Anurse in charge in the surgical intensive care unit notes that a number of clients do not seem to be responding to morphine that was administered for pain. later in the evening the nurse finds a staff nurse dozing in the nurses' lounge. when awakened, the staff nurse appears uncoordinated and drugged, with slurred speech. what should the nurse in charge do?

After knowing tell the nurse manager to be there before confronting the staff nurse. It is the responsibility of the charge nurse and/or staffing office to make sure there is a nurse to cover your patients at the end of your shift. Although they could ask you, you still can say no. Most states have laws or at the very least hospitals have policies which prohibit nurses from working mandatory overtime due to staffing issues.

what statement best describes the difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?

the sympathetic nervous system prepares the body for intense physical activity and is often referred to as the fight-or-flight response. the parasympathetic nervous system has almost the exact opposite effect and relaxes the body and inhibits or slows many high energy functions.

primary succession occurs in essentially lifeless areas regions in which the soil is incapable of sustaining life as a result of such factors as lava flows, newly formed sand dunes, or rocks left from a retreating glacier. secondary succession occurs