A Client with a Terminal Illness Without an Advance Directive

question 24

Multiple Choice

A client with a terminal illness without an advance directive stops breathing,and does not have a heartbeat.What should the nurse do?

• A)Call a "slow code."
• B)Call a partial code.
• C)Call the physician.
• D)Call a code.

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Definitions:

pKa

A quantitative measure that reflects the acid strength of a substance; the lower the pKa value, the stronger the acid.

Methanol

A light, volatile, colorless liquid with a distinctive alcoholic odor, used as an antifreeze, solvent, fuel, and as a denaturant for ethanol.

Ka

An abbreviation for acid dissociation constant, a quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution, representing the equilibrium constant of its dissociation.

Conjugate Acid

A species formed by the reception of a proton (H+) by a base, related to its conjugate base by the difference of one hydrogen atom.