Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Exercise 16

For each of the following body systems, identify three physical manifestations that the nurse would expect to see in a patient approaching death.
Respiratory
a.
b.
c.
Skin
a.
b.
c.
Gastrointestinal
a.
b.
c.
Musculoskeletal
a.
b.
c.