The Nurse Is Transferring a Patient Who Is in the Progressive

Multiple Choice

The nurse is transferring a patient who is in the progressive stage of shock into ICU from the medical unit. The medical nurse is aware that shock affects many organ systems and that nursing management of the patient will focus on what intervention?

A) Reviewing the cause of shock and prioritizing the patients psychosocial needs
B) Assessing and understanding shock and the significant changes in assessment data to guide the plan of care
C) Giving the prescribed treatment, but shifting focus to providing family time as the patient is unlikely to survive
D) Promoting the patients coping skills in an effort to better deal with the physiologic changes accompanying shock