A client is learning about diet choices that will increase wound healing after a total knee replacement.
What diet selection would indicate that the client understands the correct foods to choose for that outcome to happen?

Which amount of urine production should the nurse evaluate as adequate output for a typical adult client?

A home health nurse is providing education to a client discharged with a tracheostomy. Which statement by the client demonstrates teaching has been effective?

A client asks a nurse how long a heat application should be left in place. Which response should the nurse make?

Which electrolyte imbalance should a nurse expect to assess in a client who reports diarrhea for the past three days?

The nurse has developed a pain management plan for a client who has a history of opioid drug abuse.
Which of the following statements by the client demonstrates understanding of the pain management plan?

At the end of the shift, a nurse enters a crowded elevator and is standing near a client’s health care provider.
Which response of the nurse is most appropriate when the health care provider asks, “How is my client in room 913 doing?”.

The nurse talks with a client who is a widower of six years and who misses his wife. What is the best statement by the nurse to encourage the client to express his feelings?

A client with osteoarthritis of the hips and knees has received instructions on how to use a walker for ambulation.
Which behavior observed by the nurse indicates the client understands the instructions?

The nurse is assessing a client experiencing acute pain.
What assessments should validate the client with acute pain? Select all that apply.

A client admitted to the coronary care unit with an inferior wall myocardial infarction is anxious, sweating, tachypneic, and reports midsternal chest discomfort and nausea.
Which nursing diagnosis is the priority?