A client experiencing withdrawal from the benzodiazepine alprazolam is demonstrating severe agitation and tremors. Which is the best initial nursing action?

An infant is unresponsive and gasping for breath. Prior to starting CPR, which site should the nurse palpate for a pulse?

An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) reports that a client's right hand and fingers spasm when taking the blood pressure using the same arm. After confirming the presence of the spasms, which action should the nurse take?

The nurse observes a client with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is excessively drooling and prepares to suction the client's oral cavity. Which action should the nurse include?

The nurse should place the client in a

The nurse is evaluating the client's progress and nursing implementations.

Click to high light the findings that would indicate the client has recovered from the adverse drug reaction.

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Shaking is lessened. Client is no longer flushed. No longer itching. Anxiety has decreased. Skin warm and dry. Heart rate 62 beats/minute, blood pressure 130/72 mm Hg. No chest pain noted. Respirations are even and unlabored. Drowsy.

The nurse is developing a teaching plan for a client with acute gastritis caused by drinking contaminated water. The nurse should emphasize the need to report the onset of which problem?

An adult client is admitted to the psychiatric unit because of a daily, complex handwashing ritual that takes two hours or longer to complete. The client worries about staying clean and refuses to sit on any of the chairs in the day area. This client's handwashing is an example of which clinical behavior?

An adolescent client with non-union of a comminuted fracture of the tibia is admitted with osteomyelitis. The healthcare provider collects bone aspirate specimens for culture and sensitivity and applies a cast to the adolescent's lower leg. Which action should the nurse implement next?

The unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) reports that a client's blood pressure cannot be measured in the arms because the client has casts on both arms and is unable to be measured in the legs because the client is in the supine position. Which action should the nurse implement?

A client is admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and is receiving an IV infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride and insulin. Two hours later, the client's serum laboratory results show a decrease in the serum blood glucose from 580 to 430 mg/dL (32.2 to 23.86 mmol/L). It is most
important for the nurse to monitor which additional laboratory result?
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