NCLEX 10 2

A competent client who requires long-term mechanical ventilation privately tells a nurse that she wants the ventilator withdrawn. Which response by the nurse is best? "Tell me how you are feeling." "What about your family?" "You are asking us to do something we can't do." "You have been doing so well."

"Tell me how you are feeling."

When planning care for a child with epiglottitis, the nurse should assign highest priority to: ensuring respiratory patency. providing psychological support. instituting infection control. administering prescribed drug therapy.

ensuring respiratory patency.