Monday, August 17, 2009

question of the week

welcome back to school!

for the week of 08.17.09

A nurse is performing CPR on an adult who had a cardiopulmonary arrest. Another nurse enters the room in response to the call for help. After checking the client’s pulse and respirations, what should be the function of the second nurse?

1. "Relieve the nurse performing CPR."
2. "Go get the code cart."
3. "Participate with the compressions or breathing."
4. "Validate the client's advanced directive."

1 comment:

a.ha said...

The correct answer is number: 3

Potter, P., & Perry, A.
Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed.).(2008)
St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.