Chapter 19, Problem 2MITC

IntroductionIt is finals week on college campus and everybody is in the middle of studying for exams, just waiting for summer break. Björn, Chris, Esiankiki, Xiao-Ma, Sanjeet and Linda are studying together in the international students dorm.Björn: Hey, how are you doing with studying? I’m tired ... Chris: Me too. Let’s take a break. I could also use some ice cream after that last final I bombed. Esiankiki: Did I hear ice-cream?I love ice cream! Let’s go downtown and find a spot.Is everybody coming? Let’s go! Xiao-Ma: Hm, I can’t tolerate dairy so I usually don’t get ice-cream or other milk products. Sorry guys, I’ll stay behind. Linda: What does that mean? Do you just not like milk? I used to hate milk as a little kid. Xiao-Ma: No, I actually get really bad stomach cramps, bloating and diarrhea from milk. It’s not pretty. My whole family is that way. When we were still living in China, it wasn’t a big deal because we don’t tradi- tionally eat a lot of milk products there. Sanjeet:…

Mrs. Juana Dela Cruz is a 46-year-old woman who has been having financial difficulties since her husband died five years ago. She was recently involved in a motor vehicle crash (MVC) in which she drove over a curb and hit a telephone pole. She did not sustain any significant injuries in the MVC.Juana’s daughter, Maria, returned home at 8:00AM as she forgot somethingfor work only to find her mother sitting on the floor with a decreased level of consciousness. Maria was able to shake her mother awake and with slurred speech, Juana told her she drank three large glasses of antifreeze (ethyleneglycol) as soon as Maria left for work; this was around 7:00AM, as Maria recalled, thus, she called the emergency medical services to transport Juana to the local emergency department. Upon arrival at the emergency department, Juana had a temperature of 36.1°C. Her other vital signs were as follows: BP 135/85mmHg, PR 68bpm, and RR 24cpm. Her ABGs on a 15-liter-per-minutenon-rebreather revealed a pH…

The police bring a client who is homeless into the emergency room. He was panhandling in the street, when a passerby made a comment to him to get lost. he lashed out and knocked the passerby to the ground. The client starts yelling, “you are not keeping me here!” and attempt to push the nurses out of his way to escape. Why would anyone prefer to live in the street the rather than a clean, warm hospital room with food provided? Evaluate the client's action.