According to the Harvard University Medical School Committee, what function must be irreversibly lost to define death?

A nurse is planning the discharge of a client who has sleep apnea and requires bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) at night. The nurse should plan to consult with which of the following health care team members to help educate the client?

S: 58 year old male client was in a Motor Vehicle Collision three days ago, he was found to have hit another vehicle head on after experiencing a myocardial infarction while driving. The client was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated by EMS personnel. Client was found to have blunt force trauma to the head and chest. On CT scan performed on arrival to the emergency department he was found to have a brain bleed and bleeding from the liver and spleen. He decided yesterday to sign a DNR order and physician is aware. Client is of Jehovah’s Witness religion which he practices regularly. He was stabilized in the emergency department and is planned to have surgery on the abdominal cavity tomorrow, due to the DNR order this surgery was cancelled. He was admitted to the palliative care unit for further care at this time. B: Client’s past medical history: Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, past smoker for 25 years smoking 3 packs per day, mild obesity with a sedentary lifestyle. A: BP: 80/40, HR 140, RR 24, SPO2 94% on 2L via NC, T 95.0 F. Client is alert and oriented X 4 but lethargic, the previous shift noted some periods of confusion. He appears to be anxious and very pale and is having Cheyne-stokes respirations with significant periods of apnea. Client’s abdomen is firm and distended. Lung sounds are diminished in the bases and crackles can be heard in the upper lobes. His lower extremities are mottled in color, and cool to touch. 2+ femoral pulses with posterior tibial pulses and pedal pulses absent. 20G IV in the left anticubital heplocked. R: What is the priority action for the nurse to initiate?

A nurse is working in a geriatric screening clinic.  The nurse would expect that the skin of the elderly client will demonstrate which  characteristic?

What is the most frequent reason for revocation or suspension of a nurse’s license?

Which assessment finding in the elderly is caused by decreased vessel elasticity and increased peripheral resistance?

What statement or question is most useful for a nurse to ask when a client requests that the nurse pray with them?

A middle-aged man is having increasing difficulty breathing.  The client never exercises, eats fast food regularly, and smokes two packs of cigarettes a day and tells the nurse practitioner that they want to change the way they live.  What is the best strategy for helping the client change their behaviors?

Which of the following hypnotics is least likely to cause adverse reactions in the elderly?

Match as to whether the assessment data is a typical age-related change or warning sign of dementia.