are in the Patient Room When

question 14

Multiple Choice

A patient's family members are in the patient room when the patient has a cardiac arrest and emergency personnel start resuscitation measures. Which action is best for the nurse to take initially?

• A) Have the family wait outside the patient room with a designated staff member to provide emotional support.
• B) Keep the family in the room and assign a member of the team to explain the care given and response questions.
• C) Ask the family members about whether they would prefer to remain in the patient room or wait outside the room.
• D) Advise the family members that patients are comforted by having family members present during resuscitation efforts.

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Definitions:

Polarity

The property of having distinct and opposite ends or poles, used in various contexts such as electricity, magnetism, and molecular chemistry.

Membrane

A thin layer of tissue or material that acts as a boundary, separating different areas or substances, crucial in cellular function and structure.

Depolarization

The process by which a neuron's membrane potential becomes less negative, making the neuron more likely to fire an action potential.

Hyperpolarization

A change in a cell's membrane potential that makes it more negative, moving further away from zero, which decreases the likelihood of generating an action potential.