A patient has been declared brain dead. A nurse would like the family to consider organ donation but has never requested this from a family before. The best initial action by the nurse is to
A patient is admitted with a traumatic brain injury. During assessment, a nurse notes increased urinary output from the catheter. Which of the following should the nurse suspect?
A patient who underwent bowel resection surgery due to small bowel rupture is tachycardic and hypotensive. A nurse calls the on-call surgical resident and reports the findings. No new orders are received. The nurse should continue to monitor the patient and
For a patient who sustained blunt renal trauma and a crush injury to the leg, monitoring should include observing for