After Obtaining a Unit of Packed Red Blood Cells for a Client,the

question 12

Multiple Choice

After obtaining a unit of packed red blood cells for a client,the nurse learns the client needed to leave the care area for an emergency x-ray.What action should the nurse take?

• A)Set up the blood with the IV fluid and y-tubing and place it on the IV stand in the client's room to initiate immediately after the client returns.
• B)Place the blood in the unit refrigerator until the client returns.
• C)Return the blood to the laboratory blood bank until the client returns.
• D)Set up the blood with the IV fluid and y-tubing and place it in the unit medication room to initiate immediately after the client returns.

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Definitions:

Allocative Efficiency

An economic state where resources are distributed in a way that maximizes the net benefit to society, ensuring that every good or service is produced up to the point where the last unit provides a benefit to consumers exactly equal to the cost of producing it.

Consumer Surplus

The disparity between the amount consumers are prepared to spend on a product or service and the amount they end up paying, indicating the advantage to consumers.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy in which the distribution of resources among different uses is optimized, leading to an optimal level of consumer satisfaction.

Productive Efficiency

A situation in which an economy or entity is operating at maximum capacity, producing goods or services at the lowest possible cost.