A Float Nurse Is Assigned Four Patients on the Day

question 22

Multiple Choice

A float nurse is assigned four patients on the day shift.Which of the following reports by the float nurse would require immediate intervention by the charge nurse?

• A)"Dr.Smith, your patient, Mr.Jones is complaining of a headache."
• B)"Dr.Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr.Jones in 222, admitted with hypertension, is complaining of a headache."
• C)"Dr.Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr.Jones in 222, admitted with hypertension, is complaining of a headache but has just been started on isosorbide (Isordil).What can I give him to relieve his headache?"
• D)"Dr.Smith, this is nurse Sandy from xyz and your patient, Mr.Jones in 222, is complaining of a headache but has just been started on isosorbide (Isordil).What can I give him to relieve his headache?"

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Definitions:

Pulmonary Artery

The blood vessel that transports blood from the heart's right ventricle to the lungs to receive oxygen.

Pulmonary Vein

A vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.

Superior Vena Cava

The large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart's right atrium.

Right Ventricle

The right ventricle is one of the four chambers of the heart, responsible for pumping deoxygenated blood to the lungs.