A 67-year-old patient is admitted to the ICU following a myocardial infarction that has caused damage to the right side of the heart.

What complication is the patient most likely to experience?

A person receives a ticket for parking their car on a sidewalk. How would this offense be classified in terms of criminal law?

Interpret the following arterial blood gas: pH 7.43: HCO3 35: Paco 46.

When teaching clients about maintaining a safe environment, which statement would be most suitable to include?

The nurse is reassessing a 57-year-old female client who was admitted to the hospital with a left upper arm open wound infection (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] and several gram-negative bacteria) and cellulitis 5 days ago.

Tomorrow she is scheduled for discharge to home with her daughter to continue oral antibiotic therapy for another 10 days.

For each assessment finding, use the choices from the drop-down box to indicate whether the interventions were Effective (helped to meet expected outcomes), Ineffective (did not help to meet expected outcomes), or Unrelated (not related to the expected outcomes).

The nurse observes that a patient is experiencing absolute homelessness. The nurse contacts a social worker to assist the patient with resources.

Which term best describes the nurse’s actions?

A nurse working in a care area that uses paper charting notices an error when recording a patient’s vital signs in the patient record.

Which option adheres to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines for making corrections to documentation?

A nurse is conducting a medication count of narcotics in the cart.

The nurse discovers an incorrect count and missing narcotic medication. Which ethical standard compels the nurse to report the missing medication?

A 57-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with a left upper wound infection (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] and several gram-negative bacteria) and cellulitis 5 days ago.

Her wound is packed and requires a dressing change twice a day.

She is scheduled for discharge to home with her daughter to continue antibiotic therapy for another week.

What health teaching should the nurse include as part of the discharge instructions for the patient and her daughter?

Select all that apply.

Administration in a facility is charged with developing a shared governance structure within nursing to develop/revise policies/procedure, and to weigh in on decisions that ultimately support the success of the facility.

What is this process called?

A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is experiencing shortness of breath while breathing room air.

The patient’s pulse oximetry reading is 89% and their respiratory rate is 22. What should be the nurse’s priority action?