The care team must initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a client who is on a ventilator. The nurse knows to set the ventilator at which of the following breathing rates?
What are the main findings in a cardiopulmonary arrest? Select all that apply.
The nurse is caring for a client who verbally expresses his wish to not be resuscitated. Later in the nurses shift the client codes. The nurse looks at the chart and notes that the client is listed as full code. What should the nurse do?
A nurse is responding to a client who has collapsed in the hallway where several people are performing CPR. After two minutes, the nurse arrives with the AED, turns it on, and attaches the appropriately sized leads to the clients chest. Which step should the nurse take next?
The nurse is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation as part of a hospital team for a client in cardiac arrest. In which of the following scenarios would CPR be discontinued? Select all that apply.
A nurse calls the charge nurse and asks for a vial of Epinephrine 1:10,000 to be brought to a client’s room STAT. The charge nurse knows that what situation is likely occurring in the client’s room?
A nurse is working on a team performing CPR on a client who has coded in the hospital. The nurse sets up the monitor and notes that the client has a pulseless electrical activity (PEA) rhythm. The provider tells the nurse to set up for a shock. Which response from the nurse is correct?
The nurse prepares the client for defibrillation due to sustained and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Which of the following measures should the nurse ensure before delivering the shock?
A client has gone into ventricular fibrillation. Two nurses run into the room and one nurse tries unsuccessfully to find a pulse. The other nurse immediately begins CPR while the first nurse calls a code and grabs the ambu bag. What is the most important aspect of this attempted resuscitation?
A client in the ICU has gone into cardiac arrest. The code team has arrived and begun compressions. The nurse brings in the crash cart and sets up the defibrillator. Which of the following would be a shockable rhythm for defibrillation? Select all that apply.
