A 16-year-old female client who attempted suicide that morning is admitted to the psychiatric unit. To determine the seriousness of the adolescent's suicide attempt, which question is most important for the nurse to ask the family?

Which client is at greatest risk for aspiration?

A client has a serum sodium level of 155 mEq/L (155 mmol/L). The nurse should encourage the client to make which selection from the lunch menu.

Reference Range

Sodium [Reference Range: Adult 136 to 145 mEq/L or 136 to 145 mmol/L]

What assessment technique should the nurse use to monitor a client for a common untoward effect of phenytoin (Dilantin)?

A woman is brought to the labor and delivery unit after delivering a full term infant and the placenta in the hospital parking lot 10 minutes ago. What action should the nurse perform first?

The practical nurse (PN) is assessing an older client with left-sided heart failure (HF). What intervention is most important for the PN to implement?

A community health nurse is concerned about the incidence of asthma among preschool aged children in a metropolitan area. Which intervention reflects a primary prevention strategy the nurse might initiate to combat this chronic illness?

The nurse is caring for a client admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Which intervention is most important for the nurse to include in the client's plan of care?

While caring for a client receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN), it is most important for the nurse to monitor which of the client's lab values?

An adult male client with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is receiving aluminum hydroxide (Amphojel). He tells the nurse that since he does not have indigestion there is no need for him to take the antacid with his meals. Which response is best for the nurse to provide?

In conducting community health teaching, the nurse plans to describe foods that will help prevent rickets. What food product should the nurse recommend as the best dietary source for preventing rickets?