A client tells the nurse that he takes laxatives every day but is still constipated. The nurse's response is based on which reasoning?

A client at a healthcare facility has been diagnosed with polyuria. How would the nurse describe the client's condition in the medical record?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a fractured left leg and is using crutches. Which statement indicates the patient has correct understanding of how to properly use her crutches?

A nurse applies padded boots to maintain the foot in dorsiflexion to a client who is comatose. The nurse is protecting the client from:

A nurse working in long-term care facility is assessing residents at risk for the development of a pressure injury. Which resident would be most at risk?

Reflex incontinence is associated with neurologic dysfunction and occurs when no warning or stress precedes periodic involuntary urination.

A client 80 years of age experienced dysphagia (impaired swallowing) in the weeks following a recent stroke, but the care team wishes to now begin introducing minced and pureed food. How should the nurse best position the client?

A nurse is teaching a client about the nutritional requirements necessary to promote wound healing. Which of the following nutrients should the nurse include in the teaching?

A client with a urinary tract infection is to be discharged from the healthcare facility.

After teaching the client about measures to prevent urinary tract infections, the nurse determines that the education was successful when the client makes which statement?

During the inspection of a client's abdomen, the nurse notes that it is visibly distended. The nurse should proceed with the client's abdominal assessment by next performing:

A wound care nurse has been consulted on a patient with multiple pressure wounds. The nurse comes across this heal wound. How should she document the following wound?