A Patient Is Admitted to the Hospital with Multiple Trauma

question 31

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the hospital with multiple trauma and extensive blood loss.The nurse assesses vital signs to be BP 80/50 mm Hg,heart rate 135 beats/min,respirations 36 breaths/min,cardiac output (CO) of 2 L/min,systemic vascular resistance of 3000 dynes/sec/cm??,and a hematocrit of 20%.The nurse anticipates administration of which the following therapies or medications?

• A) Blood transfusion
• B) Furosemide (Lasix)
• C) Dobutamine (Dobutrex) infusion
• D) Dopamine hydrochloride (Dopamine) infusion

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Definitions:

Economizing Problem

The need to make choices about how to best use limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants.

Limited Resources

The economic principle that the available resources (such as time, money, and raw materials) are insufficient to satisfy all wants and needs.

Unlimited Wants

The economic concept that human desires and needs are infinite and vary in intensity, contrasting with limited available resources.

Normative

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