Category: BS Nursing

  • Tell the patient there's nothing more that can be done.
  • Document the pain and wait for the next dose time.
  • Re-assess the pain, advocate for additional pain management strategies or a change in orders from the physician, and explore non-pharmacological interventions.
  • Suggest the patient just try to relax.
  • Use the erratic reading and administer insulin.
  • Use a different, reliable monitor, or perform a manual blood glucose check to ensure an accurate reading before administering insulin.
  • Guess the patient's glucose level.
  • Wait for the monitor to fix itself.
  • Hang up the phone immediately.
  • Engage in a verbal argument with the family member.
  • Listen calmly, acknowledge their concerns, and offer to facilitate communication with the appropriate healthcare team member or supervisor.
  • Threaten to report the family member.
  • Insist on following hospital policy strictly.
  • Allow the family to provide all care regardless of policy.
  • Collaborate with the family to integrate their cultural practices while ensuring essential medical care and infection control standards are met.
  • Document that the family is uncooperative.
  • Force conventional treatment as superior.
  • Dismiss cultural beliefs as irrelevant.
  • Respect cultural beliefs, explore their understanding of illness, and provide education on the benefits of medical treatment while honoring autonomy.
  • Tell the patient their beliefs are wrong.
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