you are at the home of an elderly man who has a tracheostomy tube and is on mechanical ventilation. his ventilator has malfunctioned. once you disconnect the ventilator, what should you do?

How do you apply ethical theory to provide rationale for a proposed public health intervention?

Rita schmidt, 74 years of age, is a female patient who was admitted to the surgical unit after undergoing removal of a section of the colon for colorectal cancer. the patient does not have a colostomy. the patient has several small abdominal incisions and a clear dressing over each site. the incisions are well approximated and the staples are dry and intact. there is a jackson-pratt drain intact with minimal serous sanguineous drainage present. the patient has a salem sump tube connected to low continuous wall suction that is draining a small amount of brown liquid. the patient has no bowel sounds. the foley catheter has a small amount of dark amber-colored urine without sediments. the patient has sequential compression device (scd) in place. the nurse performs an assessment and that the patient's breath sounds are decreased bilaterally in the bases and the patient has inspiratory crackles. the patient's cardiac assessment is within normal limits. the patient is receiving o2 at 2 l per nasal hg; heart rate 110 bpm; respiratory rate 16 breaths/min; and the patient is afebrile. the patient is confused as to place and time. cannula with a pulse oximetry reading of 95%. the vital signs include: blood pressure, 100/50 mm. a. explain the assessment parameters used to provide clues to detect postoperative problems early and the interventions needed. b. what gerontological postoperative considerations should the nurse make?

After gowning and while gloving, a surgical technologist tears his glove, exposing his bare hand. to best maintain sterility, the technologist should: eh hindi pa naman pp tapos yung enhancement sir haha a. use open gloving technique to glove over the contaminated glove. b. ask a sterile team member to reglove. c. rescrub before regowning and regloving d. pull sleeve over bare hand and use closed gloving technique.