A client has been taught to restrict dietary sodium. Which food selection by the client indicates to the nurse that teaching has been effective?

A patient has the following arterial blood gas results: PH: 7.50. PaC02: 31 mm Hg, HC03-: 25 mEq/L. The nurse determines that these results indicate:

A patient with crushing syndrome is admited to the hospital to have laparoscopic adrenalectomy. During the admission assessment, the patient tells the nurse "The worst thing about this disease is how terrible I look; I feel awful about it.' The best response by the nurse is:

The nurse is caring for a client with diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease. Which assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the client most likely has an ulcer in the stomach rather than the duodenum?

A patient who is hospitalized with abdominal pain and watery, incontinent diarrhea is diagnosed with Clostridium difficile. In planning care for the patient, the nurse will:

A patient is taking high doses of prednisone to control the symptoms of acute exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus. When teaching the patient about the use of prednisone, which information is important for the nurse to include?

The physical environment and traffic control measures of the operating room are designed primarily to:

Which information will the nurse include when teaching a patient with newly diagnosed GERD?

Which of the information below obtained when caring for a patient who has been admited for evaluation of diabetes insipidus will be of greatest concern to the nurse?

After her bath, a 62-year-old patient asks the nurse for a perineal pad saying that she uses them because sometimes she leaks urine when she laughs or coughs. Which intervention is most appropriate to include in the care plan for the patient?

A 67-year-old patient tells the nurse, “l have problems with constipation now that I am older, so I use a suppository every morning” The most appropriate nursing action at this time is to