The Nurse Is Preparing to Send a Client to the Operating

question 32

Multiple Choice

The nurse is preparing to send a client to the operating room for an exploratory laparoscopy. The nurse recognizes that there is no informed consent for the procedure on the client's chart. The nurse informs the physician who is performing the procedure. The physician asks the nurse to obtain the informed consent signature from the client. What is the nurse's best action to the physician's request?

• A) Inform the physician that it is his or her responsibility to obtain the signature.
• B) Obtain the signature and ask another nurse to cosign the signature.
• C) Inform the physician that the nurse manager will need to obtain the signature.
• D) Call the house officer to obtain the signature.

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Definitions:

Depolarization

A reduction in the difference in voltage across a cell's plasma membrane, making it more positive inside.

Hyperpolarization

An increase in a cell's membrane potential, making it more negative, and often reducing the likelihood of producing a nerve impulse.

Repolarization

The process of restoring the resting negative charge inside a cell membrane after depolarization, crucial for the function of nerve and muscle cells.

Nervous System

The complex network of nerve cells and fibers that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body, comprising the central and peripheral nervous systems.