• A nurse is caring for a client who has a recent diagnosis of a terminal illness. The nurse should identify which of the following as an indication of
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A nurse is preparing to collect data on a preschooler. Which of the following behaviors by the child indicates that he is ready to cooperate? (Select all that apply)
A nurse on a mental health unit is planning care for a group of clients. Which of the following clients should the nurse see first?
A nurse is caring for a client who recently gave birth to her first child. The newborn is crying and the client states, “ I can’t seem to do anything right. What should I do?” Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
A nurse is using a glucometer to measure a client’s capillary blood glucose level, Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A nurse is reviewing the home medications of a client who recently had transient ischemic attacks and is to begin taking clopidogrel. The nurse should instruct the client that which of the following over-the-counter medications interacts adversely with clopidogrel?
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a long leg cast that was applied 2 days ago. The client’s foot is pale with a weak pedal pulse, and the client reports foot numbness. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take first?
A nurse in a provider’s office is reinforcing teaching about cigarette smoking with a client. Which of the following adverse efects should the nurse include in the teaching?
A nurse is contributing to the development of an in-service program for mental health nursing staf. The nurse should include that the staff can medicate a client against his will, without a court hearing, in which of the following situations?
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a new prescription for digoxin. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
A charge nurse is discussing confidentiality requirements with a newly licensed nurse when sharing a client’s medical information. Which of the following individuals should the charge nurse identify as appropriate with whom to share client information?
A nurse is reviewing laboratory values for a client who is at 34 weeks of gestation. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is 4 hr postoperative following a hemicolectomy. Which of the following findings is the nurse’s priority, requiring immediate intervention?
A nurse in a provider’s office is collecting data from a client who has a history of hypertension during his annual physical examination. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider immediately? A 2 kg (4.4 lb) weight gain
A nurse is caring for a client who suddenly develops chest pain and dyspnea. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
A nurse is reinforcing teaching on a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the following laboratory tests is the most accurate of blood glucose efective management?
A charge nurse on a mental health unit is supervising a newly licensed nurse. For which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse should the supervising nurse intervene?
A nurse is supervising an assistive personnel (AP) obtain supplies for a client who is on seizure precautions. Which of the following materials should the AP place in the client’s room?
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with the faculty of a client who has dependent personality disorder. Which of the following instructions should the nurse indicate in the teaching?
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who had a right total hip arthroplasty. Which of the following instructions should the nurse indicate?
A nurse is reinforcing dietary teaching with a client who has hyperemesis gravidarum. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has GERD and a prescription for ranitidine. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
A nurse is assisting with the admission of a client who has pulmonary tuberculosis. Which of the following types of isolation precautions should the nurse include?
A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who has COPD and reports problems with maintaining adequate nutrition. Which of the following instructions should the nurse a. include? “Self administer oxygen through your nasal cannula at 6 milliliters per minute during meals.”
A nurse is administering pancreatic enzymes to a client who has cystic fibrosis. Which of the following outcomes should the nurse expect as a therapeutic efect of the treatment?
A nurse is caring for a client who has paranoid schizophrenia and believes that she is being followed by FBI agents who are pretending to be psychiatric staf. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who has a fractured femur and is in Buck’s traction, which of the following actions should the nurse take? Clean the pin insertion sites on a daily [Show Less]