The Nurse Is Assigned to the Risk Management Team

question 9

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assigned to the Risk Management Team. Which events would be addressed by this team?

• A) A client's hand is injured during an arterial blood gas draw.
• B) A client's family is dissatisfied with the breakfast just served.
• C) A client leaves the hospital against medical advice (AMA).
• D) A client claims he is not ready to be discharged.
• E) The family does not want a client to be transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU).

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Definitions:

Half-Life

Time it takes for one-half of an administered substance to be lost through biological processes.

Endocrine System

A collection of glands that produce hormones which regulate metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, and mood.

Exocrine Glands

Glands that release their secretions through ducts either to the external environment or into the internal organ surfaces.

Hypothalamus

A region of the brain below the thalamus that coordinates both the autonomic nervous system and the activity of the pituitary, controlling body temperature, hunger, and thirst.